please empty your brain below
I also picked up a copy, thinking from the cover it might have at least something about the local area or for the community. Had a brief flick through and when I realised what it was, left it by the tills in M&S.

Meanwhile Westfield continues to try to extract money from us. I wonder how well their plan to convert some of the basement car park into more mall is working out for them?

martin | 10.10.21 - 7:38 a.m. | #

I have visited just one of the five listed venues. It was very much not my idea.

Frank F | 10.10.21 - 8:09 a.m. | #

Battersea Power station will be on this list next year

Simon G ❤️ | 10.10.21 - 8:24 a.m. | #

Not quite in London, nor of 21st century vintage, but easily reached by some Londoners is Bluewater. Reported to be "excellent " by some of my family, who like that sort of thing. Has climbing walls.

Malcolm of Kent | 10.10.21 - 8:32 a.m. | #

# Malcolm of Kent,
Went to Bluewater once only.
As shopping in these vast temples to Mammon drive me up the wall, I would have appreciated something to climb!

Jo W | 10.10.21 - 9:29 a.m. | #

10 years of Westfield Stratford, blimey that's gone quick. I was there on the opening day, it was opened by some blonde-haired chap called Boris, I wonder what ever happened to him? ;)

David | 10.10.21 - 9:31 a.m. | #

Wot no Brent Cross? (It is in London, celebrated a 40th anniversary 5 years ago).
Or is it too down market to call a dearstination?

Lakeside, Bluewater, Watford Harlequin and Hatfield Galleria reasonably excluded based on "not in London" and also lacking good access by steel whgel on steel rail, I think.

dg writes: not 21st century.

MilesT | 10.10.21 - 10:06 a.m. | #

Despite its pretensions, the Galleria has never been in the same ballpark as Brent Cross, Lakeside or Bluewater. Closer to the Howard Centre in Welwyn.

The centre of Watford has had its retail heart ripped out. No Clements, no Trewins, no Debenhams. I wonder if it will ever recover.

Andrew | 10.10.21 - 10:37 a.m. | #

The locations of these are fascinating. 30+ years ago, you could have been certified for suggesting any one of these was a promising spot for parting people from their money.

Will ❤️ | 10.10.21 - 10:57 a.m. | #

Westfield Stratford is terribly designed. 3 levels means crowds get focussed in certain areas and also doesn’t make sense as if people do an out and back they miss out on a third of the offering. The main concourse needed to be wider too.

I also quite like Kings Cross. Good architecture, more interesting food options and great to see old buildings save and repurposed.

David | 10.10.21 - 11:09 a.m. | #

Just ended is London in the Sky at the O2 allowing you to dine suspended above the dome for £££s.

Interestingly they're also called "flights" (brought to you by the Dangleway, perhaps?) and presumably you need to like your food cold as unless it's placed on the table before you ascend, you'd be bouncing up and down like a yo-yo as different courses are served!!
Just don't drop your fork!

Cornish Cockney | 10.10.21 - 11:15 a.m. | #

Last time I was at Wembley Park (for an Open House tour), the bouncers on the door of the Boxpark wouldn’t let you in unless you’d registered on their website. Since I feared this would bring me tons of marketing bumf (until I remembered to unsubscribe, anyway), I decided to give it a miss…

Baldassaro | 10.10.21 - 11:35 a.m. | #

A football stadium in North London has aspirations to becoming a dearstenation for walking across the roof when not visiting their 'Experience' or watching other events: boxing, NFL, or Guns 'n' Roses.

Bob L-S | 10.10.21 - 9:39 p.m. | #

I see Westfield Lower Ground Floor as somewhere I am heading on Wednesday in order to give blood, a new venue for me. Simon Patterson's an interesting chap, watching his 2017 interview at studiointernational about the concepts that infomr his work. While I'm here I much admired Sept 24s 400 things I love about London

Noel | 10.10.21 - 11:20 p.m. | #

In Australia Westfield now brand themselves as "Westfield Living Centres" - moving the focus away from shopping to a wider range of activities.

Tim | 11.10.21 - 8:59 a.m. | #

Westfield in Australia is no longer part of the same group that owns the Westfield "dearstinations" in the rest of the world, so I would not expect the "Living Centres" brand to travel. The "rest of world" Westfield is now part of a bigger similar group with the unlovely aggregated name of Unibail Rodamco Westfield.

MilesT | 11.10.21 - 9:22 a.m. | #











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