Trafford Centre

The Trafford Centre
	The main entrance to The Trafford Centre
Location	Dumplington, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England
Opening date	10 September 1998
Developer	The Peel Group
Management	Savills
Owner	Canada Pension Plan Investment Board;
Architect	Chapman Taylor; Leach Rhodes Walker;
No. of stores and services	200
No. of anchor tenants	4 Boots (1998–present) ; Selfridges (1998–present) ; Marks & Spencer (2001–present) ; John Lewis (2005–present) ;
Total retail floor area	Retail: 185,000 m2; Leisure: 16,258 m2; Dining: 13,935 m2; Total: 207,000 m2 (2,230,000 sq ft);
No. of floors	3
Parking	11,500
Public transit access	Manchester Metrolink - The Trafford Centre & Barton Dock Road
Website	traffordcentre.co.uk

The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Trafford Park, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by retail space.

Originally developed by the Peel Group, the Trafford Centre was sold to Capital Shopping Centres, later to become Intu, in 2011 for £1.65 billion; it set a record as the costliest single property sale in British history.

The battle to obtain permission to build the centre was amongst the longest and most expensive in United Kingdom planning history. As of 2011, the Trafford Centre had Europe's largest food court and the UK's busiest cinema.