"more leisure facilities are also part of the plans. As of 2018, the plans have yet to be financed, or put into motion. The Pentagon (and the rest of Chatham town centre) have suffered from external factors, such as the construction of Bluewater and Lakeside, two of the country's largest modern shopping centres, fairly close by. Pentagon Shopping Centre The Pentagon Shopping Centre (known locally as 'The Pentagon') is a shopping centre in Chatham in Kent. The shopping centre is located next to the Waterfront bus station which replaces the Pentagon bus station, which 80% of services use. The shopping"
"Dartford Tunnel on Crossways Business Park, where Mazda UK are; in the same building is Forest Laboratories UK (bought by Actavis in 2014), who make Veno's (cough mixture, the brand was bought from Beechams-GSK in 2011), Sudocrem, Otomize (Dexamethasone) and Bisodol (indigestion), made in Dartford; Crosswater (taps and showers) is in Stone, further along the A206 near the Thames Europort. Bluewater in Greenhithe is the third-largest shopping centre in the UK; it was built on the former Blue Circle Swanscombe Cement Works, which closed in 1990. South East Water is in Snodland. H+H UK (aerated concrete) is based at the"
"Blackwater, Cornwall Blackwater is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the parish of St Agnes between Truro and Redruth. The village lies on the old course of the A30 north of the current course which bypasses it. The village has a primary school (built in 1877) which serves the village and surrounding settlements. Over the course of Blackwater's history, the town has supported four public houses: Clinton House, Cornish Miners Inn, The Red Lion and The Spread Eagle. The Chacewater to Newquay railway line (1903–1963) crossed through Blackwater. A station building was located south of"
"the mine scenes in the ""Doctor Who"" television story The Dalek Invasion of Earth. This was the first of many quarries to be used in the series. Stone Crossing railway station is located on the North Kent Line. Stone has a village cricket team that was established in 1888. Bluewater Shopping Centre is located in Stone. It is the fourth largest shopping centre in The United Kingdom. The centre was opened on 16 March 1999 and is located in a former chalk quarry. The site occupies 240 acres and has a sales floor area of 1,600,000 ft2. The centre employs"
"of the large quarries created as a legacy of the cement industry, between Watling Street and the village of Stone, is the site of the Bluewater (shopping centre), one of the largest such centres in Europe. An adjacent quarry is to be given up for housing – more than 6,000 houses will be built there. The development by Land Securities, known as 'Eastern Quarry', will consist of three primary schools, a secondary school, a health and social care centre and more than of new parkland, lakes and woodland. A plan was announced in October 2012 to build a major theme"
"with a new larger two-level 'specialist retail' area, similar to 'The Village' at Westfield London, with upmarket retail and restaurant facilities and mall access to both levels. Existing businesses would have to be relocated or removed from the centre to allow the works to go ahead. There are over 13,000 free parking spaces, covered over six car parks. The nearest railway station to Bluewater is Greenhithe for Bluewater, located 1.7 miles away. It is served by Southestern and Thameslink services to Luton, London Cannon Street, London Charing Cross, London Victoria, Gravesend and Rainham. Arriva Southern Counties (including Fastrack A and"
"commercial base. Included among those areas include 'The Bridge' and Crossways to either side of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, areas around Greenhithe and a site planned to contain five separate 'villages' in the Eastern Quarry near Bluewater Shopping Centre, itself a large employer. In October 2012 Dartford and Gravesham councils co-announced plans for a major theme park to be built on the Swanscombe peninsula, which would create up to 27,000 jobs by 2018. Borough of Dartford The Borough of Dartford is a local government district in the north-west of the county of Kent, England. Its council is in Dartford."
