Emery Gate

 ( Shopping Centres In Wiltshire ) 

Emery Gate Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Chippenham, Wiltshire. It takes over 90,000 square feet of land and has a 243 car space 2 level car park situated next to and below the building. The property is managed by Acorn Property Group, and contains over 12 big shopping brands inside.

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History Emery Gate Shopping Centre, located in the town of Chippenham, Wiltshire was built in the mid-1980s and opened to the public in 1986. Every year, the Shopping Centre attracts over 1.7 million people through its doors. The building has remained mainly original since its building, from the floor, to the roof, benches along the floor throughout the Centre mark '1986' on them, and have remained there since its opening, this will bring back a nostalgic feeling for any old visitors. The Wiltshire Shopping Centre is also very popular due to its annual Christmas grotto for children, ran by their landlords Acorn Property Group, and has one of the highest rated Santa's in the United Kingdom. Although the town of Chippenham is only home to approximately 36,500 people, this building continues to be the backbone and main attraction of the town.

In 2008, Tesco moved into the centre to replace Somerfield, and stayed in their unit in the centre for 16 years. This shop was always thriving with customers, and although it is now closed and the unit will most likely remain empty for some time, the centre continues to get busy daily.

In August 2022, the shopping centre was acquired by Acorn Property Group.

In January 2024, Tesco announced it would be closing its supermarket within Emery Gate and that it would move to a smaller unit on the Chippenham high street.

On 25 November 2024, the town of Chippenham suffered significant flooding from heavy overnight rain, with some areas reaching a staggering 4’8 feet. Older Residents described it as the worse flooding they’d seen since the 60’s. But despite this, within 3 days Emery Gate was back open and trading, although some inside retailers remained closed due to flood damage.

In December 2024, an empty and much smaller unit inside the shopping centre which used to be a vape company’s unit, closed down and progressed into what is now “Riley’s Sweet And Beverages Shop”. The new shop will most likely take time to attract customers, being situated right next to the very popular Boswell’s Cafe, but looks to have a high chance of succession as it stands out from the crowd.

In early January 2025, Select (popular female clothing brand) announced it would be closing its store inside Emery Gate, and its next location, or company future is not currently known.

On 25 January 2025, planning permission was accepted by Wiltshire Council to demolish the previous Tescos unit located at the end of the shopping centre, which is the largest unit there, at approximately 31,000 Square Feet. The future of the units space is unknown, but has been rumoured to be turnt into leisure facilities, or living accommodation

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