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Merseyway Shopping Centre

The centre's main entrance from Mersey Square
Location	Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Coordinates	53°24′40″N 2°09′33″W / 53.41111°N 2.15917°W / 53.41111; -2.15917
Address	52–54 Great Underbank
Opening date	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Developer	Hammerson
Management	CBRE
Owner	Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
No. of stores and services	95
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	32,050 m (345,000 sq ft)
No. of floors	2
Parking	835 spaces
Website	merseyway.com

Merseyway Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

Name

The source of the centre's name, Merseyway, is disputed. The shopping centre was built over a 1930s road called Merseyway which ran above and along the River Mersey. The river's name itself could be the source, as it runs for 400 metres (1,300 ft) underneath the centre.

History

The centre was developed by Hammerson, with construction starting in 1965. It opened in 1970 as one of the first shopping precincts in the United Kingdom. Since then, it has undergone considerable development. It was purchased by Stockport Council in April 2016.

In 2017, the Merseyway car park to the north of the centre (between Princes Street and the M60 motorway) was developed as the Light cinema and Redrock leisure centre.

At the beginning of 2022, it was announced that portions of the Merseyway's Adlington Walk would be repurposed to add additional facilities and a new library. Funding for the project was allocated by the government's Future High Streets Fund (FHSF).

In 2023, Stockport Council appointed local contractors to construct the 'Merseyway Innovation Centre' on vacant upper floors of the shopping centre, to create workspaces for up to 50 businesses. The Merseyway's façade would also undergo renovation.

Gallery

• Merseyway in 2010
• Some of the supports beneath Merseyway

References

1. "A river beneath your feet". Manchester Evening News. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
2. "Work starts on transforming Merseyway's open spaces as part of multi-million pound regeneration scheme". stockport.gov.uk. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
3. Grimsditch, Lee (26 December 2022). "'Space age' Greater Manchester shopping centre set for multi-million pound transformation". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
4. Whelan, Dan (25 January 2022). "Stockport to sign off £5.5m Merseyway works". placenorthwest.co.uk. Place North West. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
5. "What's at Redrock? – Redrock Stockport". Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
6. Statham, Nick (13 January 2022). "How a run down part of Stockport's Merseyway shopping centre will be transformed". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
7. Hatmaker, Julia (17 February 2023). "Stockport appoints TMT for £2m Merseyway Innovation Centre". placenorthwest.co.uk. Place North West. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

External links

• Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council - Merseyway

v t e Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, England
Buildings	Abney Hall Barnes Hospital, Cheadle Bramall Hall Broadstone Mill, Reddish Cheadle Hulme School Elder Mill, Romiley Hat Works Houldsworth Mill, Reddish Houldsworth Working Men's Club Kingston Mill Mauldeth Hall Meadow Mill Mellor Hall Millennium House Moseley Old Hall, Cheadle New Hall, Woodford Old Manor Farm, Marple Nelstrops Albion Flour Mills Pear New Mill Plaza Cinema Staircase House Stockport Armoury Stockport Central Library Stockport College Stockport Town Hall Strawberry Studios Underbank Hall Vernon Mill Wear Mill Welkin Mill, Lower Bredbury Woodbank
Places of worship	All Saints Church, Marple Christ Church, Heaton Norris St Elisabeth's Church, Reddish St George's Church, Heaviley St Joseph's Church, Stockport St Martin's Church, Marple St Mary's Church, Cheadle St Mary's Church, Stockport Our Lady and the Apostles Church, Stockport St Peter's Church, Stockport St. Thomas' Church, Mellor St Thomas' Church, Stockport
Education	Aquinas College Bramhall High School Castle Hill High School, Offerton Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College Cheadle Hulme High School Harrytown Catholic High School Hazel Grove High School The Kingsway School Marple Hall School Priestnall School Reddish Vale High School St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy St James' Catholic High School Seashell Trust Stella Maris School Stockport Academy Stockport College Stockport Grammar School Stockport School Werneth School
Transportation	Bramhall railway station Bredbury railway station Brinnington railway station Cheadle Hulme railway station Davenport railway station Gatley railway station Hazel Grove railway station Heald Green railway station Heaton Chapel railway station Marple railway station Middlewood railway station Reddish North railway station Reddish South railway station Romiley railway station Rose Hill Marple railway station Stockport bus station Stockport Interchange Stockport railway station Strines railway station Woodley railway station Woodsmoor railway station
Shopping complexes	Grand Central Stockport Merseyway Shopping Centre The Peel Centre
Sport and entertainment	Avro Heritage Museum Edgeley Park Garrick Theatre Plaza Cinema, Stockport Stockport Air Raid Shelters
Bridges	Marple Aqueduct Stockport Viaduct
Others	Stepping Hill Hospital Stockport Sunday School
Demolished	Cheadle Heath railway station Cheadle Lower Mill Cheadle LNW railway station Cheadle North railway station Green Lane Hazel Grove (Midland) railway station Heaton Mersey railway station Heaton Norris railway station Mellor Mill Palmer Mills, Stockport Portwood railway station Stockport Castle Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station Wood Mill, Woodley
Lists	List of schools in Stockport List of mills in Stockport
Listed buildings in	Bredbury and Romiley Cheadle and Gatley Hazel Grove and Bramhall Marple Stockport

• Buildings and structures in Stockport
• Shopping centres in Greater Manchester
• River Mersey