Eagles Meadow

Shopping mall in Wrexham, Wales

Eagles Meadow Shopping CentreCanolfan Siopa Dôl Yr Eryod

Eagles Meadow's artificial waterfall in between two sets of stairs, facing north to former anchor store Debenhams.

Location| Wrexham, Wales
Coordinates| 53°02′42″N 2°59′18″W﻿ / ﻿53.04500°N 2.98833°W﻿ / 53.04500; -2.98833
Opening date| 30 October 2008
Developer| Wilson Bowden
Owner| Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre LTD
No. of stores and services| 63
No. of anchor tenants| 0 (formerly Debenhams until 2021 and M&S until 2023)
Total retail floor area| 306,000 sq ft (28,400 m2)
No. of floors| 3
Parking| 970 spaces
Website| eagles-meadow.co.uk

Eagles Meadow (Welsh: Dôl Yr Eryod) is a medium-sized shopping centre in Wrexham city centre. The area has had a variety of previous uses, from housing stables for local gentry to its later use as a car park hosting a market. The current shopping centre opened on Thursday 30 October 2008 at 10am.

There is a webcam pointed at the Eagles Meadow bridge hosted by local hyperlocal site Wrexham.com.

## History

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Used as local gentry's stables.

During World War II, the area was used as a motorpool for elements of the U.S. Army's 83rd Infantry Division.[citation needed]

After the US Army withdrew its forces in Europe after the war, the buildings and treated surface they had created were ideal as a Horse Repository.[1]

In the early 1970s the land was divided between a large urban car park and a small retail development which included a new Asda superstore. A bridge, known locally as the Asda fly-over, was constructed to carry the then town's ring road between Smithfield Road and Salop Road. After these developments, the car park was used as the main weekly market in the town, which moved from St George's Crescent (the original 'Beast Market').

Asda moved to a larger site in September 2000 and the weekly market eventually moved to a new location at the Waterworld car park.

A number of proposals were put forward for re-development of this land (which is close to St. Giles Church). Firstly John Lewis signed up to anchor a retail based development, which included a number of other stores and a supermarket. This development fell through, and the landowner and largest stakeholder Wrexham County Borough Council decided to put the land up for sale by tender.

A large number of tenders were received and in 2003 the winner was chosen as Wilson Bowden in partnership with architects Bernard Engle. The >£100m development includes two large department stores, cafes, bars, restaurants and over 40 other stores. It includes a number of landmark buildings and urban plazas, including a 'Spanish Steps' style area (see Gallery). A number of high rise city style apartments were constructed on the town centre side of the development. Construction began in early 2006 and opened to the public on 30 October 2008.

Controversy surrounded the new build, as several shops already located in the city centre moved to Eagles Meadow and closed their shops in the city centre. However, by 2021, this trend partially reversed, with numerous outlets moving back to larger units in the city centre, notably Sports Direct moving to the Henblas Street redevelopment in the city centre, and chains with multiple sites in Wrexham such as Greggs and Burger King closing their on-site stores whilst maintaining their city centre sites. The centre has since suffered from store closures from 2016 with many citing high business rates[2] (set by the Welsh Government, Wales-wide), increasing in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales which saw the closure of one of the centre's anchor stores, Debenhams in 2021.

## Stores and amenities

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Stores and other amenities at the centre include: Boots, Clarks, Clintons, Clogau, F. Hinds, JD Sports, Next, Odeon Cinema, Marks & Spencer (Closing in late 2023), Pandora, River Island, Tenpin, Trespass and The Entertainer.[3]

Since 2022, the Centre also hosts the monthly Wrexham Clothing Exchange.[4] In 2023, Wrexham Clothing Exchange set up a Community cafe & venue space at the centre called 'Lle Hapus' [1]

## Gallery

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* Development (2008)

* Eagles Meadow under construction

* From Temple Row, facing east

* The shopping centre with a floor art piece

* 2009 "World's largest Mona Lisa" display at the shopping centre

* Footbridge connecting to the city centre at Yorke Street.

* The centre in the day (2009)

* The centre at night (2016)

* Facing east from the overhead walkway

* Eagles Meadow 'Spanish Steps' waterfall feature in the afternoon sun. Summer 2021

* Photo of Monthly Wrexham Clothing Exchange at Eagles Meadow

## References

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1. ^ "So You Think You Know Wrexham... Aerial View 2". Wrexham.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
2. ^ "Committee asks for joint lobbying effort to reduce city centre business rates to reflect they are no longer 'premium locations'". Wrexham.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
3. ^ "Stores – Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre". Retrieved 2 March 2023.
4. ^ "Wrexham Clothing Exchange to kick off Eagles Meadow's New 'Pop Up' space this Saturday".

