# Charter Place Shopping Centre

Watford, United Kingdom · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-b839b0c129` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/watford-charter-place-shopping-centre/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-b839b0c129.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-b839b0c129.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-b839b0c129

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | a shopping centre in the middle of Watford, Hertfordshire, England | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1992 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “It opened in June 1992 as the Harlequin Shopping Centre.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_Watford
- **after_notes**: “Harlequin Watford is a shopping centre in the middle of Watford, Hertfordshire, England” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_Watford
- **status**: “Atria Watford was renamed back to the Harlequin on 3 July 2025.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_Watford

## Parties

- Global Mutual — owner (from text) (2021–)

## Timeline

- 1992: Opened as Harlequin Shopping Centre
- 2013: Rebranded as Intu Watford
- 2021: Renamed to Atria Watford
- 2025: Renamed back to Harlequin

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Harlequin Watford is a shopping centre in the middle of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. It opened in June 1992 as the Harlequin Shopping Centre. The centre was rebranded as Intu Watford in 2013 following the renaming of its parent Capital Shopping Centres Group as Intu Properties. It was renamed to Atria Watford in March 2021 by the new owners, Global Mutual.
Atria Watford was renamed back to the Harlequin on 3 July 2025.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_Watford

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_Watford

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Charter Place Shopping Centre, Watford, United Kingdom." Record m-b839b0c129, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/watford-charter-place-shopping-centre/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_watfordcharterplaceshoppingcentre,
  title = {Charter Place Shopping Centre, Watford, United Kingdom},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/watford-charter-place-shopping-centre/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-b839b0c129, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.