Exterior of Trinity Leeds Shopping Centre from Briggate
Trinity Leeds is a shopping and leisure centre in Leeds, England, named after the adjacent 18th-century Holy Trinity Church. It opened on 21 March 2013, with over 130,000 recorded visitors on opening day.[1] The development is in two parts: Trinity East, a new build development on the site of the former Trinity and Burton Arcades, and Trinity West, the redeveloped Leeds Shopping Plaza. The development has a catchment of million people offering a spend of £ billion annually.[2] It will lift Leeds from seventh to fourth in the CACI UK retail rankings[3] and create over 3000 jobs.[4] The combined scheme has 93,000 m2 (1,000,000 sq ft) of retail floor space for 120 stores anchored by the flagship Marks & Spencer and Topshop/Topman stores. These units exist as standalone stores and are being expanded and remodelled into Trinity Leeds. Equus Altus, a sculpture of a packhorse carrying a roll of cloth, dominates the central court, and The Briggate Minerva, stands outside the centre's entrance on Briggate. Both are by Scottish sculptor Andy Scott. Packhorses were used to transport goods, in particular cloth, to and from Leeds: the artist said "My thoughts behind it were about the history of Leeds and the wool and textile industries and how horses were used as the HGV at the time".[11] Minerva was the Roman goddess of both commerce and weaving, making her appropriate to this site in a city with a strong heritage of textiles, and wears an owl mask, one of the symbols of the city.[12][13] Equus Altus is 5 metres (16 ft) tall, weighs 2 tonnes, and stands on a 10 metres (33 ft) steel column. The two statues were installed in March 2013, having taken 10 months to create.
Size: 3648px × 5472px
Location: Leeds City Centre, Leeds, UK
Photo credit: © Park Dale / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: altus, centre, equus, escalator, glass, leeds, leisure, mall, packhorse, pedestrian, retail, roof, sculpture, shopping, trinity
