Erith Riverside Shopping Centre

The shopping centre just like most places on the outskirts of London was lifeless and many stores were shut down or seemed to be shutting down. It was so sparse than you could go around the entire complex and clubby the number of people in the complex at that hour of the day.

Something needs to be done to promote community in this area.

Avoid at all costs unless you are visiting on public transport or foot! The car park is run by a private company called Smart Parking. This is an insane cash cow. It is not at all clear on any signs that you can't have a second session in one day. So...if you overrun your Ringo session by 2 minutes you can neither extend on Ringo nor contact Ringo to resolve. If you try and contact Smart Parking to discuss, they are 'working from home due to government guidelines' and can only be contacted via email... Which they are not able to reply to within 7 working days. (Exactly same scenario once a PCN has been issued and there is a website fault resulting in no confirmation despite money being taken). Until Riverside sort the parking issues out, avoid at all costs! There are better centres with much easier parking!!!

Unfortunately this shopping centre is going the same way as the previous one. A lot of shops have closed and not very much choice which is a shame as Erith needs as much help as it can get. Bring back the market once a week and a few new stores and get the footfall back in to support these shops.

Was nice and helpful before, now you don't find anymore banks , Wilko and Shoe zone close so not a lot what you can do .

Really needs an uplift n just a whole overall up lift....Only 5shops in this shopping centre don't get fooled by saying its next to the Riverside, cos it isn't, it's nestled behind two estate blocks, ain't a bad thing but it's not Riverside per say! Stinks of Thames River, worsr then central London tbh. Must be cos its so far east, interested to know...

Retailers are rapidly leaving, Argos gone, Wilkinsons gone, Shoezone gone....all that's left is Iceland, Greg's, a couple of cafes and far too many haircare shops. It's quickly starting to look like a ghost town. A real shame. With the right retailers it could be so appealing

Thursday is the best day to visit. They have an acoustic guitarist and a pop up sushi and prosescco bar that is worth a visit. This year's lights were also switched on by Andy Peters

It's a good place.we have Matalan over there where you can do economical shopping. also we have dominos, nearby