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County Square Shopping Centre - Ashford Location Ashford, Kent, England No. of stores and services 60 stores No. of anchor tenants 1 store (Debenhams Parking 600 No. of floors 2 Website www.countysquareshoppingcentre.com [1] County Square is a shopping centre in Ashford, Kent, England. It is one of three main shopping facilities in the town, others being Park Mall and the Ashford Designer Outlet.
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History
The centre was originally an open air shopping area named The Tufton Centre. It was originally home to an International Stores and Tesco Home Store which later became a Littlewoods. The centre was known for its Oast roundel style confectionary and advertising hoardings. It was covered by a large glass roof and a substantial redevelopment in the late 1980s.
Extension
On 20 March 2007, County Square opened itts new extended shopping mall to accommodate its new anchor store Debenhams, as well as stores such as New Look, Jane Norman, H&M, Next, River Island and Waterstones. The extension saw the centre double in size, increase its store total to 60 and increase its car parking facilities to 600.
The Extension to the centre was furthered in January 2010 with the introduction of GZ Computers, which was positioned in the older part of the centre prior to the extension. Watch Town, an independent watch store was also introduced into the centre, as well as SilverLeaf, an independent jewelerrs. A kiosk selling confectionary, drinks, tobacco and newspapers (managed by the staff who operate Ashford News in the town's Bank Street) has also been introduced into the new extension.
It is also rumoured that a milkshake bar will be opening in one of the vacant outlets in The Oval, between Debenhams and Nex in the near future.
Due to the extension and resultant re-branding of County Square, also known as CSQ, the centre has been separated into 6 areas: North Mall, Main Square, Central Mall, South Square, South Mall and The Oval.
Opening Hours
The opening hours of County Square Shopping Centre are listed below. Not all stores follow these opening and closing hours, for example Debenhams offer late opening during their sale periods. Please note that on Sundays, due to British Sunday trading legislation, larger stores open at 11:00.
- Monday 09:00 - 18:00
- Tuesday 09:00 - 18:00
- Wednesday 09:00 - 18:00
- Thursday 09:00 - 20:00
- Friday 09:00 - 18:00
- Saturday 09:00 - 18:00
- Sunday 10:00 - 17:00
All Stores
Books, Gifts & Stationery
- Card Factory
- Clintons
- Waterstones
- Buy The Book
Cafes & Restaurants
- BHS Restaurant
- Costa Coffee
- Douwe Egberts Coffee At Debenhams
- Muffin Break
- Revive Juice Bar
Children & Childcare
- Early Learning Centre
- Mothercare
- Kids Stuff
- Gizmo
Fashion
- British Home Stores
- Bon Marche
- Next
- Peacocks
- Claire's
- River Island
- New Look
- Jane Norman
- Debenhams
- Marks & Spencer
- H&M
- Azuri
- Claires Accessories
Supermarkets
Health & Beauty
- Fragrance Shop
- Superdrug
- The Body Shop
- Diamonds & Pearls
- Regis Hairstylists
- Supercuts
Travel
Shoe Sales & Repair
- Clarks'
- Timpson
Eye care
Confectionery
- Thorntons
- English Confectionery
Miscellaneous
- Johnsons
- Ashford News Kiosk
- Past Times
Music, Phone & Electrical
- Carphone Warehouse
- GZ Computers
- GAME
- HMV
- Vodafone
- Orange Mobile
- 3 Store
- Jessops
- Sky
Jewellery
External links
Coordinates: 51°08′56″N 0°52′13″E / 51.1488°N 0.8703°E
Categories:- Shopping centres in Kent
- Buildings and structures in Kent
- Ashford, Kent
- Kent building and structure stubs
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