CSC's MetroCentre has regained the crown as the UK's number one mall in the 2006 shopping centre rankings published by Trevor Wood Associates and Savills.
The Gateshead mall has knocked Bluewater in Kent off the top spot for the first time in six years.
Meadowhall in Sheffield has managed to hold on to its third position with the addition of an extra 60,000 sq ft of retail space.
The report identifies two new entries into the national top 10 shopping centres, with the East Kilbride shopping centre coming in at number eight and the Manchester Arndale coming back into the top 10 at number nine.
In total there were 22 new entries to this year's top 500 listing, including Chapelfield in Norwich and the newly opened Drake Circus shopping centre in Plymouth, both of which appear in the top 100.
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