the high street is the main focus of activity at night having a high concentration of the town's bars, clubs and restaurants. the primary shopping area is the harlequin shopping centre, a large purpose-built indoor mall with over 140 shops, restaurants and cafes built during the 1990s, opened officially in june 1992. the owners of the shopping centre, capital shopping centres, rebranded all their shopping centres, resulting in the harlequin changing name to intu watford shopping centre from may 2013.