Address: Union St, Accrington, BB5 1PL, United Kingdom
Phone: +441254301310
Rating: 2.9
based on 151 reviews.
Shopping Options
Pros:
"Love the Accrington girls every week we go and buy lovely clothes."
"Like going to Accrington shop keepers there doing great at this time especially the market stall and the inside market managed to get the best pork pies ever from deli inside love them."
"Nice little town. Easy free parking. Good selection of shops, both chain & independent."
"Nice shopping arcade - we also went to the market hall which is just fantastic, great historic character with a great section of shops and superb value and quality."
"This area is welcoming and should always be preserved. It's a great place for a wander with good parking and ample choice of shops and eateries."
"I absolutely love this place! It's a veritable alladins cave of bargains."
"Good range of shops inside and out."
Cons:
"There are hardly any decent or good shops in town."
"Heartbreaking how Accrington has been let go, it's a ghost town, with nothing but charity shops & bookies."
"It lost its soul when they got rid of the bizarre centrepiece, and without M&S it just feels dead inside."
"Been thrown out of better places more empty shop units than open shops."
"Absolute dump, no shops here, the town is boring."
"What a load of rubbish would never go again full of pound shops, betting shops, and charity shops."
"Nothing open and many shops closed down awful market town looks derelict."
Parking and Accessibility
Pros:
"The only thing that we have that Blackburn don't is free car parking for three hours."
"It's great that you can park for the day for a £1."
"Shopping center in the middle of Accrington. Large car park right next to the center, which is currently free."
"Not a big shopping center but easy free parking (for 30 minutes) and nice access to Accrington centre for more shops."
"It's got a very convenient free to use multistorey car park attached to it too."
"Free multi storey parking for three hours."
"Very clean, friendly staff, but sparse."
Cons:
"Most of the place is now closed the car park level with the shops is all disabled where the parent and child also the machine for the parking only takes cash that's not good."
"Now I know why it has become a ghost town If you go over 30mins free parking in the empty multi storey car park in the Arndale then expect a prompt letter with a £100 fine."
"The multi storey car park is tight to maneuver and the line police notoriously active."
"Parked in a disabled bay, badge on full display, yet got a fine as blue badge rules don't apply."
"The final nail in Accrington's coffin is the charging of cars to park on the Arndale."
"Such a shame how Accrington has gone downhill. And parking rules in the area are a joke! Expect a ticket for something stupid like parking too close to a bay line!!"
"If you leave there's no return!! Park somewhere else."
Atmosphere and Environment
Pros:
"Seems like a great little shopping centre, couldn’t feel the normal vibe due to shops closed and now the Covid-19 2m rule of antisocial distancing."
"Spotlessly clean tho and a security guard wandering about which is great to see."
"The staff are great too, really happy."
"This is a great place for scenery but in terms of stores there aren't many I would like to shop from."
"Sadly some shops have shut down but still an air of life & bargains around defo worth a visit with other great shops & market available."
"Nice environment though limited shopping, great market close by and some good charity shops."
"Well laid out and relatively clean shopping mall."
Cons:
"Accrington Arndale breaks your heart when you think of how it was when it opened and how it is now in fact the whole town is now a shadow of its former self so sad."
"If you like deserted shopping malls with no atmosphere and a depressing lack of shops this is your place."
"The fetid air of decay hangs heavy in the atmosphere."
"The once beautiful and serene accrington arndale is now an empty graveyard for dead shops."
"The Arndale is slowly giving up the ghost. Foot fall seems less each time I visit."
"A desolation of empty shop fronts, charity services, bottom-end stores and tat for a quid."
"Probably the most depressing place I've ever visited in the UK."
Facilities and Services
Pros:
"Surprisingly a great what was once a shop has been turned into information / museum of Accrington History."
"The mini museum is a nice addition."
"Daughter had her ears pierced at 4eva sparkles, couldn't recommend enough."
"Does have a very interesting local heritage museum run by volunteers which is situated within the Arndale centre."
"Food festival on at the moment with Belgian waffles, Istanbul and Asian fare."
"Love the mobile phone booth easy to deal with exceptionally polite highly knowledgeable very good value and quick repairs forget the rest use the best."
"The museum of local history was well presented and worth another trip to see it."
Cons:
"The toilets are consistently horrific."
"Beware the parking Nazis. I would not recommend this place to anyone at the moment."
"The public toilets are for some weird reason located on a cold dark car park and very unwelcoming."
"Dreadful way to treat customers."
"Sadly lacking in shops these days, and the food court has closed down."
"They have slowly pulled down this place to the point where there are no shops left worth going in for."