Trinity Walk is a shopping centre  in Wakefield

Wakefield

Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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. England. Opened on 6 May 2011, Wakefield Council describe it as "the most important City Centre development for more than 20 years."

Retail scheme

Sovereign Land, AREA Property Partners and Shepherd Construction secured an 82m property loan in January 2009 for the 500000 sq ft (46,451.5 m²) retail scheme. Trinity Walk is a partially enclosed shopping centre with over 40 stores and 1000 car parking spaces, with access from Wakefield’s inner city ring road (A61) and the main bus station. The centre contains major stores, including an 8,500 m² Sainsbury's and a 9,000 m² Debenhams

Debenhams

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, and retailers Next, New Look, Top Man Top Shop

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 and H&M

H&M

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. Trinity Walk has enabled Wakefield to rise 42 places, from 99th, in the CACI Retail Footprint rankings, making the city centre a sub-regional shopping destination.

Shopping

In addition to Debenhams, Trinity Walk has over 40 shops and restaurants including:

• Sainsbury's
• New Look
• H&M
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• GAME
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• Orange
• Next
• Peacocks
• River Island
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• Topshop
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• Dorothy Perkins
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• Burton
• Bank
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• Argos
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• ASDA Living
• Costa Coffee
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• Deichmann
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• Carphone Warehouse
• Supercuts
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• Pizza Express
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• The Entertainer
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• Pulp
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• The Body Shop
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• USC
• Greggs
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• Brookfield
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• Coral
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• JD Sports
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• Select
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• Superdrug
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• Jack & Jones
• West Coast
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• La Senza
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• Hype
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History

On 19 March 2009, it appeared that the development was going to fall victim to the credit crunch when KPMG

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 were called in as administrators as the Anglo Irish Bank

Anglo Irish Bank

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 withdrew its support for the project. Building work stopped and the steel structure stood half finished.

The scheme was rescued in early 2010 by a consortium who bought the development from administrators - a joint venture company comprising Sovereign Land, AREA Property Partners, and Shepherd Construction.

Trinity Walk opened on Friday 6 May 2011.

Wakefield Regeneration

A designated renaissance city, Wakefield is one of the UK’s top 20 locations for business growth. Trinity Walk created hundreds of new jobs in the city.

In addition to Trinity Walk a further £240 million of new development is underway throughout the city centre, including:

• Merchant Gate
• The Hepworth Wakefield
  The Hepworth Wakefield
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• Waterfront, Wakefield