Arndale Centre
![The Arndale Centre, in Headingley, Leeds, in April 2011](/Images/godic/202412/21/Arndale_Headingley_20110603.jpg")
![The first Arndale Centre, in Jarrow, opened in 1961. It is now known as the Viking Centre.](/Images/godic/202412/21/VikingCentreJarrow0603.jpg")
![The Cross Gates Centre in Cross Gates, Leeds was an Arndale Centre until 2000.](/Images/godic/202412/21/Cross_Gates_Centre10603.jpg")
Arndale Centres were the first "American-style" malls to be built in the United Kingdom. In total, twenty-three Arndales have been built in the United Kingdom, and three in Australia. The first opened in Jarrow in 1961, as a pedestrianised shopping area.