Bull Ring, Birmingham
Aerial view of the Bull Ring in 2011, showing St Martin's Square, Selfridges (right), and the Bull Ring Outdoor Market (bottom-left), bounded by the St Martin in the Bull Ring church | |
| Location | Birmingham, England, UK |
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| Coordinates | 52°28′39.72″N 1°53′39.04″W / 52.4777000°N 1.8941778°W |
Interior of the Bullring shopping centre | |
| Opening date | 4 September 2003 |
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| Developer | The Birmingham Alliance |
| Management | Tim Walley |
| Owner | |
| Architect | Benoy |
| No. of stores and services | 140 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 (Marks & Spencer, Selfridges, TK Maxx) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,585,000 square feet (147,300 m2) |
| No. of floors | 4 (3 accessible from outside) |
| Parking | 3,100 |
| Website | bullring |
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The Bull Ring is a major shopping area in central Birmingham, England, consisting of open-air and indoor market stalls as well as a large indoor shopping centre.
The Bull Ring has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held, developing into its main market when the town grew into an industrial city. The current shopping centre complex, styled as "Bullring", forms the United Kingdom's largest city centre based shopping centre when coupled with Grand Central, to which it is connected via a pedestrian overpass, collectively branded as Bullring & Grand Central. The current Bullring opened in 2003, replacing a previous 1960s complex, and houses one of only four Selfridges department stores in the country.
The site is located on the edge of the sandstone city ridge which results in the steep gradient towards Digbeth. The slope drops approximately 15 metres (49 ft) from New Street to St Martin's Church and is visible near the church.