this summer Surrey Quays Shopping Centre invited youngsters from the local community to help out the visiting Lego team in building a giant ship, as an homage to the area’s rich maritime history. The three-metre long ship has been on display in the middle of the mall and Centre Manager Ian Moore announced a competition open for everyone to name the ship.
UPDATE: With over 600 entries, the competition to win a hamper of Lego® goodies was won by Danah Vidler Alsheba who chose the name ‘Canadian Wind’ to christen the Lego masterpiece. Congratulations to Danah!
The 280,000 square-foot shopping centre first opened in 1988 and was quickly expanded by another 8.3 acres to include Surrey Quays Leisure Park with a 9-screen Odeon cinema, Gala Bingo, Hollywood Bowl, restaurants and bars. It now stands as the retail hub of the docklands area with a number of major stores for men and women’s fashion, sports and leisure, jewellery, accessories, entertainment and gifts.
The Surrey Quays peninsula has gone through radical change in the past 30 years, most of which was linked to the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), an agency set up by the government in 1981 to regenerate the east London area. The LDDC spearheaded a number of important ventures in the area, including the development of London City Airport, the ExCel Exhibition Centre, Canary Wharf and of course the Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, generating a huge buzz in the area and creating more than 120,000 new jobs.
In the past few months big news has been announced for the shopping centre. Further phased development is planned to revamp the entire site and make it the destination shopping experience for south London with riverside shopping and dining to rival the likes of Westfield in Shepherd’s Bush and Stratford.
SURREY QUAYS SHOPPING CENTRE AND LEISURE PARK
Redriff Road
London
SE16 7LL
Nearest trains:
Canada Water and Surey Quays (overground)
Canada Water (tube – Jubilee Line)
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WINES with provenance
Selling to both trade and public, local wine specialists have re-opened their doors as the 'Lant Street Wine Company' with a fabulous RIVER Reader 'Wine Club'
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BISCUIT town
Sounds like a dream… Where is this place?
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turkish DELIGHTS - #1: Iskender Kebap
Getting to know Turkey through it's food, drink and hospitality at Kilikya's in St Katharine Docks
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SHIPBUILDING at Surrey Quays
The Surrey Quays Shopping Centre; its past, present and future
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EVER HopeFull Rep.
“Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art”
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Entertainments Listings
Autumn 2015 season listings
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bermondsey street FESTIVAL 2015
The village fête in the city returns Saturday 19th September
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THREE DAYS in the country
John Simm leads a fantastic ensemble cast at the National
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pencils DOWN
With a first prize of £8,000, who will win the coveted Jerwood Drawing Prize?
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pure EXCELLENCE
A relentless drive for outstanding performance is behind the progress at Walworth Academy
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OUTSTANDING in all areas
The Dominie, a co-educational school for children with dyslexia and dyspraxia
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330 YEARS & Girls Allowed
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PRIME school
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THREE schools in one
In just five years an east London school has been transformed into a beacon of aspiration
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CREATIVITY & collaboration
Lambeth's Poetry School is the place for the aspiring wordsmith
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'A' STAR students
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Education Open Day Events
Open day events at local schools this Autumn
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what's your property WORTH?
With interest rates due to rise, when is best time to sell?
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the rise of ROTHERHITHE
The gateway to other worlds
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Autumn 2015
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