The town is ranked as one of the top shopping centres in the South East of England, second only to Bluewater in Kent, with approximately 1.3 million square feet of retail floorspace. Recently, the riverside area has been enhanced by the Lockmeadow Leisure complex, which provides a multi-screen cinema, restaurants, night-clubs and a market in the centre of town, and maintains the town as a lively centre throughout the evening. This strategy of promoting high quality facilities within the town centre continues with the proposed Fremlin Walk shopping centre beside the river, which will increase retail space to approximately 1.6 million square feet, and the recently completed town centre environmental improvements.