The Saddlers Centre is a
shopping centre
A shopping center in American English, shopping centre in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, spelling differences), shopping complex, shopping arcade, ...
located in
Walsall
Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...
,
West Midlands, United Kingdom.
The shopping centre takes its name from the town's saddle manufacturing heritage and is also known as the nickname for the town's football team
Walsall FC.
The centre is spread over two floors with access to the top floor from Park Street, the town's main shopping area, while the lower floor is accessible from Bridge Street, next to Bradford Place Bus Station. The top floor of the complex is home to
Walsall railway station. Also attached to the centre is a three-storey car park.
It opened in April 1980 and was refurbished in 1989/90.
It was purchased by Walsall Council in 2017 for £13.8 million in a 'behind closed doors deal'. In 2018 the key tenant
Marks & Spencer closed down leaving the centre with a valuation significantly lower than that paid less than 12 months earlier.
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{{Shopping centres in West Midlands
Shopping centres in the West Midlands (county)
Buildings and structures in Walsall