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Tricorn Centre
Tricorn Centre opened 1966, vacated by 2002, demolished 2004, now a city‑centre car park under Portsmouth City Council control today. · summary, model-written
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Public body
This site: Portsmouth City Council county-parcels · all sites with thisRedeveloped
This site: …ground level car park for the city centre extraction · all sites with thisPark and open space
This site: …ground level car park for the city centre extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Demolishedextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed |
| New uses | parkextracted, unreviewed reported |
| What is there now | ground level car park for the city centreextracted, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2004extracted, unreviewed reported |
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Reference (4)
encyclopedic and research references
- Wikipedia articlefrom en.wikipedia.org
- Wikidata item Q7841295from wikidata.org
- Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom commons.wikimedia.org
- Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from retrofittingsuburbia.com
Place (8)
map and street views by coordinates
- Google Mapsfrom google.com
- Street Viewfrom google.com
- Bing Mapsfrom bing.com
- Apple Mapsfrom maps.apple.com
- OpenStreetMapfrom openstreetmap.org
- Walk Score at this pointfrom walkscore.com
- Transitland mapfrom transit.land
- USGS National Mapfrom apps.nationalmap.gov
News (2)
news searches and archived pages
- Google News: “Tricorn Centre” (search)from name search
- Bing News: “Tricorn Centre” (search)from name search
History and original facts
| Opened | 1966extracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Closed | 2002extracted, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Portsmouth City Councilextracted, unreviewed |
| Architect | Owen Luder, Rodney Gordon |
| Anchors | Virgin Megastores, Virgin Megastore, Laser Quest arena |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping centres in the United Kingdom |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA. Know it? Tell us.
Planning
| Entitlement year | 2004extracted, unreviewed reported |
|---|
Deals and debt
| Date | Event | Price | Parties | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Foreclosure | — | ← Portsmouth City Council | Wikipedia |
Site context
| Other atlas sites nearby | 0 within 10 km, 3 within 25 kmcomputed |
|---|---|
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 27,752 m², 10.435162544250488 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 145,220 since 2015; 9,004 in the last 12 months (-17% vs the prior 12); peak 2022-02 with 3,228Wikimedia |
Summary, model-written
Opened in 1966 as a Brutalist shopping, nightclub and car park complex developed by Portsmouth City Council. By 2002 the last shops had departed and the centre stood vacant. Demolition began and finished in 2004, after which the site became a ground‑level car park for the city centre.
Why. not stated in the record
Where it stands. The site is currently a ground‑level car park controlled by Portsmouth City Council, which owned the property from 1966 to 2004 and carried out the 2004 foreclosure‑type deal that transferred the land.
For a planner
- Precedent: Brutalist mall demolished for surface parking under council ownership.
- Policy tool: council‑led foreclosure/acquisition enabling land use change.
- Open question: long‑term land use beyond parking (e.g., redevelopment, green space).
- Open question: alignment with current city‑centre planning goals and transport policy.
For a developer
- Site size: not specified in the record.
- Control: currently held by Portsmouth City Council.
- Entitlement stage: entitlement year 2004 indicates planning permission was granted for the car park use.
- Constraints: no flood, transit, or environmental data provided in the record.
- Market signals: no tract data or comparable sales information available.
What we do not know yet
- Exact site area unknown.
- Reason for closure (anchor loss, competition, debt) not recorded.
- Environmental constraints (flood zone, contamination) not provided.
- Current market demand for the car park use unknown.
- Verification status is draft, so some facts may be model‑extracted and unreviewed.
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- Tricorn Centre - the places I have been theplacesihavebeen.com
- Lucy Melford: Brutalism: the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth lucymelford.blogspot.com
- Portsmouth's Tricorn Centre - geograph.org.uk - 25625 commons.wikimedia.org
- Tricorn Centre | Architectuul architectuul.com
- Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth – The Twentieth Century Society c20society.org.uk
- The tricorn centre portsmouth Black and White Stock Photos & Images - Alamy alamy.com
- Fascinating picture memories of iconic Tricorn centre in Portsmouth portsmouth.co.uk
- 16 fotos e imágenes de alta resolución de Tricorn Centreportsmouth ... gettyimages.es
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Background
The Tricorn Centre was a shopping, nightclub and car park complex in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It was designed in the Brutalist style by Owen Luder and Rodney Gordon and took its name from the site's shape which from the air resembled a tricorn hat. Constructed in the mid-1960s, it was demolished in 2004. It was home to one of the first Virgin Megastores and housed the largest Laser Quest arena in Europe.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1966 opened
- 2002 last shops departed
- 2004 demolition started
- 2004 demolition completed
- 2026 current use
Sources
- Wikipedia: Tricorn Centre · supports: after notes, original developer, status, strategy, year closed, year opened
11 quoted sentences
Opened in 1966
the last ones departing in March 2002
Portsmouth City Council
ground level car park for the city centre
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