Merry Hill

...inevitable that I will visit Merry Hill at least ten times because me and my Mom especially love it there. It is basically a massive shopping centre which is indoors so you don't have to worry about rain and you can spend hours looking around although it never seems busy for some reason. We choose Merry Hill every year for us to do our January sales shop too because there is so much on offer. Let me tell you why I love it so much! Ok so where is ...
...Dudley you will find it. Merry Hill is signposted for miles away from where it is so you can't miss it. The car park is huge and you can always find a space and the best thing is that it is free to park there for as many hours as you like. By public transport you can get the metro to Dudley and then bus from there or you can get a bus link from Birmingham city centre. In all honesty though it is easier to drive to get there. Ok so you get there ...

katygriff 24.01.2008 · Read full review
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...a bit of history… Merry Hill is located in Brierley Hill in the West Midlands. It was originally the site of an Iron and Steel works, started by the Earl of Dudley in the early 1850’s. Due to the recession it closed down in 1980. In the mid 1980’s the Merry Hill site was purchased by Black Country Developers Richardson Developments Ltd. It was due to them that the first two stages of the Merry Hill development opened in 1985. ...
...collapse of Mountleigh, in 1994, Merry Hill was bought by it current owners Chelsfield plc. Today Merry Hill Centre has over 200 shops under one roof and free car parking for 10,000 cars. It is one of the biggest centres in the UK and one of the finest in Europe. Inside is laid out in marble and brass, with scenic lifts and water fountains. There is an Upper and Lower Mall and access is made easy with several large lifts, together with stairs and ...

dibalmond 22.11.2001 · Read full review
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...I usually go to is Merry Hill in Dudley in the West Midlands. It is a massive shopping centre home to literally hundreds of brilliant shops where you can get anything from clothes to DVDs. Now if you are like me and literally cannot stand shopping on a regular basis, stay clear of this place, it will be your hell, however I must admit that it is a fantastic centre to go to in order to have a real shop. With me this is once a year, but I do come back ...
...you all the way to Merry Hill which is about another fifteen minutes away. Merry Hill is a pleasant centre and is always clean when I go. There are lots of bins around for your trash and people walk around cleaning up, so it makes for a nice place to shop. The thing I always find great is that no matter how busy the centre can get it never seems claustrophobic or packed as many other shopping centres do. There are lots of plants around and the place ...

mamba17 05.03.2008 · Read full review
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...a little review of the Merry Hill shopping centre, as it is a place which i visit almost every day, and i class it as my corner shop. I literally live within 5 minutes walk of the centre, and there's ALWAYS something that either myself or my girlfriend need to buy, so Merry Hill is always the place we go to get it. Merry Hill shopping centre is located in Brierley Hill, just outside Dudley, in the West Midlands. It used to be the location of an ...
...writing this! Transport to Merry Hill can be a bit of a nightmare sometimes. The road system around the centre is continually being 'improved' due to its ever growing popularity, although the never-ending road works seem to cause constant traffic problems, especially at Christmas, where travelling in and out of Merry Hill can take hours. The public transport service isn't great, as the only way to get there is by bus, many of which stop running ...

miggimoo 20.05.2004 · Read full review
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Merry Hill is a big out of town shopping complex, just outside Dudley in the West Midlands. It was built on the site of former derelict factories and is signposted for miles around so you can’t miss it. There is plenty of car parking space, unless you’re daft enough to go just before Christmas of course, and then it gets VERY crowded indeed. I haven’t been to see this for myself as it would freak me out completely, but it does get ...
...any time of the year Merry Hill is no place for you if you can't stand crowds! It is also a good idea to avoid the area completely if you're not actually visiting Merry Hill as the roads do get very congested when Merry Hill is busy. There is a bus service from Dudley town centre to Merry Hill and further buses are laid on around the area near to Christmas. When you get there, there is also a free courtesy bus, which takes you around the site. There ...

SusanLesley 19.12.2000 (09.07.2001) · Read full review
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Merry Hill is a retail facility which was built between 1984-1989 with extensions still been built today. It occupies a 125 acre site with two levels of covered mall shops, a retail warehouse park, a 10-screen multiplex cinema and 10,000 car parking spaces. The lettable floor areas of the various elements of Merry Hill are: Covered shopping - 1,055,000 sq. ft Retail warehouse - 320,000 sq. ft Multiplex cinema - 40,000 sq. ft Other retail - 100,000 ...
...its retail and cinema functions, Merry Hill provides banks and building societies, post office, tourist information centre and a range of community facilities such as senior citizens’ clubs, careers service and a citizens advice bureau. There are also plenty of toilets and baby changing rooms. ~~Which Shops Are There?~~ There are far too many for me to list them all, I will list just a few that come to mind: The West Midlands biggest "NEXT" store ...

JADELOUISESILVA 01.07.2003 · Read full review
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Merry Hill shopping centre (Brierly Hill in West Midlands) is a must for everybody that likes shopping! It has all the shops you could possibly desire under one roof, ranging from department stores ( Marks and Spencers , Debenhams,BHS) to supermarkets, clothes shops,health stores you name it it will have it! Shops are clearly signposted and there are maps located around the centre. There are many security guards around, so no need to worry about ...
...and climbing frames. Parking at Merry Hill is free and the centre has electronic signs telling you if there are spaces in the car parks, which i find very helpful. There are also spaces for the disabled and designated areas for people with young children who have buggys, these spaces are very close to the centre. Opening times at Merry Hill are varied and accomodate well for most people. They open about 10 and close at 7 weekdays , thursday they ...

