{"id":7620,"date":"2025-10-25T10:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T10:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curiousdrive.com\/?p=7620"},"modified":"2025-10-29T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:43:09","slug":"westfield-to-open-first-uk-shopping-centre-outside-london-in-this-major-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/curiousdrive.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/westfield-to-open-first-uk-shopping-centre-outside-london-in-this-major-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Westfield to open first UK shopping centre outside London in this major city"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new Westfield is coming to the UK (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Westfield<\/a> is a Mecca for London<\/a> shoppers, teeming with everything from high street<\/a> stores to fine jewellery brands, and food halls<\/a> to furniture<\/a> showrooms.<\/p>\n

But the UK’s Westfield offerings<\/a> will soon no longer be limited to the White City<\/a> and Stratford<\/a> malls.<\/p>\n

The iconic shopping brand is venturing outside the capital, for the first time, to open its first Westfield shopping centre in Edinburgh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

St James’ Quarter, in the heart of the Scottish capital’s East End, has been acquired by retail titan Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), and will be rebranded as a Westfield centre in 2026.<\/p>\n

The four-floor Scottish shopping galleria currently had more than 80 brands like & Other Stories, Bershka, H&M, and Zara<\/a>. It also has a boutique Everyman cinema, and even places to stay like Roomzzz Aparthotels and W Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

There’s plenty of food and drink options, too. From Duck & Waffle, Five Guys, Pret<\/a>, and Wingstop<\/a> – you’ll be spoiled for choice.<\/p>\n

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St James’ Quarter is set to become a Westfield shopping centre (Picture: Shutterstock\/Thomas Ortega)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just a two-minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley, with an indoor-outdoor layout, the shopping centre, which opened in 2021, spans 80,000sqm and sits among the top 20 highest-footfall retail destinations in Europe.<\/p>\n

Westfield owners URW plan to ‘elevate [St James\u2019 Quarter\u2019s] performance by leveraging our retail operations and media expertise, as well as bringing the globally recognised Westfield brand to the destination’.<\/p>\n

The group already has 66 shopping centres in 11 countries , 40 of which adopt the famous Westfield brand. These centres see more than 900million annual visits each year.<\/p>\n

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Westfield Stratford City Shopping Centre (Picture: In Pictures\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Both existing UK Westfield locations are incredibly popular, with Westfield Stratford City attracting 50million shoppers each year alone.<\/p>\n

It first opened back in September 2011 and sits at the gateway to the Queen Elizabeth<\/a> Olympic park, boasting more than 300 UK and international brands, as well as having the country’s largest All Star Lands bowling alley.<\/p>\n

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