About Woolshops Shopping Centre

A unique name in shopping

Ewan tells us that the Woolshops is a unique street name in England.

By the 15th Century, Halifax had become a thriving textile town especially known for ‘kersey’. Unfortunately locally grown wool was too coarse for the yarn needed to weave it. A trade emerged with local wools sold on to areas making stouter, rougher cloths, and Calderdale weavers buying the wool they needed from dealers in Halifax. Woolshops was the area of the town where this trade took place.

Fast forward more than 500 years and the current Woolshops site is a modern open air shopping centre. The centre was redeveloped in 1983 with the Phase 2 development in 2000.

As well as top named stores and local shops, all at ground level, the Woolshops Shopping Centre offers:

Direct access car parking for over 300 vehicles with disabled spaces (FREE parking on Sundays and Bank Holidays). Lift to lower car park level. Cycle bays. Cash points. Café.

Shopmobility located within Halifax town centre, Tel: 01422 344040.