CrownGate Shopping Centre


Crowngate Worcester is a shopping centre in Worcester, England, built in part on the historic site of the Worcester Blackfriars monastery, and replacing the former Blackfriars shopping centre.
It contains forty-nine stores, with a range of both large and smaller units, including House of Fraser, Debenhams and Primark. There are three restaurants in the recently refurbished Friary Walk, including Crowngate Kitchen. Other facilities include a 780 space, multi-story car park, the Worcester bus station and the Huntingdon Hall Theatre.
In October 2009 the centre underwent a £5 million refurbishment.
In 2017, plans for a new look for Crowngate were published.

Construction and excavations

Archaeological excavations were carried out in 1985-6, prior to the construction of the new centre. They uncovered:
Nevertheless, the nine months of funding to excavate the site “proved insufficient to complete the work and analyse the finds”. The small finds were repackaged by volunteers in 2010.

Stores

Stores present include House of Fraser, Debenhams, Primark, Boots, Game, Carphone Warehouse, Warren James, Rise, New Look, Superdrug and Iceland.

Bus Station

The bus station is located below the shopping centre and the main bus operator is First Midland Red.