<sod>'''Bluewater Shopping Centre''' (commonly referred to as '''Bluewater''') is an [[Shopping mall|out of town shopping centre]] in [[Stone, Kent|Stone]] (postally [[Greenhithe]]), [[Kent]], [[England]], outside the [[M25 Orbital]] motorway, {{convert|17.8|mi|km|1}} east south-east of [[London]]'s centre.  Opened on 16 March 1999 in a former [[chalk]] [[quarry]] after three years of building, the site including car parks occupies {{convert|240|acres}}  and has a sales floor area of 154,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup> (1,600,000&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup>) over two levels, making it the [[List of shopping centres in the United Kingdom by size|fourth-largest shopping centre in the UK]] (after the [[MetroCentre (shopping centre)|MetroCentre]], [[Trafford Centre]] and [[Westfield Stratford City]]). Elsewhere in Europe only [[Istanbul]]'s [[Cevahir Mall]] and [[Vienna]]'s ([[Vösendorf]]) [[Shopping City Süd]] are bigger. The floor plan is a triangular shape with 330 stores, including 3 [[Anchor store|anchors]], 40 cafés and restaurants, and a 13-screen cinema. The centre employs 7,000 people and serves over {{Nowrap|27 million}} visitors a year. A main rival is the [[Lakeside Shopping Centre]] and its two retail parks by road {{convert|8|mi}} away in [[West Thurrock]], [[Essex]], just across the [[River Thames]] or {{convert|3.2|mi}} point-to-point.<eod>
<sod>'''Bluewater Shopping Centre''' (commonly referred to as '''Bluewater''') is an [[Shopping mall|out of town shopping centre]] in [[Stone, Kent|Stone]] (postally [[Greenhithe]]), [[Kent]], [[England]], outside the [[M25 Orbital]] motorway, {{convert|17.8|mi|km|1}} east south-east of [[London]]'s centre.  Opened on 16 March 1999 in a former [[chalk]] [[quarry]] after three years of building, the site including car parks occupies {{convert|240|acres}}  and has a sales floor area of 154,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup> (1,600,000&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup>) over two levels, making it the [[List of shopping centres in the United Kingdom by size|fourth-largest shopping centre in the UK]] (after the [[MetroCentre (shopping centre)|MetroCentre]], [[Trafford Centre]] and [[Westfield Stratford City]]). Elsewhere in Europe only [[Istanbul]]'s [[Cevahir Mall]] and [[Vienna]]'s ([[Vösendorf]]) [[Shopping City Süd]] are bigger. The floor plan is a triangular shape with 330 stores, including 3 [[Anchor store|anchors]], 40 cafés and restaurants, and a 13-screen cinema. The centre employs 7,000 people and serves over {{Nowrap|27 million}} visitors a year. A main rival is the [[Lakeside Shopping Centre]] and its two retail parks by road {{convert|8|mi}} away in [[West Thurrock]], [[Essex]], just across the [[River Thames]] or {{convert|3.2|mi}} point-to-point. This is homework <eod>