From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshopping/pedestrian precinctshopping/pedestrian precinctBritish EnglishTTR an area of a town where people can walk and shop, and where cars are not allowed → precinct
Examples from the Corpus
shopping/pedestrian precinct• James was found dead beside a railway line in Liverpool after disappearing from a shopping precinct in Bootle last month.• They are usually found in town centres and shopping precincts.• However, most cities now have some car-free space in the form of arcades, converted streets or purpose-built pedestrian precincts.• For a modern, purpose-built resort it is surprisingly attractive, with its wood-clad buildings and cobbled shopping precincts.• Continue through Headington shopping precinct until reaching Windmill Road traffic lights, turn right and continue until the roundabout.• The life of a new shopping precinct may be no more than twenty years.• The two-year-old disappeared 11 days ago from Bootle's Strand shopping precinct.• The shopping precinct is full of teenagers gathered in small clusters, smoking, gossiping, laughing, scuffling. 