Churchill Square Shopping Centre is the main shopping centre serving Brighton, UK, albeit there are…read moreshopping areas elsewhere such as on Western and North Roads, and within a few minutes walk of the Railway Station.
It is a pretty small centre, most of the stores are also small and brands such as Three, EE and Superdrug do have other branches around the city. Many other stores also seem to be smaller by usual standards from the brand, including one of the older-fashioned, uninspiring and smallest Apple Stores I've seen across Europe.
There were multiple cold-call style sellers conducting University research and a Sky desk, the latter was worse as it was located so close to certain stores such as Game, they were basically pulling customers a way to try and make them sign up for their services. I can't help but feel this only works in larger and more spacious malls so you can hide from them if you will, rather than being so close, making it seem even more awkward and frustrating.
There are multiple brands here including JD Sports, Three, EE. WHSmith also has one of the larger stores I've seen in the brand, which includes a Post Office. If you prefer to use Collect+, the information desk does do Collect+ and there are Amazon Lockers within the centre.
There is a small food court on the top floor, which also struggles to compete with the dining scene in the rest of the city, and mainly consists of a few fast food chains including Mcdonald's. Even most coffee shops including Starbucks and Costa, prefer to be outside of the mall and across the way!
The construction across the mall is a little strange, it is over three floors, which are pretty small, there is a steep slope leading up to the Apple Store / Debenhams area of the mall, making it really similar in a sense to intu Potteries located in the Hanley area of Stoke-on-Trent.
It has some good brands but doesn't do it particularly well. The Westside, on Western Road with large stores such as Topman, WHSmith and JD Sports, makes it appear modern and cool, but it just doesn't live up to that.
2* - More of a place to shop under shelter with some okay brands (some which can't be found elsewhere), avoidable on a nice day because Brighton is a nice place to spend time outside in the sun, along the seafront or shopping areas where the larger shops seem to be located, with the exception being the anchor stores here such as Debenhams. Lack of places to sit down and grab a drink or food such as major restaurants or coffee-shops also lets Churchill Square down, as it seems they focus on a few fast food outlets.
