PLEASE NOTE: this is not accessible 24/7; opening times below.

Picadilly Arcade, once upon a time a cinema, is now a small shopping centre for independent shops. When it was renovated in 1989, the artist Paul Maxfield was commissioned to paint a series of murals. These are known as A Life in the Year of the Chinchillas. As you look up at the murals, you will realise that you, in turn, are being watched by the characters in the artwork!

For more about the history of these works, click here.

It is advisable to double-check the opening times of Picadilly Arcade before you go, but in general, the opening times are:

Monday to Saturday 0700 to 1900

Sunday 0700 to 1700