Kirkgate Market, Bradford
| Kirkgate Shopping Centre | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Former names | Kirkgate Market |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Architectural style | Brutalist |
| Location | Kirkgate Centre, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 1TQ., Bradford, West Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°47′42″N 1°45′18″W / 53.795086°N 1.754936°W |
| Years built | 1872 (Market), 1973 (Shopping Centre) |
| Opened | 22nd November 1973 |
| Closed | June 28th 2025 |
| Demolished | 1973 (Original Market) |
| Owner | Bradford Metropolitan District Council |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 350,000 (sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Lockwood and Mawson (1872), John Brunton & Partners (1973) |
| Known for | Local Marketplace |
| Other information | |
| Parking | 650 Spaces |
| Website | |
| https://www.kirkgate.co.uk/ | |
Kirkgate Shopping Centre, known locally and historically as Kirkgate Market, was a shopping centre located in the city centre of Bradford, United Kingdom. The former market closed it's doors on June 28th 2025.[1]
Originally opening in 1872 as a market, the original market operated for just over a century.[2] The site of the original marketplace was demolished in 1973 and reopened the same year as a shopping centre on the 22nd November 1973[3] with a notable brutalist architecture designed by John Brunton & Partners who also designed other brutalist buildings in the city, such as High Point.[4]
The shopping centre contained multiple floors with 350,000sq ft of retail space, including an indoor market, 60 retail units, 10 kiosks, a 650 space secured car park[5][6]
The shopping centre, along with the former John Street Market, is planned to be demolished in 2026 as part of a city centre regeneration scheme for Bradford in line with a UK City of Culture 2025 bid.[7] The former shopping centre will be replaced by public garden areas, residential plots composed of new build housing and a new Darley Street Market.[8]
History
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In 1979, 6 years after opening its doors, the shopping centre won the 1979 European Award from the International Council of Shopping Centres.[9]
References
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- ^ "Look back: The day they demolished the old Kirkgate Market". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 2022-11-05. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
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- ^ "Yorkshire Building Society (High Point)". #SOSBRUTALISM. Archived from the original on 2025-01-22. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ^ "Kirkgate Centre Bradford - Shopping Centre in Bradford, Bradford". www.visitbradford.com. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ^ "Kirkgate Shopping Centre Bradford". Slideshare. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ^ "Nearly £30m unlocked for Bradford 'City Village' works". BBC News. 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ^ "Bradford City Village – At Home in the Heart of the City". May 2024.
- ^ "Bradford shoppers divided over Kirkgate Shopping Centre". BBC News. 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2025-10-02.