Just twenty five years old and now the whole thing is being demolished. "Waste, incompetence and mismanagement" indeed.

galleries was booming in the 90's. sky high rents ,the grand arcade and online shopping have all had an effect the galleries. used to love going the galleries when I was a kid. such a shame to see it like this.

This is a great video. Think this area is called Marketgate, and is completely closed off now from where Scott's used to be to Market place and down to Market Street. When it first opened in 1989 there was a frozen food shop called Freezerite centre in there that was my late Father's favourite shop. Think it closed a couple of years or so after it opened and I always remember it as it never was reoccupied and the signage was on this video a good decade or so after it closed. It's a sad lonely place now the whole centre and as said you can't even see this part now

Hey the great news is that it makes for a great post-apocalypse setting!

Such a shame. I still walk through often and it's virtually empty now that the last remaining stores have either closed down or relocated. It seems to be spreading to the Leigh arcade too, it's really only a matter of time before the whole place is a vacant wasteland. Just wish I could've been around to see the place bustling, though it's hard to imagine in its current state.

Used to love going to Andy’s records next door to next. Don’t know if you remember the massive Easter egg they had on one year and then broke it up and you could purchase a piece. Bruccianis cafe aswell was brilliant back in the day I remember when people used to be able to smoke upstairs and used to be cloud of smoke trapped in there.

I've lived in Wigan as ling as thisbhas been here. The bottom floor where index was has been empty since the end of the first year of it's opening

And to think, a great old pub like the Park Hotel was demolished to make way for this rubbish, the brown envelopes must have been bursting at the seams.

Even Scotts has closed now, absolutely nothing open on the top floor galleries... Sheer incompetence it's all about the money where the council are concerned. Shame on them

Me and my mates would go and buy records on a Saturday then watch all the crumpet from the top of the escalators 😍 it was heyving

I beg to differ. The company I worked for at the time it opened applied for a unit but none were available.

Some of the units have never been occupied? Not true.There was full occupancy for many years.

should have kept the market hall .full of atmosphere and character .

Anyone got anymore info on the cafè? It was called Continental Diner and I never wanted to go there up until it closed then I wished i'd been 😅 anyone been and rate it? Or does anyone have a pictures as google gives me no photos

The original market was amazing why not have it in there. A lot of stalls would mean lower rents. It worked back then. And this new format. Isn’t working. Stalls in there for free rent would be better for Wigan than the empty post apocalyptic galleries. Has they are right now besides if you get people there for a market day. All the shops would Benefit Just a thought

Well a few weeks ago I gave you a simple equation and you didn't have the faintest idea how to even start it. So if you can't even do something as simple as that how is it possible that you have the whole univers in your head ... Dreamer.