# Swinton Square > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Swinton_Square > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Swinton_Square.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinton_Square > Source revision: 1313898727 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Shopping centre in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England Swinton Square **Swinton Square**, formerly known as Swinton Shopping Centre, is a [shopping centre](/source/Shopping_centre) located between [Chorley Road](/source/A6_road_(England)) (A6) and Swinton Hall Road in [Swinton](/source/Swinton%2C_Greater_Manchester), near [Manchester](/source/Manchester), [England](/source/England). The centre was built in 1966. Swinton Square houses a diverse number of shops, with many specialising in a certain area of life. It also held a small open air market until fairly recently. The complex includes the 1970s Swinton Library and the Lancastrian Hall As part of the recent redevelopment of the shopping area, a new [Asda](/source/Asda) superstore opened in 2014.[1] There is also a [Morrisons](/source/Morrisons) superstore nearby on Swinton Hall Road, which was originally built in 1992 as a [Safeway UK](/source/Safeway_UK) store, until Morrisons acquired the Safeway chain in 2004. The store was eventually rebranded to Morrisons in November 2005. ## Facilities Swinton Square does not have its own parking. Instead parking is controlled by Parking Eye in the nearby Asda car park. There is a time limit of 3 hour, after which Parking Eye issue parking charges of £100, correct at June 2025, this limit applies equally to [Blue Badge](/source/Blue_Badges_in_England) holders. The limit applies to all shoppers including those visiting the [Asda](/source/Asda) store.[2] A trial of [pay and display](/source/Pay_and_display) parking from 2005 to 2010 resulted in complaints from over 4,000 people who demanded its removal. Traders at Swinton Shopping Centre said that business had fallen by up to a third since the introduction of pay-and-display in 2005.[3] The precinct is mainly on ground floor level and easily accessible for disabled patrons via the main entrance on Station Road (B5231).[4] ## Shops This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Swinton Square" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Swinton Square has a variety of shops, although effected the same way as many other high street facilities now in decline, here there remains a good selection which are promoted through its own web site, swinton-shoppingcentre.co.uk the shopping area benefits from ease of access in public areas for wheelchair users.[5] ## Market Swinton Square operated a small open air market until recent times every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9.00am until 4.30pm. It was located in one of the large spaces that the precinct has. In recent years the market has had a stand-alone roof fitted over the market stalls. ## Swinton Library Swinton Library is two minutes walk away on foot in Swinton Gateway building, the library has its own web site which details its operations including facilities now available at the Salford Community Leisure site. The library was formerly located next to the square.[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["250 jobs created as Asda Swinton opens"](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/smes/more-550-shoppers-turned-out-6933845). 8 April 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-swintonsq_2-0)** ["Swinton Square"](https://swintonsquare.co.uk/centre-information/). *Swinton quare*. Retrieved 14 June 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Fitzgerald, Emma (18 January 2007). ["4,000 demand free Swinton car parking"](http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/news/s/522430_4000_demand_free_swinton_car_parking_). *Salford Advertiser*. M.E.N. Media. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Swinton Shopping Centre facilities facilities"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090504182846/http://www.swinton-shoppingcentre.co.uk/facilities/). *www.swinton-shoppingcentre.co.uk*. Archived from [the original](http://www.swinton-shoppingcentre.co.uk/facilities/) on 2009-05-04. