The Ridings Shopping Centre Reviews Summary

Accessibility

Pros:

• "All level access, though some of the shops are quite small so some scooters and chairs may not fit or be quite tight in some of them."
• "There's lots of parking spaces on the ground floor for disabled drivers."
• "For not mobile shoppers there is provided free access bus."
• "Disabled Parking spaces and Wheelchair Access."
• "The single lift near to Primark never works so if your a wheelchair user theres only one glass elevator that works."
• "The doors to and from the car park weigh a tonne and have no automation so if you've got a pram it's a nightmare to navigate."
• "One of the main lifts has been out of order for a couple of months now."

Cons:

• "Parking wasn't free for blue badge so slightly disappointed."
• "The accessible bathrooms are alright."
• "Loos are either filthy or broken, disabled loos are either filthy or always out of order."
• "Theres insufficient W.C. Which is only on the ground floor."
• "Pity the toilets have been closed on the top floor bearing in mind they are opposite the food court."
• "One of the men's toilets here had tissue stuck in the tissue holder and the staff didn't bother to pull it out, so they were all stuck and locked in the tissue wheel."
• "Getting between the floors can be confusing with the two lifts and working out which floor is what."

Parking

Pros:

• "Quality parking lots of it!"
• "Parking is free in the ridings if you use the cinema, you just have to type your car registration number on a tablet once the film has finished, located at the cinema reception."
• "Carpark multi storey pay when you exit so you don't feel pressured into guessing how long you stay."
• "It has lift access and plenty of parking in a multi story carpark which is very reasonably priced."
• "Safe and secure car parking at reasonable cost."
• "The car park was well laid out and easy to use."
• "The multistory car parking facilities are excellent."

Cons:

• "I'm a regular shopper but parking is now a nightmare for 'ordinary' shoppers."
• "The car park however couldn't find my registration number and kept giving me one with one letter different."
• "Parking is more expensive but I guess it will be for sheltered parking."
• "Costly parking fees, no discounts for blue badge holders."
• "The position of the pay machine is poor, it's right over near the main entrance and If you've been shopping at Morrisons or elsewhere by the time you've put your shopping in the car you then have to walk all the way back round to the machine."
• "Very expensive parking, payment machines frequently out of order."
• "The ridings is in need of a face-lift it's boring and not many retailers plus you have to pay to park."

Shopping Experience

Pros:

• "Nice friendly place to shop.. Quite busy on a Saturday afternoon."
• "A lot of refurbishment has/is being undertaken and it's a huge improvement."
• "The Centre itself is very nicely decorated and ready for Christmas with most units occupied with nice stores."
• "The shopping centre is a good place to go when the weather is bad as it is undercover."
• "A good spacious shopping area - two floors of well stocked shops, coffee/snacks, bars, supermarket, butchers, furniture, fashion, art, gifts, accessories, jewellers, toiletries, homeware, stationery, newsagents and much more."
• "Very good place to shop with a variety of shops selling all sorts of things that anyone might need."
• "Good amount of shops to browse. Found a lovely couple of shops on the top floor, Created in Yorkshire which had beautiful hand crafted items also a small gallery shops."

Cons:

• "Trying to rent damp invested units, Not to mention the desperate attempts to fill up units with no consideration for the fact a lot of these businesses will lose money when they have to pay full rent."
• "Absolutely disgusted with the lack of security in this place."
• "Suffering badly from downturn in the number of retailers."
• "They also have far more CCTV than similar places and don't have the mandatory accompanying signage which also forms part of this place feeling cold and unfriendly."
• "Its such a shame that there's no love for the ridings, It used to be the heart and soul of Wakefield, and now falls short to the much more expensive and generic trinity walk shopping centre."
• "The shopping centre has no vibe, no atmosphere."
• "It's a shame this place has gone so downhill."