 The centre was expected to open sometime in May 2007, but instead opened on 6 June 2007, following delays caused by planning disputed over the pedestrian walkways connecting the complex to existing buildings.The name is a reference to the Roman Antonine Wall, which passed through Westerwood nearby.Cumbernauld Town Centre, developed in the 1950s, has been considered one of the ugliest in Britain, twice winning "Prospect" magazine's Carbuncle Award for the most unpleasant town centre in the country; in 2001 it was described as "The Kabul of the north" while the entire town centre was nominated as Britain's ugliest structure in the Channel 4 programme "Demolition".