Queensgate shopping centre, United Kingdom
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| Location | Peterborough, Cambs. PE1 1NT |
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| No. of stores and services | 90 |
| Total retail floor area | 804,000 square feet (74,700 m2) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Parking | 2,300 spaces |
| Website | www.queensgate-shopping.co.uk |
Coordinates: 52°34′26″N 0°14′38″W / 52.574°N 0.244°W
The Queensgate shopping centre in the United Kingdom, is situated at Peterborough city centre in Cambridgeshire. It was opened by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on 9 March 1982 and contains over 90 stores and parking for 2,300 cars. Queensgate bus station is adjacent to the shopping centre and only a short walk from Peterborough railway station, a major interchange. Peterborough Shopmobility provide wheelchairs and electric scooters to help those with limited mobility.
Designated a New Town in 1967,Peterborough Development Corporation decided to construct a new purpose-built shopping centre in the heart of the revitalised city. Planning permission was received in the late summer of 1976 and, in the November of that year, the John Lewis Partnership announced that it had agreed to be the anchor shop in the new development. The opening of John Lewis Peterborough (and Waitrose supermarket) marked a return to the city after an absence of over twenty five years. Until 1956, when the two main blocks of the building were completely destroyed by fire, the John Lewis Partnership had a small department store in Peterborough trading under the name of Robert Sayle. Originally known as Thompsons, the shop had been renamed following the Partnership's acquisition of Selfridge Provincial Stores in 1940. Robert Sayle was itself renamed John Lewis Cambridge after a major refurbishment in 2007.
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