Highcross

Highcross offers an awe-inspiring mix of fashionable stores, stylish restaurants and true city centre living that has reinvented Leicester and changed the perception of the city.

Since opening in September 2008, Highcross has become Leicester's biggest and most successful re-development, home to an unrivalled selection of inspiring retailers, 13 delicious cafes and restaurants and a 12 screen Cinema de Lux.

If you are searching for a one stop shopping experience, then look no further. Highcross has three major department stores: Debenhams, House of Fraser and an iconic, flagship John Lewis, all spread over external street spaces and a spectacular covered mall.

 With more than 120 stores filled with 1000's of gift ideas. Other new tenants include designer fashion brands G-star, Lacoste, Hugo Boss and Zara, and there is also an Apple Store. The extension makes Highcross Leicester the largest shopping centre in the East Midlands.

 
The multiplex cinema and John Lewis parts of the centre mark the UK début of architecture firm Foreign Office Architects. The cinema is covered in a slightly buckled, stainless steel cladding, while the department store features two layers of glass, each with a swirling fabric design from John Lewis's archives, allowing light in and a view out, but obscuring the interior from the outside. The use of a fabric pattern recognises Leicester's past as a textile-producing city.
An open day was held on Sunday, 1 June 2008 to show the people around the new development. More than a thousand people attended. The newly extended and refurbished shopping centre opened to the public on 4 September 2008 with over 125,000 visitors and over a million visitors in its first two weeks.

Opening time:

Highcross is open late every weeknight until 8pm.

Centre opening times
Monday to Friday 9.30am – 8pm
Saturday 9am – 7pm
Sunday 11am – 5pm
Bank Holidays 10am – 6pm

Festive shopping hours
From 29 November until 23 December, you can enjoy extended opening hours at Highcross

Monday to Friday 9am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 8pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm
Christmas Eve 9am - 5pm
Christmas Day Closed
Boxing Day* 10am - 6pm

Website: www.highcrossleicester.com