In pictures: Kent s shopping centres through the years
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Updated: 12:44, 21 January 2021
With many people missing a day out at the shops due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we decided to raid the archive for a trip down memory lane looking at the county s vast selection of malls.
From huge complexes to smaller precincts, Kent is home to many a varied shopping centre.
Bluewater opened March 16, 1999
Many have changed over the years - whether by layout or the selection of stores on offer.
We start with the county s biggest shopping centre,
Bluewater, in Greenhithe.
It opened in March 1999 and rises out of a former chalk quarry among 50 metre-high cliffs - the same height as 10 double decker buses.