The Mander Centre is the main shopping centre serving Wolverhampton, I called here after watching Manchester City play at the Molineux, hoping to kill some time before travelling back to Manchester, with the trains expected to be busy because of the match.
The Mander Centre is a decent sized shopping mall, although a large amount of the units now remain empty, it seems to have slightly filled a bit since the latest reviews for here, with the opening of a large, new Debenhams store, but still the mall can't help but give off a depressing, empty feel, which even happened on quite a big day, with an event in the city which surprised me. The main changes in the development were mainly to create ten larger stores, and that seems to be the only good thing the Mander Center is good for now, as well as housing a Starbucks store (which like the mall is a poor branch and oddly shaped)
The layout of the mall is slightly unusual, and it can be hard to navigate especially for a first-timer to the mall with a few large turnings etc. Even the website for the centre is outdated in the sense, it talks about the development plans and store openings for over a year ago now.
Shops located here include Boots, Debenhams, Ryman, Superdrug, Three and Vision Express - the overall selection isn't too impressive.
The main shopping centre for Wolverhampton remains pretty basic, and although development plans seemed to have improved it slightly, the overall odd and depressing feel remains so I sadly feel Wolverhampton's Mander Center only deserves a two-star rating, which even then I feel is slightly generous. read more