- Fenwick (department store)
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footnotes =Fenwick (founded 1882,
Newcastle upon Tyne ) is an independent chain ofdepartment store s in theUnited Kingdom .The group has its headquarters at the flagship Fenwick department store in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. Other stores are located in
London (inBond Street andBrent Cross ),Leicester ,York , Windsor,Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells. Fenwick acquired theBentalls group in 2001 which at that time comprised five department stores. Three of these were subsequently sold toJ E Beale with Fenwick retaining only two of the stores, inKingston upon Thames andBracknell . In 2007 the group further expanded by purchasingWilliams & Griffin , a well-regarded independent department store, inColchester ,Essex .The Newcastle store, which is one of Britain's largest department stores, holds a spectacular
Christmas window tableaux each year, attracting visitors from a wide area.Fenwick's Newcastle has a complex layout made up of several connected buildings that open to
Northumberland Street ,Eldon Square ,Monument Mall and Blackett Street. The store includes eight (with the opening of aYo! Sushi ) cafes and restaurants and a wide selection of goods.Branches in Bond Street, York and Windsor offer a limited range of departments, specialising in clothing, fashion accessories and cosmetics, as the focus of their assortment.
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Northumberland Street ,Newcastle upon Tyne 5 floors 22,500 m²
*Bond Street ,London 5 floors 5,530 m²
*Market Street,Leicester (formerly Joseph Johnson) 5 floors
*Brent Cross ,London 3 floors
*Coppergate Shopping Centre ,York 3 floors
*King Edward Court, Windsor 2 floors
*Whitefriars Shopping Centre ,Canterbury (formerlyRicemans ) 5 floors 10,776 m²
*Westfield Royal Victoria Place , Tunbridge Wells 3 floors
*Wood Street,Kingston upon Thames (Bentalls ) 5 floors
*High Street,Bracknell (Bentalls Bracknell) 2 floors
*High Street,Colchester (Williams & Griffin ) 6 floorsFormer locations
*St.Ebbe's Street,
Oxford (formerlyF Cape & Co )ee also
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List of department stores External links
* [http://www.fenwick.co.uk/ Fenwick official website]
* [http://www.bentalls.co.uk/ Bentalls official website]
* [http://www.williegee.com/ Williams & Griffin official website]
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