Cat and Fiddle Arcade
The Cat and Fiddle clock. A cow jumps over the moon | |
| Location | Hobart City Centre, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 42°52′55″S 147°19′37″E / 42.88194°S 147.32694°E |
| Opening date | 31 July 1962 |
| Developer | Charles Davis Limited (from 1959, designed by Philp Lighton, Floyd and Beattie with planning by Hartley Wilson and Dirk Bolt). Gerard O'Brien (since 2010) |
| Management | Silverleaf Investments Pty Ltd |
| No. of stores and services | 70 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 1700 (Centrepoint and Hobart Central) |
| Website | www |
The Cat and Fiddle Arcade is a shopping mall and hub located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and covers a city block made up of about 17 buildings at 49-51 Murray Street. It is famous for its musical clock, which plays the Hey Diddle Diddle nursery rhyme hourly with glockenspiel and vibraphone, and is a local tourist attraction. Cat and Fiddle Square (the location of a food court, and formerly a fountain) also holds other music events and occasionally art installations. Along with at least 70 specialty stores, the mall is Hobart's major clothing and fashion retail centre containing a Myer and Target which each cover two levels, as well as an H&M.
It is accessible via the Icon Complex on Liverpool Street and Murray Street, and the Elizabeth Street Mall (close to the Hobart Bus Mall), and bounded by Collins Street where there is a skybridge to Trafalgar Place. It is also located directly between other malls in the shopping precinct, including the Wellington Centre (via Wellington Court or the Bank Arcade, anchored by a Woolworths) and Centrepoint Shopping Centre.