St Ann's and St George's are two nearby indoor shopping centres linked by an outdoors pedestrian precinct. Precinct is catchily alliterative with pedestrian. I don't use the word in any other context. My husband points out that the Americans use the word precinct for a police area, 49th Precinct.
St George's and St Ann's - Which Mall Is Which?
I often arrive in Harrow on the H14 bus from Hatch End. I wonder whether to get off at St George's which is the first mall you meet on this route. Which one is St George's? For years I could not remember. One day I looked up, my mobile in my hand ready for taking photos. I realized that inside, St George's has a frieze of St George around the top. Legend says he rode on his horse, slaying the dragon. He is the symbol of England, which has nothing like the geckos of Greece, nor the giant komodo dragons from Asia, except in zoos. So slaying the dragon is traditional nonsense which few people can remember or explain. However, it handy to help you to remember which mall is which.
Spelling
How to spell the names? George has the letter e twice but Ann had no letter e.
I could not remember the spelling
St Ann's Shopping Centre, Harrow
Find out more on their website. If the website won't let you proceed to the list of department stores after you have clicked, the site may be waiting for you to choose 'accept all cookies', or 'not accept all'.
St Ann's Stores and shops include
Boots, Clarks shoes, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Primark, Sports Direct, Tayibah.
St Ann's Snack Opportunities are at
Burger King, Caffè Nero, KFC, M & S Food Hall, Pizza Hut.
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St George's Shopping Centre Car Park, Harrow
This is the first of the two malls which you reach on the H14 from Hatch End.
If you are arriving by car, it has a spiral ramp. At the top floor, the driver reaches out for a timed entry ticket. Note where you have parked.
You can have a car wash whilst shopping.
St George's Car Park Exit
You pay at the machine before collecting your car from St George's. That's a good thing. You are not being charged for the time spent spiralling down, or waiting for the people in the car ahead to exit. It has some kind of automatic numberplate recognition and knows if you have just paid and lets you out. But you do have to wait a few seconds after the previous car has left and the barrier comes down again. All to the good.
Useful Websites
St Anns
St George's
https://www.stgeorgesshopping.co.uk/
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