Middleton Grange Shopping Centre
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Middleton Grange is a shopping centre in Hartlepool, England. It was opened by Princess Anne in 1968. The site of the shopping centre was originally terraced streets until most of them were bombed during World War II. It is the third largest shopping centre in the north east[citation needed] after MetroCentre in Gateshead and Eldon Square in Newcastle.
The achitecture of the building is the 1960s brutalist style but most of it is hidden inside due to the modernised indoor conversion in 1993 but the Market Hall still has a reminder of the hidden architecture due to the market hall already being indoor and not being modernised except a new coating of paint. The longest serving retail outlets since the opening are Woolworths and Marks & Spencer.
Middleton Grange was originally built to replace the old town centre located around Lynn Street. Most of the shops and the market closed and moved to the shopping centre when it was completed. Most of Lynn Street was demolished in 1975 for construction of a new housing estate which some of Lynn Street still remains and is now called Lynn Street North. Some of the older generation of residents in Hartlepool still prefer Lynn Street to Middleton Grange as they said it was better for your shopping needs as there was more shops and services.
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