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The Friary
The Friary, North Street, Guildford, GU1 4YT
Description
Guildford is a highly attractive town centre in the South East region in close proximity to Greater London. It has immediate access to an affluent catchment population, excellent road, rail and air connections and is an appealing Surrey commuter belt town.
The Friary Shopping Centre sits at the heart of the towns retail provision with over 51 units over 3 levels anchored by Next, Zara, Urban Outfitters & Primark. The impressive tenant line up includes Mango, Oliver Bonas, Kurt Gieger and Hollister.
The centre also has its own dedicated food court on level 3 which includes McDonalds, KFC, Kokoro, Thai Express and Subway.
Location
Guildford is located in the heart of Surrey, less than 50 km from London.
The centre benefits from excellent transport links with two rail stations within close proximity and direct road links from Leatherhead, Horsham, Woking and the M25 via the A3.
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Demographics
Highly affluent suburbs in primary and secondary trade area, with a weighted potential spend of £1.2 billion.
The second most credit crunch resistant centre in the UK (CACI 2011).
84.9% of the catchment come from the most affluent ACORN groups of Wealthy Achievers, Urban Prosperity and Comfortably off.
The centre significantly over indexes against UK average for Most Affluent Acorn Shopper of Wealthy Executives with over three times as many as the the UK average.
Total weighted expenditure £1,202.
Household incomes are 29% higher than the UK average, and 14% higher than those in the South East.
A strong footfall of 8.1%, compared to a national decline of 1.4%.
Annual footfall of 9.0m
Site Plans
3 Available Units
Tenants
Unit | Tenant | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 34 | Costa | - |
| Unit 22 | Schuh | 4,182 sq ft |
| Unit 27 | Card Factory | 1,341 sq ft |
| 46-48 | Oliver Bonas | 6,002 sq ft |
| Unit 5 | Levi's | - |
| Unit 2 | The Fragrance Shop | - |
| Unit 3 | Swarovski | 878 sq ft |
| Unit 63/64/65 | Mango | - |
| Unit 68/69 | Boux Avenue | - |
| Unit 67 | Pandora | - |
