Stretford Mall Reviews Summary

Location & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Great location for a small covered mall on two floors, great resource for Stretford."
• "Easy access from several entrances and easy to navigate."
• "This is a mall strategically locked between Manchester city and Trafford, that is its unique selling point."
• "Frequent shuttle buses run between Stretford Metrolink tram station and The Trafford Centre, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) away."
• "Location is good as is the cheap parking structure."
• "Seems clean, easy free parking up to 3 hours, it's out of the weather and had an ok selection of shops."
• "Great place to shop at ALDI coffee bars banks nationwide."

Cons:

• "Parking is always difficult you're lucky if you get a space."
• "It needs the car parking sorting out not enough spaces for us to park at the front and not everyone want to go in the multi car park or round the back."
• "The parking assistant goes round looking for the tiniest things to ticket people so please be careful!"
• "On my last visit I was sent a £100 fine on their carpark for parking (in the family bay with my 1 year old)."
• "Parking which was once paid for us now free for a certain period."
• "Great apart from the temporary disabled toilet/baby changing room is only accessible if you walk around to find a member of security to get a key to enter."
• "Tried to use disabled toilet, unfortunately it was not working."

Shopping Experience

Pros:

• "Very clean and tidy, friendly shop keepers and staff."
• "You could easily get all your weekly shopping from this area, get your hair and nails done, have a coffee and a snack."
• "Convenient and not overcrowded, with shops that you don't typically see in a shopping centre, including a few charity shops, a Poundland and Poundworld, Aldi and some very reasonably priced clothing shops."
• "Been going here since I was a child l, now I'm in my 50's !! Excited to see the new developments coming!!"
• "It was very good experience to go there."
• "I really enjoy this place."
• "I've always enjoyed shopping at Stretford Mall, from the heady days of the late 1980s, when it was always packed, and the cigarette smoke hung in the air like a huge cloud."

Cons:

• "Hardly anything remains here in terms of shops."
• "Increasingly a dump which is full of empty units, vape shops and 'buy now pay forever' businesses."
• "The top part of the mall has hardly any shops."
• "Too many large stores have deserted it, there's need for more variety."
• "Run down Arndale Centre.Half demolished due to development but it leaves the small amount of remaining shops few and far between."
• "Stretford Mall has a selection of shops. Unfortunately it has a number of retail spaces standing empty,giving an overall, slightly maudlin feel to what could be a bright, airy space."
• "This place needs knocking down. It's an absolute eyesore."

Renovation & Development

Pros:

• "Stretford Mall is getting redeveloped. It's getting knocked down in stages."
• "Currently being renovated and will breathe new life into the mall."
• "Stretford Mall is clean, light and large. It needs a little push to get the place busy, but every effort seems to be being made."
• "Great to see lots of work being done, the area will finally look like a place to visit."
• "Undergoing redevelopment but still a great value place to visit with a selection of local and national brands."
• "It's had an uplift and is still undergoing regeneration so it'll be interesting to see what stores will be opening."
• "But with regeneration on the horizon, the future is promising."

Cons:

• "Low-rent shopping centre that used to be called Stretford Arndale. Unfortunately giving it an American name doesn't change the inside. Alongside the old name the free parking has been done away with."
• "In desperate need of further regeneration, has to attract more shops and local start-up, just struggles to deliver sadly."
• "But nobody comes here anymore as 90% shops have closed down/moved out to where cheaper rent is."
• "The mall feels unclean and unpleasant."
• "Really is in need of major refurbishment stuck in a 70's time warp."
• "Just not worth going even when out of lockdown."
• "This is a mall on decline and needs major renovations."