These are the shops that have reopened in the St George's Shopping Centre in Preston

Shops across Preston have reopened after lockdown, and customers have been queuing outside the city's shops.
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During the coronavirus pandemic the St George's Shopping Centre have stepped up measures to maintain hygiene by increasing the cleaning regime and ensuring regular cleaning of touch points such as door handles and hard surfaces.

Everyone who works at the centre has been thoroughly briefed on the steps to take to best keep themselves and customers protected.

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In order to maintain social distancing within St George's have implemented various rules within the centre.

The Matalan store at the St George's Centre in PrestonThe Matalan store at the St George's Centre in Preston
The Matalan store at the St George's Centre in Preston

It is not good practice to wear gloves all the time as this contributes to spreading germs on everything you touch, but it is better to wash or sanitise your hands more regularly. The Centre has sanitising stations available on the mall for you to use free of charge.

The centre is not enforcing the wearing of face coverings, but will follow the advice given by PHE and will take appropriate action at that time.

You cannot go shopping with family or friends.

They can only accommodate so many visitors in the malls at any one time to maintain social distancing rules.

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An external queue will be in operation at peak times and to keep this moving quickly, and visitors will need to do their shopping then leave the centre as soon as possible.

The toilets will remain closed until further notice. The centre has sanitising stations available on the mall for you to use free of charge.

These are the shops which have reopened today:

Game

The Entertainer

Yours Clothing

Kenji

Perfume Shop

Pandora

Superdrug

O2

Peter Jacksons

Thomas Sabo

Tiger

FootAsylum

Keo Jewellers

H&M

HMV Retail

Holland & Barratt

Wilkinson Cameras

Matalan

Marks and Spencer

H&T Discount Jewellers

River Island

*Individual store times may vary, please contact individual retailers.

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