"refurbishment program using around £6m of capital. The most costly of these stores was the Air Land and Sea store at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent. After a costing an estimated £3m and branded ""the first of many to open in the UK"", the store was in operation for less than 12 months, and closed as part of a CVA. Of all the stores refurbished, they were originally reported to be trading ahead of the rest of the estate. Several of the newly refurbished stores remained loss-making, and were closed when a CVA was agreed. Of the refurbished stores, the"
"throughout Greater Manchester region and beyond. Planning permission was granted in 1993 before being rejected by the Court of Appeal. It was reinstated in 1995 when the House of Lords gave approval for the development. Construction began in 1996 and the centre opened on 10 September 1998 becoming the UK's first ""mega mall"" which combined retail, dining and leisure facilities. On opening, the Trafford Centre was the largest shopping centre in the UK but lost the title to Bluewater in Kent in 1999. However, due to numerous expansions since 2006, the Trafford Centre is now larger than Bluewater. Due to"
"jobs. The outlet has parking spaces for up to 700 vehicles and 10 coaches. It is served directly by the Blackpool Transport bus service 1 and is a 5 minute walk from the Fisherman's Walk tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway. https://www-blackpoolgazette-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/fylde-coast-shopping-outlet-finds-affinity-for-its-new-name-1-9181510/amp?amp_js_v=a1&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackpoolgazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Ffylde-coast-shopping-outlet-finds-affinity-for-its-new-name-1-9181510 Freeport Fleetwood Affinity Lancashire is a shopping and leisure outlet in the port town of Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. It is owned by Global Mutual Ltd. Affinity Lancashire is located adjacent to Wyre Dock and marina. Retailers include - Bench, Cadbury, Claire's Accessories, Costa Coffee, Cotton Traders, Hallmark Cards, Holland and Barrett, Home Bargains, Marks and Spencer, McDonald's, Next,"
"River Blackwater (River Test) The River Blackwater is a river in the English counties of Hampshire and Wiltshire. It is a tributary of the River Test. The river rises just to the east of the Wiltshire village of Redlynch, near Salisbury. It then flows east across the county boundary into Hampshire, where it flows north of the village of Wellow and the hamlet of Wigley. The river turns south, passing under the M27 and past Broadlands Lake and the Testwood Lakes reservoirs, before joining the Test between Totton and Redbridge. The Environment Agency records the length of the main river"
"Elterwater Elterwater is a village in the English Lake District and the county of Cumbria. The village lies half a mile (800 m) north-west of the lake of Elter Water, from which it derives its name. Both are situated in the valley of Great Langdale. In the past, the principal industries have been farming, quarrying for slate and gunpowder manufacture. The first two activities continue, while evidence of the latter survives in the grounds of the Langdale Estate, a holiday development founded in the 1930s and redeveloped as a timeshare in the 1980s. In the present day, tourism is a"
"was judged Good in 2012, under a reformed and more critical OFSTED inspection regime, the second highest category. Depending on which of the main three subjects is analysed, results overall in 2012 were from the top to the 4th quintile (five equal groups) nationally. Broadwater School Broadwater School is a coeducational secondary school in the village of Farncombe, situated in the county of Surrey in England. Established as Broadwater County Secondary School the official opening was on Monday, 8 July 1968 [reference: Opening Programme]. The opening ceremony was performed by Chairman of Surrey County Council (Mr Louis A. White, J.P.)"
"Blue Max were filmed near Fermoy, with the nearby Blackwater viaduct featuring on screen. In the 1980s, a coming-of-age film called 'Clash of the Ash' was shot in Fermoy. Fermoy is twinned with: Fermoy Fermoy () is a town on the River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the town and environs had a population of approximately 6,500 people. It is located in the barony of Fermoy. The town's name comes from the Irish and refers to a Cistercian abbey founded in the 13th century. The ringfort at Carntierna, located 2.4 km (1.5 mi) south"
"Estate had taken a 50 per cent stake in the centre. The centre was bought by British Land for £240 million in January 2011. In 2007, the centre's management introduced a code of conduct which, like one the Bluewater centre introduced in 2005, banned hooded tops and baseball caps. Drake Circus Shopping Centre Drake Circus Shopping Centre is a covered shopping mall in the centre of Plymouth, England, which opened in October 2006. The new building was designed by London-based architects Chapman Taylor and built by Bovis Lend Lease. Situated behind the ruined Charles Church, preserved as the city's civilian"
"by Ensignbus provides a link to Bluewater across the Dartford Crossing. To ensure the centre maintains its competition with the newer (and what is perceived by some as more 'upmarket') Bluewater shopping centre, which lies just over the Thames in Greenhithe, Lakeside has recently undergone major refurbishment at a cost of £30 million. This included new Italian porcelain flooring, new lighting, a new ceiling and new glass roofs which allow much more natural light into the shopping centre. There are now also new, faster lifts, and four more escalators, along with automatic entrance doors. The refurbishment has also encouraged refitting"