## External links

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* Eagles Meadow Webcam
* Eagles Meadow official site

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Shopping in Wrexham

Markets|

* Butchers' Market
* General Market
* Tŷ Pawb (Peoples' Market)

Retail areas|

* Eagles Meadow
* Island Green
* Plas Coch
* Border Retail Park
* High Street
* Hope Street
* Henblas Square

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Shopping centres in Wales

* Aberafan Centre
* Bridgend Designer Outlet
* Cwmbran Centre
* Eagles Meadow
* Friars Walk
* Havens Head Retail Park
* Kingsway Shopping Centre
* Newport Retail Park
* Parc Trostre
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* Queens Arcade
* St David's

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About Wrexham|

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Central areas and streets|

* Charles Street
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* College Street
* Fairy Road
* Grosvenor Road
* Grove Road
* Salisbury Park
* Chapel Street
* Salisbury Road
* Temple Row

Areas|

* Acton
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* Island Green
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Local council electoral wards|

* Acton and Maesydre
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Principal settlements|

* Chirk
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Communities|

* Abenbury
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* Chapel Street
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* Grove Road
* Glyn Ceiriog
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* Halghton
* Hightown
* Horseman's Green
* Island Green
* Johnstown
* Knolton
* Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
* Llan-y-pwll
* Llwyneinion
* Llwynmawr
* Maelor
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* Marford
* Moss
* Newbridge
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* Pant
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* Sydallt
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* Temple Row
* Tregeiriog
* Trevor
* Tybroughton
* Wrexham Industrial Estate
* Wrexham City Centre
* Whitewell

Universities and colleges|

* Coleg Cambria (Yale College)
* Wrexham University
* School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University

Buildings and structures|

* 2 Grosvenor Road
* Abbotsfield
* All Saints' Church, Gresford
* Bangor-on-Dee Bridge
* Bangor-on-Dee racecourse
* Bersham Ironworks
* Bridge End Inn
* Brynkinalt Hall
* Butchers' Market
* Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows
* Cefn Viaduct
* Central Arcade
* Chirk Aqueduct
* Chirk Viaduct
* Chirk War Memorial
* County Buildings
* Croesnewydd Hall
* Eagles Meadow
* Elephant and Castle
* Erddig
* Feathers Hotel
* The Gelli
* Hightown Barracks
* HM Prison Berwyn
* Horse and Jockey
* Holt Bridge
* General Market
* Gresford Methodist Church
* Grosvenor Lodge
* Grove Park School
* Iscoyd Park
* Marchwiel Hall
* Nags Head (Wrexham)
* Offa's Dyke (part)
* Old Carnegie Library
* Old Wrexham Infirmary
* Overton Arcade
* Pant-yr-Ochain
* Pen-y-Lan Hall
* Pont Cysyllte
* Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
* Poyser Street drill hall
* Rossett Presbyterian Chapel
* Racecourse Ground
* Rossett Hall
* Saith Seren
* Soames Brewery Chimney
* St David's Welsh Church (Rhosllanerchrugog)
* St Giles' Church
* The Midland
* Talbot Hotel
* Trevalyn Hall
* Trinity Presbyterian Church
* Tudor Court
* Turf Hotel
* Tŷ Pawb
* Wat's Dyke (part)
* Waking the Dragon (proposed)
* War Memorial Hospital
* Waterworld
* Wrexham bus station
* Wrexham Cemetery
* Wrexham Lager Brewery
* Wrexham Library
* Wrexham Guildhall
* Wrexham Maelor Hospital
* Wrexham Police Station (1973–2020)
* Wynn Hall
* Wynnstay
* Wynnstay Arms (Ruabon)
* Wynnstay Arms (Wrexham)
* Xplore!

| Castles|

* Chirk Castle
* Holt Castle
* The Rofft (former)

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Geography|

* Berwyn range
* Ceiriog Valley
* Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB
* Clywedog Trail
* Craig Berwyn
* Esclusham Mountain
* Fenn's Moss
* Nant-y-Ffrith
* Ruabon Moors

| Rivers|

* Alyn
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* Ceiriog
* Clywedog
* Dee
* Eitha
* Gwenfro
* Nant-y-Ffrith
* Wych Brook

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Reservoirs and lakes|

* Acton Park Lake
* Cae Llwyd Reservoir
* Chirk Castle Lake
* Fenn's Bank Mere
* Gresford Flash
* Hanmer Mere
* Llyn Bedydd
* Monk's Pool
* Pant-yr-ochain Lake
* Penycae Top Reservoir
* Ty Mawr Reservoir
* Wynnstay Park Lake

Transport|

* Wrexham bus station
* A5 road
* A483 road
* A525 road
* A528 road
* A541 road
* B5101 road
* Chester and Wrexham Turnpike (former)
* Llangollen Canal
* Trevor Basin
* Wrexham & Shropshire (former)
* North Wales Metro (part)

| Railway lines|

* Borderlands line
* Shrewsbury to Chester line

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Former lines|

* Glyn Valley Tramway (re-opening proposed)
* Moss Valley Branch
* Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
* Wrexham and Minera Railway
* Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
* Croes Newydd (former)
* Former stations

Railway stations|

* Chirk railway station
* Gwersyllt railway station
* Ruabon railway station
* Wrexham Central railway station
* Wrexham General railway station

Proposed stations
Wrexham North railway station
Wrexham South railway station

Media and events|

* Calon FM
* Capital North West and North Wales
* Heart North Wales
* Capital Cymru (some broadcasts)
* Smooth Wales (some broadcasts)
* MuxCo (radio operator)
* Wrexham-Rhos transmitting station
* Marcher Radio Group (former)
* BBC Cymru Wales (local studios)
* The Leader newspaper
* Wales Comic Con (2008–2019; 2022)
* Focus Wales

Topics|

* Parliamentary constituencies
* Schools
* City parks and open spaces
* Council elections
* electoral wards
* SSSIs
* Country houses
* Listed buildings
* Grade I
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* Grade II
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* History
* Former RAF Wrexham
* Lord Lieutenants
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* Mayor
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* Museum
* Archives
* National Football Museum
* Wrexham Library
* Wrexham Guildhall
* Public art
* Wrexham Art School
* Wrexham A.F.C.
* Women
* Wrexham RFC

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* Historic counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire

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