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Lakeside Shopping Centre, branded as Intu Lakeside, is a large out-of-town shopping centre located in West Thurrock, in the borough of Thurrock, Essex just beyond the eastern boundary of Greater London. It was constructed on the site of a former chalk quarry. The first tenants moved into the complex in 1988 and it was completed in 1990, being opened on 25 October of that year by Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Marcus Bradford and Angus Ogilvy. The shopping centre, in addition to the retail parks, forms one of the largest shopping areas in a single location within Europe, with almost of retail space on a site of . The community of Chafford Hundred has grown to the east of the centre since its opening. Its main rival is the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Greenhithe, Kent, just across the River Thames. The centre was rebranded as "intu Lakeside" in 2013 following the renaming of parent Capital Shopping Centres Group plc as "intu properties plc". ==Main shopping centre== The shopping centre is the eleventh largest in Britain with available as retail floorspace〔Russell Ash, ''Top 10 of Britain'' (Hamlyn, 2009)〕 - the MetroCentre in Gateshead, after its expansion in 2004, is the largest. There are over 250 shops (including the anchor stores of Marks and Spencer, House of Fraser, Debenhams, and Primark), 50 cafes and restaurants, and a lake named Alexandra Lake with a PADI certified diving school complex. Intu Lakeside has on average 500,000 visitors per week. It is currently open on weekdays from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm, and on Saturday from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, and Sunday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The centre's car parks have capacity for 13,000 cars. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lakeside Shopping Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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