"Lightwater Lightwater is a town in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey, England, about south-west of Central London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Bagshot, Deepcut, Windlesham, Camberley, and West End, Woking. It is bounded to the north-west by the M3 motorway and to the north-east by the Lightwater bypass. To the south-east it is bounded by the ""Red Road"" (B311), while to the south-west there are vehicle-testing tracks owned by the Ministry of Defence. Prior to development, the natural vegetation was part of the Surrey heathland as seen in Bagshot and Chobham Common. The region has been inhabited since"
"wooden divider that could be moved for large gatherings like concerts. The building has also been used for local meetings, County Technical Instruction Committee classes, men's snooker club and the 1920 Coroner's inquest into the unsolved double murder of Joseph Hoare and Laura Sara. The Red Lion Public House is the town's pub. The Victorian philanthropist and journalist John Passmore Edwards was born here. He had the Blackwater Institute built within a few hundred yards of the site of the cottage of his birth and youth. Blackwater, Cornwall Blackwater is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated"
"1970s (and the more recent development of the Bluewater Shopping Centre), have had a negative effect on the economy of Dartford, but the town is still home to major brands such as Sainsbury's, W.H. Smiths, and Boots. With the opening of the major Bluewater regional shopping centre just outside the town, the high street has seen a growth in cheaper brands such as Primark and Wilko taking over empty premises. In the 1990s, the local economy was boosted by the establishment of a number of business parks in the area, the biggest being Crossways Business Park at the foot of"
"Broadwater (electoral division) Broadwater is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The division covers the original settlement of Worthing of Broadwater village and came into existence as the result of a boundary review recommended by the Boundary Committee for England, the results of which were accepted by the Electoral Commission in March 2009. It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Worthing Borough and comprises the following borough wards: all but WA3 polling district of Broadwater Ward and the eastern part of Gaisford Ward. Results"
"credibility to sign more names, including the two other anchor stores: House of Fraser followed in June 1996 by Marks & Spencer. 90% of the retail space was committed by March 1998. Construction, undertaken by Bovis Lend Lease, started on 1 May 1996. At its peak, the site employed 2,500 workers simultaneously. In all, 20,000 people worked hours on the construction of Bluewater. At the planned opening date, 16 March 1999, Bluewater was inaugurated with 99% of the shops open for business. The total cost of construction was around GBP £400 million. In May 2005, Bluewater introduced a code of"
"Reading Blue Coat School Reading Blue Coat School is an Independent, day school for boys with a co-educational Sixth Form in Holme Park in the village of Sonning, in the English county of Berkshire, to the east of the town of Reading. It is situated beside the River Thames, and was established in 1646 by Richard Aldworth, who named it ""Aldworth's Hospital"". The school was established in 1646 at the height of the English Civil War, when a wealthy London merchant, Richard Aldworth of Stanlake Park, left the Corporation of Reading the sum of £4,000, the proceeds of which were"
"Blackwater, Isle of Wight Blackwater is a village on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located about two miles south of Newport, close to the geographic centre of the island. It is in the civil parish of Arreton The Newclose County Cricket Ground is just to the north of the village. Newport Junction Railway opened a railway station at Blackwater. Blackwater Station first appeared on railway timetables in June, 1876 and operated until June 6, 1956. The trackbed of the former railway line is now part of National Cycle Route 23. Public transport is provided by Southern Vectis bus"
"Oldcastle, County Meath Oldcastle () is a town in County Meath, Ireland. It is located in the north-west of the county near the border with Cavan, approximately 13 miles (21 km) from Kells. The R154 and R195 regional roads cross in the town's market square. As of the 2011 census the town's population stood at 2,316. In recent years Oldcastle has grown mainly due to an influx of workers from Eastern Europe to work in the several industries, particularly furniture, bedding and victualling located in the area. The area was the birthplace of St Oliver Plunkett, the last Irish Catholic"
"River Blackwater Ballymagirril ""Ballymagirril"" () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Ballymagirril is bounded on the north by Bellaleenan townland, on the west by Sraloaghan townland in County Leitrim, on the south by Greagh townland and on the east by Stranadarragh and Cornagunleog townlands. Its chief geographical features are the River Blackwater, County Cavan, spring wells and dug wells. Ballymagirril is traversed by minor roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 157 statute acres. The McGirl family probably owned the townland."
