Meadowhall (shopping centre) in the UK that combines a bus, rail and tram interchange as well as making the centre accessible to both the local region and the rest of the country. The centre is located at junction 34 of the M1 motorway. Meadowhall is served by two stops on the Sheffield Supertram network; the Yellow Line terminus at Meadowhall Interchange is located to the north of the shopping centre, while Meadowhall South & Tinsley tram stop is located to the south of the shopping centre and is served by the Yellow Line and, from 2018, tram-train services to . Meadowhall Interchange tram
Retail park at households owning a car, though there are often also bus services. They are an alternative to busy city centres. Such developments have been encouraged by cheaper, more affordable land on the outskirts of towns and cities, and with loose planning controls in a number of Enterprise Zones, making planning and development very easy. In recent years, in many areas across the UK, planning controls have been tightened to preserve the countryside. This has made it more difficult for such developments to proceed, resulting in many smaller, more compact retail parks, sometimes consisting of only three or four stores being