St Stephen's is a

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that opened on 20 September 2007 and attracts more than 10 million visitors a year. The shopping centre is a

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development in the city centre of Hull, England. It cost £200 million to build and was a key development in the resurgence of Hull as the centre of the

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culture and shopping. It has of retail and leisure space and incorporates retail outlets, cafés, bars, fitness club, restaurants, a cinema and a

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. Adjacent to St Stephen's is the Albemarle Music Centre,

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and a hotel.

Background

St Stephen's forms part of a 15-year, £2 billion city centre master plan, which once complete will rejuvenate six geographical areas, including three prime waterfront sites containing a mix of corporate headquarters, restaurants, attractions, boutique hotels, luxury apartments and Hull's own World Trade Centre. In 2011, the owner of St Stephen's,

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, launched its first Community Charter, making ten commitments to the local area. The project aimed to ensure that a significant proportion of jobs were awarded to local residents: a

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report noted that more than half of the jobs on offer when the centre opened were taken up locally. A new 440-seat theatre has been completed for

as part of the development. Another part of the development is the Albemarle Music Centre, which was built at the expense of £3 million for the Hull Music Service as a centre where its youth orchestras, ensembles and bands can rehearse and practice, as well as being a new venue for other events and concerts. In March 2018 the full-size model of the Gipsy Moth aircraft used by

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to fly solo from Britain to Australia, created over a six-month period by inmates of Hull Prison, was moved from the adjacent

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to the centre.

Stores

Its shops include

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, Flannels, H&M,

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, New Look,

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, Hugh Rice the Jewellers and The Entertainer, and many more, with a large

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, located at the rear of the complex being its anchor store and one of the largest in the country. The complex also contains restaurants such as

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, Prezzo, The Real China, Wok & Go, Subway and

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, as well as a REEL cinema.

Transport

A new transport hub

has also been built adjacent to St Stephen's, incorporating Hull's renovated Paragon railway station. It incorporates a new bus station, catering and retail units.

References

External links

Hull City Council – Shopping
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