"of the election held on 2 May 2013: Results of the election held on 4 June 2009: Election Results - West Sussex County Council Broadwater (electoral division) Broadwater is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The division covers the original settlement of Worthing of Broadwater village and came into existence as the result of a boundary review recommended by the Boundary Committee for England, the results of which were accepted by the Electoral Commission in March 2009. It falls entirely within the un-parished area of"
"goods, services and faiths"" but that ""none of these truly reveres the power of civic life."" He argued that retail trade ""can bring back the pageantry of civic life to cities and towns."" Kuhne's notable large scale retail-based projects included Cockle Bay Wharf in Sydney, Australia, the huge Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, and the Titanic Quarter redevelopment in Belfast. His other projects include: Eric Kuhne Eric Robert Kuhne (September 2, 1951 – July 25, 2016) was an American-born British architect based in London. With major projects around the world, Kuhne's assignments included the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent completed"
"documentaries, and television programmes. Former pupils are known as Old Blues. Some better known Old Blues include: Reading Blue Coat School Reading Blue Coat School is an Independent, day school for boys with a co-educational Sixth Form in Holme Park in the village of Sonning, in the English county of Berkshire, to the east of the town of Reading. It is situated beside the River Thames, and was established in 1646 by Richard Aldworth, who named it ""Aldworth's Hospital"". The school was established in 1646 at the height of the English Civil War, when a wealthy London merchant, Richard Aldworth"
"Castlepoint Shopping Centre Castlepoint is a shopping centre in Bournemouth, Dorset, in the United Kingdom, occupying a site containing around 40 shops, including major retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Gap, Topshop, Asda, Sainsbury's, and B&Q. It is situated north-east from the centre of town, off Castle Lane West on the former site of The Hampshire Centre. The centre opened to the public on 27 October 2003, following a major redevelopment of the site, which had previously been occupied by The Hampshire Centre for around 35 years. Construction of the centre, undertaken by Kier Group, took over two years and"
"Broadwater, West Sussex Broadwater is a neighbourhood of the Borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. Situated between the South Downs and the English Channel, Broadwater was once a parish in its own right and included Worthing when the latter was a small fishing hamlet. Before its incorporation into the Borough of Worthing in 1902 Broadwater also included the manor of Offington to the North. It borders Tarring to the West, Sompting to the East, and East Worthing to the South East. Broadwater is centred on a large triangular grassy area known as 'Broadwater Green' there is a small cricket"
"Blackwater, Hampshire Blackwater is a small town in the northeastern corner of Hampshire, England, lying in the county's Hart District. It lies in the extreme northeast corner of the county, about away from London. It is situated on the borders of both Berkshire (Bracknell Forest) and Surrey (Surrey Heath) about north of Farnborough, west of Camberley and east of Basingstoke on the A30 road. Blackwater is situated west-southwest of London. An old marker stone signpost near the Agincourt nightclub on the A30, in western Camberley marks 30 miles, and the centre of Blackwater is less than one mile from that"
"River Blackwater (Northern Ireland) The River Blackwater or Ulster Blackwater is a river in County Armagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It also forms part of the border between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, flowing between counties Tyrone and Monaghan, intersecting into Monaghan briefly. Its source is to the north of Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. The river divides County Armagh from County Tyrone and also divides County Tyrone from County Monaghan. The river enters Lough Neagh west of Derrywarragh Island and is navigable from Maghery to Blackwatertown. The small Maghery Canal enters the Blackwater south of Derrywarragh Island."
"of England Development Agency (EEDA) and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), as well as the national regeneration agency, English Partnerships. Formerly, the development was split into zones each with a different agency responsible for delivery. The zones were: Before 2003 most conspicuous development was situated west of Beckton. There have been substantial housing schemes at Chafford Hundred, Chatham and Greenhithe and there is a large shopping centre at Bluewater. Proposals for a large international airport on Cliffe Marshes were dropped from the government's white paper on air transport in 2003 after they were rejected by local residents, the"