Anna145 09.09.2001 · Read full review
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...a lengthy Saturday afternoon at Merry Hill Shopping Centre. It's one of your typical out of town shopping malls - you know the sort of thing, all the standard department stores, all indoors, well laid out, difficult to find the places you want, hell to get parked. Given that that's the general description of most of this type of thing and they're all much of a muchness, I actually used to quite like going to Merry Hill on a Saturday. It wasn't quite ...
...that was there - an enormous two floor jobby that has one of the widest ranges around. If you're into this sort of thing, then check out Merry Hill (near Dudley, in the Black Country). If you don't like such things, steer weel clear, because you'll hate it. ...

dave27 13.02.2001 · Read full review
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Merry Hill is not actually in Birmingham its near Cradley heath and Dudley If you havent got a car forget it the public transport links are simply awful!Its not worth the hassle of getting up there because when you do its a very medicore shopping centre. Its really just full of shops that decamped up there from Dudley town centre. It's full of your usual high St stores and not alot else really! As shopping centres go this one is not in the same league ...

jo1l 02.08.2000 · Read full review
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Merry Hill is brilliant!As the former largest shopping mall in europe,Merry Hill has every shop you can think of. Such highstreet names as GAP, BHS, Marks and Spencer, Debenhams, Whsmiths and numerous well known girls shops (miss selfridge, jane norman to mention a couple)grace the mall in the heart of the black country in the midlands. As I have lived near the centre since it was first built and worked there for two years, I can quite honestly say ...
...walk from the mall. The Merry Hill centre has 3 Mc Donalds, 2 Pizza Huts, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken aswell as a Harry Ramsdons fish and chip bar. The centre is light and airey na dfor a mall of its age, feels suprisingly modern. Since the road system was changed a few years ago the traffic situation round the mall has got a lot better, but i would still advise to get the bus on saturdays or around christmas as the car parks get jammed packed. ...

cascade 10.02.2001 · Read full review
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The Merry Hill Shopping Centre is based in the middle of Dudley in the West Midlands in a town called Brierly Hill - hence the 'Hill' part of the name I assume. Building started in 1985 with a small scattering of major stores such as ASDA and Alied Carpets soon followed by a B&Q and C&A. 20 years on the site covers a huge area, offers over 200 shops, 10000 free parking spaces and is a great place to socialise as well. I'm lucky to live on the ...
...spend a lot of time there. The main reason being that once I am there I do not have to go anywhere else. The centre has almost everything you would want from PCs to Groceries, and Pizzas to Makeup. The centre is on two levels with easy access to everywhere by means of escalators and lifts. There is a lot of room enabling disabled users access to everwhere - as it should be - and also it does not seem as cramped as it could do when the sales are ...

Maniac1701d 18.05.2005 · Read full review
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This shopping centre has everything you could possibly need, all under one roof. I hadn't been there since I was about 15, and I went last week with my mum, sister, boyfriend and daughter. It was absolutely brilliant! There is a great selection of stores, both high street and designer, along with a tesco should you need anything from there. I must admit, I frequently got lost on previous occasions when shopping here, but they have improved the signposting ...
...when you need the loo (or a nappy needs changing!) there's always somewhere nearby to go. There are a few cafes suitable for snacking or lunch while there, and they are reasonably priced, especially in comparison to some city centre restaurants and cafes. They are also very helpful with heating milk or food for babies, which is extremely useful. The stores here, as mentioned before, provide a great variety for all budgets. From topshop to jane norman, ...

halawin123 07.02.2008 · Read full review
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Merry Hill is nearer dudley than Birmingham, and it is absolutley massive. It combines huge department stores like debenhams along with all sort of other little shops and has nice touches like indoor ponds and aquariums and there are plenty of places to have a sit down by these as it is a long walk around. Prices are pretty reasonable aswell. There are bus services that run from places in Birmingham to Merry Hill but I would recommend taking the ...

zef 08.02.2001 · Read full review
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...5 minutes walking distance from merry hill and visit it almost every week i should be able to tell you how great merry hill really is. it's one on the biggest shopping centres in england and really is worth a visit because: * Parking is Free *Shops are open from 9-9 on weekdays so you have plenty of time to shop. *The copthorne hotel provides excelent accomodation and is opposite merry hill. *Ther are even apartment you can buy live in in merry ...

hash007 29.07.2008 · Read full review
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my recent visit to Merry Hill was spoiled immediately by having difficulty finding a parking space, walking in to the centre we were confronted with several smokers in entrance and obnoxious loud music being played throughout the malls. Although this may appeal to the younger person, it just annoys the older shopper. The number of stores selling fashion items was amazing, what a pity there is no shops selling clothes suitable for the older age group, ...
...at all, it appears fashion, coffee shops and eating places have taken over. I attempted to purchase a mantle clock but was dismayed to find this item has virtually disappeared here. Next a visit to M and S for curtains was a disappointment, and I suggest that in order to view curtains they should be seen hanging. My advice is if you are over fifty do not go here to shop. ...

disgruntledfromworcester 08.10.2007 · Read full review
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