Lakeside Shopping Centre

Today at Derham House was ladies day & there's nothing better than a bit of retail therapy.

Lakeside Shopping Centre, is a large, out-of-town shopping centre located in West Thurrock, in the borough of Thurrock, Essex just beyond the eastern boundary of Greater London. It was constructed on the site of a former chalk quarry opening in October 1990.

The shopping centre is the eleventh largest in Britain with 1,434,000 sq ft (133,200 m2) available as retail floor space - the Metro Centre in Gateshead, after its expansion in 2004, is the largest.

There are over 250 shops (including the anchor stores of Marks and Spencer, House of Fraser and Primark - Debenhams was also an anchor store until its closure in May 2021), 50 cafes and restaurants, and a 26-acre (110,000 m2) lake named Alexandra Lake with a PADI certified diving school complex. Intu Lakeside has on average 500,000 visitors per week.

The ladies enjoyed mooching around Primark & Marks & Spencer’s picking up some clothing along the way.

After a shopping trip it was time for a well-earned rest and some coffee and milkshakes was on the agenda.

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