Chloe Nash-Lowe, 10, wrote a letter of complaint to the shopping centre (Picture: Meadowhall)

There’s nothing worse than getting stuck behind a slow walker when you’re out shopping and just want to get the job done.

But, thanks to 10-year-old Chloe Nash-Lowe, this hell may soon be over for shoppers at Sheffield’s Meadowhall centre.

The plucky schoolgirl was so enraged by ‘slow walkers’ holding her up that she wrote to the mall to complain, saying she was ‘incredibly disappointed’ by a recent experience.

And, miraculously, the big bosses actually listened and are now going to be trialling a new ‘overtaking lane’.


Special markings will denote the different lanes, which have been designed to alleviate people’s frustrations.

Ingenious: Fast and slow lanes at the shopping centre (Picture: Meadowhall)

‘I want to thank Chloe for taking the time to write in and share her views with us – we love to hear feedback from our younger shoppers,’ said shopping centre director Darren Pearce.



‘The Meadowhall team liked Chloe’s idea so much that we have decided to trial an overtaking lane for fast walkers on the malls – helping them to get where they want to be on time.’

This has obviously just made Meadowhall the UK’s premiere shopping destination.

Chloe – we’re with you on this one. See you in Sheffield.

Meadowhall: We’ll see you there (Picture: Google)