A Case Study of Merry Hill Shopping Centre
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A Case Study of Merry Mill Shopping Centre Merry Hill is a large out of town shopping centre, built in Brierly Hill, Dudley, West Midlands. Opened in 1985, Merry Hill has expanded considerately since then, to become a very popular shopping centre. However, this has come at a cost to parts of the local area. Merry Hill shopping centre was built on the site of Merry Hill Farm, and the disused Round Oak steelworks. There was much hostility when building of the first phase of the shopping centre commenced on the green space, rather than on the former steelworks site. Despite protests from local citizens the site was destroyed. The steelworks site was not built on till later stages of the Merry Hill/Waterfront Project. Regardless of original complaints, Merry Hill has been popular for over 20 years, and is still expanding today; a new Toys R Us has recently opened, and in...

