open as an anchor tenant in 2020. The first floor extension created 110,000 sq ft of new retail floor space. Leisure Leisure facilities include a 20-screen cinema; Laser Quest arena; miniature golf; dodgems; bowling; arcade games and a Sea Life Centre aquarium. Travel and transport , 10 percent of the UK population lived within a 45-minute drive of the Trafford Centre. Road The Trafford Centre has 12,500 car spaces and 350 coach spaces and is off the M60 (Junctions 9 and 10). Its popularity has resulted in traffic congestion on the M60's Barton High-Level Bridge, requiring a link road adjacent to the M60 crossing the ship canal on a new lift bridge. All vehicles entering the centre have number plate details recorded via automatic number plate recognition. Since its introduction in 2003 at a cost of £220,000 the system has reduced the number of thefts of and from vehicles to a level described as "negligible". The ANPR tracks cars which have been used for serious offences and details of any car with such a number plate can then be passed to Stretford Police Station. Bus There is a bus station at the west end of the Trafford Centre with services to most towns in Greater Manchester. Tram The centre is served by two stops in the Trafford Park Line of the Manchester Metrolink network. The terminating Trafford Centre tram stop serves the west of the centre while the Barton Dock Road tram stop serves the east of the centre and Trafford Palazzo. Until 2020, the nearest Metrolink stop to the site was Stretford, and a shuttle bus had connected the two. In popular culture The setting for Shopping City on BBC Two. Featured in 2008 BBC documentary series, Britain From Above, highlighted a transition from industry to services. The Orient food court was used as a location in the 2008 post-apocalyptic drama Survivors. Focal point of BBC's 2010 The Apprentice week 5 when contestants sold clothes. The Lancashire Hotpots song Trafford Centre is about christmas shopping at the centre. See also Trafford Waters List of shopping centres in the United Kingdom Manchester Arndale Economy of Manchester References External links The Peel Group Shopping centres in Greater Manchester Buildings and structures in Trafford Shopping malls established in 1998 Trafford Centre#Bus