Trafford Centre bosses have confirmed their official Christmas opening and closing times in what is expected to be a hectic festive run-in for the shopping mall this year. The centre will open for extended hours across Christmas and New Year - including a week of late night closing for shoppers.
Bosses at the Trafford Centre say their extended hours are: "to ensure customers are able to enjoy their Christmas shopping and festive celebrations around their busy schedules." The centre will be closed on Christmas Day, but will reopen for the Boxing Day sales early on December 26.
The week before Christmas will see the mall open an hour earlier than normal at 9am, and stay open an hour later, until 11pm. This will run from Monday December 19 to Friday December 23 - but there's an important update for those planning to leave things last minute and shop on Christmas Eve.
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For on Christmas Eve, which falls on a Saturday this year, the mall will have an earlier closing time. The mall will open from 9am that day, but close at 5pm.
Christmas Day will see a full closure of the shopping centre. The mall will then reopen on Boxing Day at 8am and will stay open until 8pm to welcome the traditional Boxing Day sales shoppers.
The other big changes to normal opening hours is over the New Year weeekend.
On New Year's Eve, which this year falls on a Saturday, the shopping centre will open from 9am until 5pm. On New Year's Day, on the Sunday, the shops will reopen at 12noon until 6pm.
The bank holiday for New Year's Day will be on Monday January 2, when there will also be reduced shopping hours, from 10am until 8pm.
On all other days across December normal opening hours will be 10am – 10pm Monday through to Friday, 10am – 9pm Saturdays and 12pm – 6pm Sundays.
Trafford Centre Christmas and New Year opening times 2022
- Christmas Week
- 19 th to the 23 rd December
- 9am until 11pm
- Christmas Eve
- 9am until 5pm
- CHRISTMAS DAY: CLOSED
- Boxing Day
- 8am until 8pm
- Christmas Bank Holiday
- 27 th December
- 10am – 8pm
- New Year’s Eve
- 9am until 5pm
- New Year’s Day
- 12 noon until 6pm
- 2 nd January 2023 [new year bank holiday]
- 10am until 8pm
Normal opening hours will resume throughout December other than stated above. 10am – 10pm Monday through to Friday, 10am – 9pm Saturdays and 12pm – 6pm Sundays.
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