Regent Shopping Centre
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The Regent Shopping Centre is an indoor shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 located in the centre of Hamilton
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Hamilton is a town in South Lanarkshire, in the west-central Lowlands of Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It is the fifth-biggest town in Scotland after Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston and Cumbernauld...

, South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the former county of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....

, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. The centre is not to be confused with The Regent Centre, a shopping centre in Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch is a town and former burgh in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal, about eight miles northeast of central Glasgow...

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History

The shopping centre was built in 1965. In 1998/99, a £
Pound sterling
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9 million redevelopment converted the mall into an indoor shopping facility. This was to ensure it would still be a popular choice for shoppers for years to come.

Hamilton itself is a principal shopping destination, located to the south-east of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, the largest city in Scotland. The town has a population of around 50,000, with a population of around 350,000 living within 10 kilometres (6.2 mi).

Accessibility

The centre lies 150 metres away from Hamilton bus station
Hamilton bus station
Hamilton bus station is a bus station that serves Hamilton, a large town based in South Lanarkshire.-Overview:Managed by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, Hamilton bus station is ideally situated...

 and also has a bus stop on Duke Street at the Duke St door into the centre, so can be easily accessible by bus. Also, Hamilton Central
Hamilton Central railway station
Hamilton Central railway station serves Hamilton, South Lanarkshire in Scotland, lying on the Argyle Line. It is situated in the town centre, adjacent to the Hamilton bus station, as well as the Regent Shopping Centre, Hamilton's main shopping location...

 train station is also the same distance away from the shopping mall, offering services to and from Glasgow Central.

Also, next to the centre, is the smaller New Cross Shopping Centre
New Cross Shopping Centre
The New Cross Centre in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire is an indoor shopping mall in the town centre. It was built to complement its neighbour Regent Shopping Centre which is a hundred yards away...

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List of stores

  • Anthony Karpe
  • Aulds
  • Bairds
  • BHS
  • Boots
  • Burton
  • Card Factory
    Card Factory
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  • Claires
  • Clarks
    C&J Clark
    C. and J. Clark International Ltd, trading as Clarks, is a British, international shoe manufacturer and retailer based in Street, Somerset, England...

  • Clintons
  • CORE
  • Costa Coffee
    Costa Coffee
    Costa Coffee is a British coffeehouse company founded in 1971 by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa, as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. Since 1995 it has been a subsidiary of Whitbread, since when the company has grown to over...

  • D2 Jeans
    D2 (clothing)
    D2 is a jeans and casualwear retailing company operating in Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland. The company was formed in spring 1999 from a combination of the Fosters Menswear, part of the Jeanster casualwear chain, and Jeans for Sale by Sir Tom Hunter and his investment company West Coast...

  • Dollond & Aitchison
    Dollond & Aitchison
    Dollond & Aitchison are one of the oldest opticians in the United Kingdom, having been established in 1750.- History :On 21 April, 1750, Peter Dollond opened a small optical business in Vine Street, near Hatton Garden in London. He was joined by his father John Dollond in 1752. The Dollonds became...

  • Dorothy Perkins
    Dorothy Perkins
    Dorothy Perkins, whose trading name was inspired by a rambler rose of the same name, is a large British women's clothing retailer, active mostly in the United Kingdom.- History :...

  • Early Learning Centre
    Early Learning Centre
    The Early Learning Centre is a British chain of shops selling toys for very young children.-History:Originally set up as a mail order company in 1974 and was always based near Swindon; by 1980 it had ten shops; and it has grown to include 215 shops in the UK and over 80 in 19 other countries such...

  • Evans
  • Gamestation
    Gamestation
    Gamestation is a chain of UK retail shops selling used and new video games, and was the second-largest specialist video game retailer in the UK until it was bought out by Game in 2007...

  • H Samuel
  • Holland & Barrett
    Holland & Barrett
    Holland & Barrett is a chain of health food shops with over 600 stores in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Singapore and Malta. The company also has stores in The Netherlands, where they trade as "De Tuinen".-Ownership:...

  • Internacionale
  • Marks and Spencer
  • Nationwide
    Nationwide Building Society
    Nationwide Building Society is a British building society, and is the largest in the world. It has its headquarters in Swindon, England, and maintains significant administration centres in Bournemouth and Northampton...

  • New Look
    New Look (store)
    New Look is a British global fashion retailer with a chain of high street shops in Britain, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Malta, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.-History:...

  • O2
  • Paperbox
  • Phones4U
  • Poundworld
  • Quiz
    Quiz
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  • Shoezone
  • Superdrug
    Superdrug
    Superdrug Stores PLC is Britain's second-largest beauty and health retailer behind Boots. Superdrug - part of the AS Watson Group which in turn is part of the Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa - is a UK based company with over 890 stores, which since 2006, includes the Republic of Ireland...

  • T Mobile
  • The Body Shop
    The Body Shop
    The Body Shop International plc, known as The Body Shop, has 2,400 stores in 61 countries, and is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world, following O Boticario, a Brazilian company...

  • The Capocci Man
  • RBS
  • Thomas Cook
    Thomas Cook Group
    Thomas Cook Group plc is a travel company created on 19 June, 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG and MyTravel Group plc. At flotation on the London Stock Exchange 52% of the shares in the new company were held by the German mail order and department store corporation Arcandor and 48% owned by...

  • Thorntons
    Thorntons
    Thorntons is a UK chocolate company established by Joseph William Thornton in 1911. Thorntons today is a £180 million turnover company with nearly 400 shops and cafes and around 200 franchises together with internet, mail order and commercial services...

  • 3
    Hutchison 3G
    3 is a brand name under which several UMTS-based mobile phone networks and Broadband Internet Providers are operated in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom...

  • WHSmith
  • Wilkinson

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