Eldon Square Shopping Centre

Eldon Square
	Eldon Square's main entrance on Northumberland Street
Location	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Coordinates	54.9752°N 1.6151°W
Opening date	4 March 1976
Owner	Intu Debenture plc (60%); Newcastle City Council (40%); APAM/MAPP (management);
No. of stores and services	150
No. of anchor tenants	3 (Fenwick, John Lewis, Marks and Spencer)
Total retail floor area	130,100 square metres (1,400,000 sq ft)
No. of floors	2
Parking	497 spaces: Eldon Square ; 445 spaces: Eldon Garden ;
Public transit access	Eldon Square bus station ; Haymarket bus station ; Haymarket Metro station ; Monument Metro station ;
Website	eldonsquare.co.uk

Eldon Square (stylised as EldonSq.) is a shopping centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It opened in 1976 and was built on the site of Old Eldon Square, a famous part of Georgian Newcastle designed by John Dobson in about 1824. This redevelopment, which left only the eastern terrace standing, has been criticised, with one writer calling it "the greatest single example of architectural vandalism in Britain since the war".

When the centre opened it was the largest city-centre shopping centre in the UK. In 2013 it was rebranded as Intu Eldon Square. In 2020, the centre returned to its original name following the collapse of Intu.

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