Out-of-Town Shopping
The Ultimate Outlet
At Swindon Designer Outlet – the home of Guilt Free Shopping - you will find all the labels you love, reduced by up to 50%. Without doubt you will always find something that will catch your eye!
There is a fabulous selection of stores that include L K Bennett, Ted Baker, Hobbs, Timberland, Charles Tyrwhitt, Marks and Spencer Outlet, Gap Outlet, Phase Eight, Tommy Hilfiger and many more. You will also find children’s clothing, sportswear, jewellery, footware, toys, books and luggage.
The 'At Home' department offers a wide variety of home furnishings, china, crystalware and kitchenware shops that include the Christy, Portmeirion, Professional Cookware Company, Waterford Wedgwood and Ponden Mill.
But what makes Swindon Designer Outlet unique is its setting in the splendidly-restored Victorian buildings of the Great Western Railway works, where original memorabilia has been restored. A rare collection of overhead cranes, adorn the malls while a large central food court is dominated by a Great Western locomotive – currently Hinton Manor.
To compliment your day out you can visit STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, which is only a few steps away. For more information about the fabulous STEAM experience, see the STEAM Museum website: www.steam-museum.org.uk
Swindon Designer Outlet is open seven days a week, including bank holidays and late night on Thursdays. To get there, exit Junction 16 of the M4 or Junction 11A of the M5and follow the brown tourist information road signs to the 'Outlet Centre' and/or STEAM. For further information on events and special offers or to register as a VIP, log onto www.swindondesigneroutlet.com
A superb and regionally recognised Farmers' Market comes to the Outlet Centre each and every Sunday.
Retail Satellites
Further out of town the Greenbridge Retail Park in the north east of Swindon offers a wide range of larger retailers including Laura Ashley and Mothercare World together with a Cineworld cinema and Cannons gym.
Close to the Priory Vale development in the north of Swindon at Abbey Meads is the Orbital Shopping Park where Borders bookshop nestles amongst Asda, health clubs and restaurants.
West Swindon Shopping Centre also provides a selection of major retailers and established independents under one roof.