Queens Arcade

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Shopping mall in Cardiff, Wales

Queens Arcade

Queen Street entrance to Queens Arcade

Location| Cardiff, Wales
Coordinates| 51°28′52″N 3°10′37″W﻿ / ﻿51.481°N 3.177°W﻿ / 51.481; -3.177
Address| Queens Arcade, Queen Street, Cardiff, CF10 2BY
Opening date| 28 April 1994
Management| AEW Europe & Tristan Capital
Owner| Addington Capital
Total retail floor area| 9,638 m2 (103,740 sq ft)
No. of floors| 2
Website| queensarcadecardiff.co.uk

The Queens Arcade (Welsh: Arcêd y Frenhines) is a shopping centre in Cardiff city centre. It opened on 28 April 1994.

## History

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Developed on the site of the Allders department store[1] and the similarly named Queen Street Arcade, the main entrance is located on Queen Street, and the second entrance faces Working Street near Cardiff Central Market. The arcade has two levels, and is unusual in that the levels are sloped, so that despite its two entrances being on the same level the upper floor at the Working Street entrance is the ground floor at Queen Street. The centre internally connects with the St David's Centre.

The arcade recorded 11.2m annual footfall in 2012 and is anchored by New Look, Argos, Tim Hortons and Post Office. Four of its stores – Argos, Christopher George, F. Hinds and Whittard of Chelsea – have been in the centre from its launch and others from the opening year line-up have changed their company names – such as Cookie Jar, now Millie's Cookies, and Partners, now Ryman. By 2016 it had a 10 million annual footfall.[2]

It was put up for sale in 2016 for £33 million.[2] It was proposed to be demolished in plans in 2021.[3][4] In February 2023, the centre was put into receivership.[5]

* The former Queen Street Arcade on Working Street in 1987

* Working Street entrance of the Queens Arcade in 2018

## In popular culture

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The original architecture was inspired by the many late 19th-century arcades of Cardiff city centre and has appeared as the backdrop for various TV programmes, including the 2005 Doctor Who story "Rose", starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, which was set in London.

## See also

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* List of shopping arcades in Cardiff

## External links

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* Media related to Queens Arcade, Cardiff at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

## References

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1. ^ Prince, David (6 February 2023). "The big difference between Cardiff's Queens Arcade when it first opened to now". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
2. ^ a b "Queen's Arcade shopping centre in Cardiff for sale for £33m". BBC News. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
3. ^ Barry, Sion (20 July 2021). "Plans to demolish Cardiff's Queens Arcade for new mixed-use scheme". Business Live. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
4. ^ Burkitt, Sian (20 July 2021). "Radical plan unveiled to demolish shopping centre to make way for new street". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
5. ^ Barry, Sion (2 February 2023). "One of Wales' best known shopping centres is in receivership". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

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