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Swinton Shopping Centre home"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090511233816/http://www.swinton-shoppingcentre.co.uk/). *www.swinton-shoppingcentre.co.uk*. Archived from [the original](http://www.swinton-shoppingcentre.co.uk/) on 2009-05-11. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-library_6-0)** Council, Salford. ["Salford Community Leisure"](https://salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/library/swinton/). *Salford Library*. Retrieved 15 June 2025. ## External links - [Official website](http://swintonsquare.co.uk/) [53°30′45″N 2°20′18″W / 53.51258°N 2.33838°W / 53.51258; -2.33838](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Swinton_Square¶ms=53.51258_N_2.33838_W_type:landmark_region:GB) v t e Buildings and structures in the City of Salford, England Italics denote building under construction High-rises (over 100 metres) Cortland at Colliers Yard (153m) Anaconda Cut (131m) Bankside at Colliers Yard (129m) Affinity Living Riverview (110m) X1 Michigan Towers Building 3 (109m) Embankment Exchange (107m) Eda (101m) Highrises (over 50 metres) X1 Media City Tower 1 (85m) X1 Media City Tower 2 (85m) X1 Media City Tower 3 (85m) North Tower (80m) Salford Shopping Centre (75m) Peel House (55m) Notable lowrises Boothstown Mines Rescue Station Centenary Building Forest Bank Islington Mill Kersal Priory Lowry Hotel Ordsall Hall Peel Building Port Salford Public Baths Salford Civic Centre Salford Lads' Club Salford Museum and Art Gallery Salford Royal Hospital Salford Town Hall Threlfalls Brewery Wardley Hall Waterpark Hall Working Class Movement Library Worsley Court House Worsley Old Hall Places of worship Salford Cathedral Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Monton Unitarian Church Sacred Trinity Church St Andrew's St Augustine's St Clement's St James' St Luke's St Mark's St Mary the Virgin, Eccles St Mary the Virgin, Ellenbrook St Paul's St Peter's St Philip's St Thomas' Transportation Anchorage Broadway Clifton Eccles Interchange Eccles Exchange Quay Harbour City Irlam Ladywell Langworthy Manchester Barton Aerodrome Moorside MediaCity UK Patricroft Salford Central Salford Crescent Salford Quays Swinton Walkden Weaste Shopping centres Salford Shopping Centre Swinton Square The Lowry Public houses Black Friar Coach and Horses, Weaste The Crescent The Crown Eagle Inn The Ellesmere The Grapes, Eccles King's Arms Lamb Hotel, Eccles The Maypole Punch Bowl Queen's Arms, Patricroft Royal Oak, Eccles White Horse, Swinton Sports and entertainment Broughton Cricket Club Ground The Cliff CorpAcq Stadium Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club Moor Lane Victoria Theatre The White Hotel Memorials Mark Addy Joseph Brotherton Charles Hallé Clifton Hall Colliery Disaster Oliver Heywood Bridges Albert Bridge Barton Road Swing Bridge Barton Swing Aqueduct Blackfriars Bridge Cadishead Viaduct Clifton Aqueduct Clifton Viaduct Irwell Railway bridge Media City Footbridge Palatine Bridge Salford Quays Bridge Southern Railway Viaduct Trinity Bridge Victoria Bridge Lists Castles Churches Grade I listed Grade II* listed Mills Monuments Schools Tallest Listed buildings in Eccles Irlam Salford Swinton and Pendlebury Worsley v t e Shopping centres in North West England Cheshire Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Grosvenor Shopping Centre Runcorn Shopping City Cumbria Dunmail Park Greater Manchester Manchester Afflecks Manchester Arndale Barton Arcade Manchester Fort Royal Exchange Elsewhere Ashton Arcades Clarendon Square Shopping Centre Grand Arcade Merseyway Shopping Centre Middlebrook Peel Centre Salford Shopping Centre Swinton Square Trafford Centre Lancashire Affinity Lancashire Fishergate Shopping Centre Houndshill Shopping Centre The Mall Blackburn St George's Shopping Centre Swan Court Shopping Arcade Merseyside Liverpool Clayton Square Shopping Centre Liverpool One Liverpool Shopping Park Metquarter New Mersey Shopping Park St Johns Shopping Centre Elsewhere Marine Point New Strand Shopping Centre Prescot Shopping Centre Pyramids Shopping Centre Defunct The Galleries --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Swinton Square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinton_Square) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinton_Square?action=history)). 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