Marks & Spencer Newcastle upon Tyne. M&S has opened a number of stores at out of town locations since the trend to build shopping centres away from town centres became popular in the 1980s. The first was at the MetroCentre, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, which opened in 1986. Another notable example is the store at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre at Brierley Hill, West Midlands. This store opened on 23 October 1990 shortly after the closure of stores in the nearby town centres of Dudley and West Bromwich; the Merry Hill store was not originally intended to replace these two town centre stores,
Westfield Burwood Westfield Burwood Westfield Burwood is a large shopping centre in Burwood, in Sydney, Australia. The centre first opened in 1966 and was completely rebuilt in 2000. Westfield Burwood participates in Burwood's "Christmas Carols in the Park" in December. The event is held in Burwood Park, opposite Westfield. Westfield Burwood first opened in October 1966, and was one of the first shopping centres in Australia. The original centre was half the size it is today, and was first to have a Hoyts cinema inside the centre (later closed sometime in the 1980s). The original centre was partially built on the site