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Sue Kirby & Neil Shaw

Country's biggest Poundland applies to be designated a tourist attraction

The biggest branch of Poundland in the UK has applied for permission to be designated a tourist attraction. If granted, there will be brown signs pointing people to the shop.

Highways England will now decide whether to approve installing brown signs directing people to the year-old branch of thge discount retailer. Bosses say the 19,000sq ft store at Teesside Park has become a nationwide icon since opening in February 2022, reports TeessideLive.

A spokesman for the company said: "In fact, get a taxi from Thornaby Station to the store and it's likely your cab driver will proudly tell you it's Britain's biggest Poundland. And it's not just local Teessiders who are after the retailer's amazing value across categories including food and drink, home and pet, entertainment and its Pep clothing and homeware.

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