Newport Retail Park

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Newport Retail & Leisure Park
Newport Retail Park
Location Newport, Wales
Coordinates 51°34′37.32″N2°56′44.77″W / 51.5770333°N 2.9457694°W / 51.5770333; -2.9457694
AddressSpytty Road
Opening date1996 (retail park)
OwnerStadium Developments [1] (retail park)
Monmouthshire Council (leisure park)
Website www.newport-retailpark.co.uk
From left to right, Boots, Birthdays, Peacocks, and Clarks Newport Retail Park shops - geograph.org.uk - 1719626.jpg
From left to right, Boots, Birthdays, Peacocks, and Clarks

Newport Retail and Leisure Park is an out-of-town shopping centre in the city of Newport. The centre opened in January 1996, South East Wales. It is located in the Lliswerry area of the city and is accessed via the Southern Distributor Road (which connects to junction 24 of the M4 motorway).

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Retail park

Newport Retail Park is the town's principal out of town retail destination and home to major occupiers including M&S, Next, Boots and Outfit. Other brands include H&M, Tapi [2] Foot Asylum, Clarks, Nando's and Caffe Nero. There is also a Tesco Extra supermarket.

The retail park has 31 retail units in total and extends to 311,500 sq ft, with 828 car park spaces. [3]

Leisure park

The 141,000 sq ft Leisure Park includes a 13-screen Cineworld cinema, xercise4less gym, Home Bargains superstore, Energi Adventure park and a range of restaurants such as McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut and Harvester. The 11-acre site has 705 free car spaces and links through to the Newport Retail Park and Tesco Extra on the Eastern side of the city. [4]

The Megabowl bowling alley was previously empty but has now been refurbished. The site lay empty from 2005 until 2016 when the building became three new retail units.

In 2019, Monmouthshire Council borrowed £21m to purchase Newport Leisure Park with the rental income used to support local services. [5] [6] Following concerns raised about the acquisition, the council's auditors confirmed that the process followed was legal. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Newport Retail Park" . Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. ↑ 360ss.com. "Carpet Shop in Newport | Tapi Carpets, Vinyl & Flooring". www.tapi.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Newport Retail Park" . Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Monmouthshire County Council purchases Newport Leisure Park". Monmouthshire County Council. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Thomas, Nicholas (14 March 2019). "Monmouthshire council defends purchase of Newport Retail Park with borrowed £21m". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Council buys retail park for £21m". BBC News. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Cooke-Black, Saul (20 March 2020). "Meeting on Newport Leisure Park purchase did meet legal guidelines". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 18 April 2020.


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