Cascades

About Cascades

Cascades has a wide range of high street and speciality shops in its bright and airy malls with lifts and stairs straight to the food gallery and to Cascades multi-storey car park.  The spacious malls are flooded with natural light and provide shopping on a single level with cafes on the gallery and in Spring Street mall.  The malls lead straight out to the traditional pedestrianised shopping district of the city centre with a wide range of shops from independent specialists to high street multiples, and on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, a traditional street market.  Situated right in the heart of the historic city of Portsmouth, Cascades is close to banks, pubs and cafes.

We're open every day for excellent shopping except Christmas Day and Easter Sunday. Our opening times are from 9.00 - 5.30 Monday - Saturday and 10.30 - 4.30 on Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays.  Opening hours on Good Friday are 9.00 - 5.30.  Late night shopping is till 9pm on Thursdays in December.  The car park opens 15 minutes before the shops and closes 15 minutes after they close. 

Cascades is owned by a major UK pension fund and is property managed by the Managing Agents, Jones Lang LaSalle.  The Centre was designed by Chapman Taylor & Partners and opened in September 1989 to local acclaim.  The western section of the malls have been recently redesigned and extended to offer a new concept cafe restaurant gallery and a number of large new shop units.  The double height, curved mall is an impressive arena to showcase the latest store concepts - the most recent being Dorothy Perkins, Evans, T K Maxx, Bhs and Bhs cafe restarurant on the first floor overlooking the mall.  More stores and cafes will be opening soon.

The letting agents are Colliers CRE and can be contacted on 020 7935 4499.  Ask for Sally Lloyd-Jones.

A bit about Portsmouth...

The City of Portsmouth is situated at the heart of Britain's southern coastline, opposite the Isle of Wight, with long established direct rail and road links to London, the Midlands and Wales and close to three international airports.  Easy to find from the M27 with direct links from the A3M and the M3, the quick route into the heart of the city shopping district is the M275 and follow the signs to the city centre parking.

Portsmouth is a thriving and developing city whose history is firmly rooted in the defence of the realm.  Portsmouth remains the home of the Royal Navy and the UK's premier naval port.  Now no longer just a dockyard city, Portsmouth is a modern and dynamic city that offers a prime location for industry, commerce, leisure and pleasure.  Recent arrivals are the fabulous attraction the Spinnaker Tower right on the waterfront at Portsmouth Harbour.

More than 3 million people travel to and from Portsmouth every year through the Continental ferry port that links the city with northwest France, northern Spain and the Channel Islands.

Portsmouth has a population of 190,400 in an area of only 4,196 hectares, which makes it one of the most densely occupied cities in the country, outside London.  It still has room for a landscaped area in the heart of the city, Victoria Park, with its aviary and paved walks.  The streets are a  multitude of building styles and ages with wide and narrow streets, pedestrianed shopping areas and specialist retail areas.  With car parks around the city as well as Cascades own multi-storey car park there is ample and easy parking.

Portsmouth offers a vibrant mix of entertainment facilities for residents and visitors alike.  Ranging from theatres, restaurants, cinemas and concert venues to bars, nightclubs and pubs in various locations around the city.  The provision of such facilities contributes much to the growth of the local economy for Portsmouth and offers an important role for employment within the city.  Portsmouth University is developing an impressive reputation and attracts students internationally and nationally.  The student population keeps the evening and daytime economies vibrant.The recent opening of Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower at Gunwharf Quays has encouraged visitors from far and wide to visit Portsmouth to admire the view and the scale and beauty of the latest visitor attraction. Why not use the Cascades car park for your day time visit to the Tower?  It is a pleasant 15 minute walk or a short bus ride to Gunwharf Quays from the city centre.  Remember to get back before the Cascades shops shut though, as the car park is locked overnight.