The Liberty

Shopping centre in Greater London

For the women's basketball team, see New York Liberty. For other uses, see Liberty (disambiguation).

The Liberty Shopping Centre

Location| Romford, Greater London, England
Opening date| 1968; 57 years ago (1968)
Owner| Redical AG
No. of stores and services| 100
No. of anchor tenants| 7
Total retail floor area| 432,000 square feet (40,100 m2)
No. of floors| 1
Parking| 806
Public transit access| Romford railway station
Website| www.theliberty.co.uk

The Liberty, formally named The Liberty Shopping Centre, is a covered shopping centre in Romford, London, England, the largest such centre in the town. It was originally built in 1968 and underwent a four-year redevelopment completed in 2003. The centre takes its name from the former Liberty of Havering and is owned by the Cosgrave Property Group. It is also the largest indoor shopping centre in the borough of Havering overall and covers 432,000 square feet (40,100 m2) of retail space,[1] around 100 shops.

The Liberty has an annual footfall of 23 million, equating to 425,000 people per week. It is linked to The Mercury Mall (formerly known as Liberty 2) by an underpass.

## History

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The Liberty Shopping Centre was first opened in 1968 in a joint deal between Hammerson and Standard Life Investments.[2] In 1999 Hammerson acquired Standards Life's 50% interest for £53 million[3] and in 2000 acquired the freehold on the land. In September 2006, Irish property developers, The Cosgrave Property Group acquired the centre from Hammerson for £281 million.[2]

The centre underwent an extensive redevelopment which was completed in 2003 at a cost of £52 million.[2][3] Previously, the main part of the centre was open-air, with several covered arcades running off from it linking it to other parts of the town centre. The changes undertaken in the 2000s included the covering of the main part of the centre with a glazed roof, and the development of a new car parking facility, plus new large stores for Next and H&M. Several existing stores were remodelled or relocated, or received other modernisations, as part of the redesign, including Boots, BHS and W H Smith.

Once the planning application had been granted for the transformation of the centre, work started in August 2001. In April 2003, the centre achieved practical completion.

## References

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1. ^ "Liberty Centre, Romford – Retail | Global Mutual". Archived from the original on 12 July 2020.
2. ^ a b c "Hammerson sells Liberty for £281m". Financial Times. 21 August 2006.
3. ^ a b "Hammerson sells Essex shopping centre for £281m". The Independent. 22 September 2011. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

## External links

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* Official web site

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London Borough of Havering

Districts|

* Ardleigh Green
* Beam Park
* Chase Cross
* Coldharbour
* Collier Row
* Cranham
* Elm Park
* Emerson Park
* Frog Island
* Gallows Corner
* Gidea Park
* Hacton
* Harold Hill
* Harold Park
* Harold Wood
* Havering-atte-Bower
* Heath Park
* Hornchurch
* Hornchurch Marshes
* Noak Hill
* North Ockendon
* Rainham
* Rise Park
* Romford
* Rush Green
* South Hornchurch
* Upminster
* Upminster Bridge
* Wennington

Attractions|

* Bretons
* Brookside Theatre
* CEME
* The Diver
* Havering Museum
* Langtons
* Queen's Theatre
* Rainham Hall
* Rainham War Memorial
* The Rom
* Upminster Tithe Barn
* Upminster Windmill

Major retail|

* The Brewery
* The Liberty
* The Mercury
* Romford Market

Places of worship|

* St Andrew, Hornchurch
* St Edward the Confessor, Romford
* St Edward the Confessor Catholic, Romford
* St Helen and St Giles, Rainham
* St John the Evangelist, Havering-atte-Bower
* St John, South Hornchurch
* St Laurence, Upminster
* St Mary Magdalene, North Ockendon

Parks and open spaces|

* Bedfords Park
* Cranham Brickfields
* Cranham Marsh
* Dagnam Park
* Hainault Forest
* Harrow Lodge Park
* Havering Country Park
* Haynes Park
* Hornchurch Country Park
* Hylands Park
* Ingrebourne Marshes
* Ingrebourne Valley
* Lodge Farm Park
* Pages Wood
* Pyrgo Park
* Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve
* Raphael Park
* St Andrew's Park
* Tylers Common
* Weald Brook
* Wildspace Conservation Park

Constituencies|

* Dagenham and Rainham (part)
* Hornchurch and Upminster
* Romford

Tube and rail stations|

* Elm Park
* Emerson Park
* Gidea Park
* Harold Wood
* Hornchurch
* Rainham
* Romford
* Upminster
* Upminster Bridge

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Shopping centres in London

Inner London|

* Angel Central
* Brunswick Centre
* Burlington Arcade
* Canary Wharf Shopping Centre
* Cardinal Place
* Hammersmith Broadway
* Kensington Arcade
* Kingsland Shopping Centre
* Lewisham Shopping Centre
* Livat Hammersmith
* O2 Centre
* One New Change
* Piccadilly Arcade
* Putney Exchange
* Royal Exchange
* Southside Wandsworth
* Surrey Quays Shopping Centre
* Victoria Place Shopping Centre
* West 12
* Westfield London
* Whiteleys

Outer London|

* 17&Central
* Bentall Centre
* Blenheim Centre
* Brent Cross
* The Brewery
* The Broadwalk Centre
* Broadway Shopping Centre
* Centrale
* The Centre, Feltham
* Centre Court Shopping
* The Chimes
* Ealing Broadway Centre
* Eden Walk
* Edmonton Green Shopping Centre
* Erith Riverside Shopping Centre
* Exchange Ilford
* The Glades
* Heathway Shopping Centre
* The Liberty
* London Designer Outlet
* The Mall (Bromley)
* The Mall Wood Green
* The Mercury Mall
* Palace Gardens (including Palace Exchange)
* The Pavilions
* St. Anns
* St. George's
* Saint Nicholas Centre
* The Spires Barnet
* Stratford Centre
* Treaty Centre
* Vicarage Field
* Westfield Stratford City
* Whitgift Centre

Defunct shopping centres|

* Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre
* Oriental City
* Park Place

Major retail parks|

* Friern Barnet Retail Park
* Gallions Reach Shopping Park
* Greenwich Shopping Park
* Lombardy Shopping Park
* Nugent Shopping Park
* Tottenham Hale Retail Park
* Valley Retail and Leisure Park
* Westway Cross Retail Park

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