Eagle Centre Market
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The Eagle centre opened as The Eagle Centre on November 20 1975 by Sir Derek Ezra MBE at a cost of £7,000,000.
The 12 acre site lies between St Peter's Street, London Road and the Morledge Several streets of terraced housing built in the early 1820s were demolished to make way for the new centre, including a street called Eagle Street, hence the name of the new development.

The centre's market was rebuilt in 1990 and the entire centre was refurbished in 1999.

Factoids

• UK's largest indoor market

It was shut down by the fire officer in December 1989, and it was an uncertain time for the traders especially as their busiest time was looming, Christmas! but a last minute reprieve saved the day, as long as certain safety issues were addressed, the main ones being; that isles had to be kept clean, exposed timbers had to be fire proofed, and all loose cardboard boxes must be removed.

The market eventually closed for a major renovation of the centre, gone were the honeycomb stalls and the distinctive honeycombed roof, the market then moved into temporary accommodation behind the bus station and became known as the Riverside Market

Below are a few pictures of the stalls prior to the closing of the market

The new building is well on its way, these pictures were taken in 1991 and show the construction of the new roof, gone is the familiar honeycombed roof

These pictures were taken in June 2005, the Eagle Centre now being well established

Below we have the temporary accommodation for the traders which was just behind the bus station where it becomes known as the Riverside Market, ironically the Eagle Centre Market had it's origins just on the other side of the bus station where the City court complex now stands, here it was known as the Morledge market, which was designed by the Borough architect of Derby, Mr Charles Aslin, and was completed in 1933