Rugby Central

Featured reviews

• G

  Google user

  ·3 weeks ago

  “Rugby Central Shopping Centre is honestly awful. What should be a busy, vibrant shopping centre feels more like a ghost town. Almost every other shop seems to be closed, empty or boarded up, and there’s barely anyone around. Walking through it feels incredibly depressing. There’s very little atmosphere, hardly any footfall and not much reason to actually visit. It’s difficult to understand how a shopping centre in the middle of Rugby has been allowed to decline to this extent. The whole place feels neglected and completely lacking in investment. A shopping centre should feel lively, welcoming and somewhere people actually want to spend time — Rugby Central currently feels like the complete opposite.”

• G

  Google user

  ·2 months ago

  “Boring, run down and 50% empty, I feel sorry for the shops that are left surviving. The town is in limbo regarding the shopping centre as all the big named and well supported shops have gone. So many rumours around what's happening to the site that nobody really knows. It's sad really as the town used be thriving as a market town that's now all but gone too. The town council are trying to do what's best for the site, but it's the owners that are dragging their feet.”

• G

  Google user

  ·2 months ago

  “Nice and clean but our first visit there and realised it seems to be very quiet and not all the shops you would expect in a town of this size.We all know a lot of businesses have closed county wide and this is result shopping centres with half the shops closed”

• G

  Google user

  ·3 months ago

  “I often have a very poor experience here. A lot of the shops you want are now out of town leaving the place feeling mostly abandoned. Security will often approach random shoppers and accuse them of shoplifting with no real reason, and anyone caught using a camera or phone to take photos or video will also be approached and dealt with by security. Best to look elsewhere. Elliotts field is much better.”

• G

  Google user

  ·3 months ago

  “Depressingly sparse shopping centre these days in my home town. Great if you're looking to browse at vacant and empty shops or want a card shop or shoe repair / key cut.”

• G

  Google user

  ·5 months ago

  “I've lived in rugby since 2011 and have slowly seen it declining. The rugby town shopping centre used to have loads of shops in. Now most have closed and moved to the outskirts of town. Only a few shops remain. I only visit the fabric shop in there now and Asda occasionally. It's a shame that the shops can't afford to stay in there and that the owner wants everyone out 😔 (something I heard from different shop keepers over the last few years)”

• G

  Google user

  ·5 months ago

  “ok it's a big review of a place at first I thought was abandoned a wing of it is empty but the roof is high and it's a quiet pretty place I thought the council should strip out the shop front glass and just have a big open space it's kinda charming and after a slow walk I found some good shops and life although it was Sunday and perhaps as a slow walker I was seeing lots.”

• G

  Google user

  ·7 months ago

  “Well well well. What an adventure. We first started off at Strikes Bar which I would really recommend. The mall has a lot of vacant units I know, but this is our town centre. There is still some good shops to browse in there. The Works, Superdrug, CeX, Card shops, Charity shops. Most things are good there except from Northway Mall. I don’t really recommend you going up there. Nostalgia hits. There is a little bit of spark that is left in our town centre!”

• G

  Google user

  ·4 years ago

  “For a small town like Rugby; this "mini" Mall serves you as needed for everyday shopping and more. Even if you don't have much to buy; it's worth a visit at least once every two days to have fun and see what's new; or if the prices have dropped to what you are interested in.”

• G

  Google user

  ·7 years ago

  “Its a good place to shop and eat with the average cost. If you are searching for some gifts or other items for daily use its a perfect destination. This is located in city centre with good connectivity from all the ways.”