Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh

Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh, Scotland is a shopping centre, designed by Terence Conran.

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Edinburgh - Scotland - Shopping centre - Terence Conran

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It is built on former industrial docklands on the north side of the city at the edge of the boundary between formerly separate ports of Newhaven and Leith. The entire area has undergone unrban renewal and regeneration, much led by and on the lands in the ownership of, the Forth Ports Authority. The principal offices for the administration of the Scottish Executive, formerly the head office for the Scottish Office Civil Service staff, was moved to a new building in the Leith docks in 1991.

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Forth Ports - Scottish Executive

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These and other developments have played key parts in the regeneration of Leith and the area was at one time considered as the location of the revived Scottish Parliament. The now decommissioned Royal Yacht Britannia, which is accessed via the Britannia Visitor Centre within the Terminal, in permanently berthed next to Ocean Terminal.

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Leith - Royal Yacht Britannia

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BHS and Debenhams are the Terminal's anchor stores, and there is also the usual selection of "high street" name shops, a variety of restaurants and bars, as well as a cinema.

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BHS - Debenhams

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