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Kilner Way/Halifax Road/Wadsley Bridge Megathread


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Sheffield is bigger than Nottingham & Leeds.

 

With a population of 547,000, the City of Sheffield is England’s third largest metropolitan authority …

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/sheffield-facts-figures/population-information

 

Leeds is the centre for the West Yorkshire conurbation - they have Bradford and Wakefield (among others) bang next door.

 

Nottingham is the centre for the county - plus it's got Derby just over the M1 and Leicester about 25 miles down the motorway.

 

The City of Manchester has a smaller population than Sheffield as well, but Greater Manchester is much bigger.

 

They are all regional centres.

 

Sheffield is at best a sub - regional centre. That is the reality when it comes to companies looking where to develop.

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what shops are actually opening there apart from Argos as there have been many rumours. Is anything confirmed for any more shops?

 

The only shops confirmed are:

 

1st unit - Argos (opening tommorrow 12/5/11)

 

2nd unit - Boots (opening unknown)

 

3rd unit - Halfords (open now)

 

4th unit - Pets At Home (opening unknown - definatley not May as some have posted)

 

And M&S are in talks about taking on a unit on the other side

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Sheffield is at best a sub - regional centre. That is the reality when it comes to companies looking where to develop.

 

To break it up into areas like that, is not how people travel though - you may as well link any cities or towns in a 25-mile radius, & call it a regional centre.

 

In which case - add Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham to Sheffield's region (all within a 25-mile radius). People from all these towns descend on (Sheffield's) Meadowhall - the same way the population of Greater Manchester descends on the Trafford Centre.

 

And at the end of the day, the reality is that IKEA did want to open a large store just off the Sheffield Parkway, it was SCC that put the block on it.

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just an FYI - argos have confirmed Kilner Way branch will run the following promotion:

the new store has the following promotion running from 12/05/11 - 18/05/11: Spend over £50 in-store and receive two £5 vouchers and spend over £100 in-store and receive two £10 vouchers.
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