Gloucester Docks &
the Sharpness Canal

Sainsbury's Food Store

This page features the Sainsbury's food store in the Monk Meadow section of the Gloucester Quays regeneration scheme, and the following links lead to pages giving information about other aspects of the overall scheme:

Gloucestershire College   High Orchard Bridge   Outlet Centre Plans   Outlet Centre Progress
Restaurant Quarter   Phase 2
   

Plans
     Sainsbury's put forward plans for a food store and petrol filling station in the Monk Meadow section of the Gloucester Quays regeneration scheme. The site is alongside the canal to the south of High Orchard Bridge. Designed by Stride Treglown of Bristol, the plans show a ground floor sales area of 46,736 sq ft and a first floor restaurant with a balcony overlooking the canal having direct access from the towpath. The plans also show parking for 443 cars and a bus stop on site.
     Planning permission was given on 4 Mar 2008. 

Progress
     Contractors started site preparation work on 15 October 2008. Girders began to be erected on 8 December, and much of the exterior was complete by early March. Timber fendering has been provided along the canalside piling for the benefit of boaters.

     The store opened on 17 June 2009.