Galleries Shopping Centre, Washington

Not to be confused with Galleries Shopping Centre, Wigan.

M The Galleries is a shopping centre located in Washington, City of Sunderland.

M The Galleries

Galleries Shopping Centre pictured in 2006
Location	Washington, Tyne and Wear, England
Coordinates	54.90053°N 1.53288°W / 54.90053; -1.53288
Opening date	July 1974 [1]
Previous names	Galleries Shopping Centre
Owner	LCP
No. of anchor tenants	2
Website	gallerieswashington.co.uk

Shops

The shopping centre comprises over 200 retail units, including 16 units in the adjacent retail park, with Sainsbury's & Asda as anchor tenants. The shopping centre offers over 2500 free parking spaces and has an on-site bus station, with the adjacent retail park offering over 600 parking spaces.^{[citation needed]}

History

The Galleries shopping centre opened in 1974. Originally the area where Costa coffee is was all open plan without a roof, this to be added years later. The Galleries boasts the UKs first ever flagship “Savacentre” store, now Sainsbury’s.^[2]

Since 2009, work at the centre has included erecting new entrances and improving the atrium.^[3]

On 8 July 2016, a Changing Places accessible toilet was opened at the centre.^[4]

In May 2021, 8 electric vehicle charging points were installed near the McDonald's & JD Sports car park entrances.^[5]

In January 2022 the centre was purchased from M&G Real Estate by LCP.^[6][7]