Dalton Park Outlet
Aerial view of Dalton Park
LocationMurton, County Durham, England
Coordinates54°48′56″N 1°22′28″W / 54.8155°N 1.37457°W / 54.8155; -1.37457
AddressDalton Park Outlet Shopping Centre, Murton, County Durham, SR7 9HU
Opening date10 April 2003 (2003-04-10)
DeveloperING Real Estate development UK
ManagementRealm
OwnerJanus Henderson UK Property (PAIF)
ArchitectNapper
No. of stores and services75
No. of anchor tenants4
No. of floors1
Parking1500+ Parking Spaces
Websitedalton-park.co.uk

Dalton Park is a shopping centre on the outskirts of Murton, County Durham, England. It is the largest factory outlet style shopping centre in North East England.[1]

The Centre comprises 75 stores, including 7 restaurants. Anchor tenants include Marks and Spencer Outlet, Next Clearance and Adidas.[2]

History

Near the Adidas

The retail park opened in 2003. ING Real Estate owned Dalton Park until it was sold to Peveril Securities in September 2013.[3] A further off-market sale in June 2015 to Janus Henderson UK Property (PAIF), a division of TH Real Estate acquiring the centre for £38 million.[4]

In September 2016 a seven-screen Cineworld cinema opened along with outlets for Frankie and Benny's, KFC, Pizza Express and Prezzo.[5]

A Morrisons Store with an adjoining Petrol station were also built. The petrol station opened on 8 June 2020, after being granted planning permission in 2014 and being built in 2016.[6] In August 2020 it was announced the Morrison's store which has been empty since 2016 would open in time for Christmas 2020.[7] In November 2020, company bosses confirmed the store is scheduled to open on 26 November.[8] The store opened as scheduled on 26 November.[9] The development was part of a £45 million investment into expanding the shopping centre.

In June 2017 it was announced that almost £2 million would be spent on refurbishing the centre including redecoration of shop fronts, improvements to the lighting & flooring and landscaping in front of the centre and improved toilets.[10]

As of August 2020, Prezzo closed in March 2018, after less than 2 years.[11] In summer 2020, both Frankie & Bennys's[12] and Pizza Express[13] announced their closure. Some cited the economic situation caused by coronavirus as the primary reason for closing.

In September 2020 it was announced a number of new retailers would be coming to Dalton Park including Costa Coffee, Molton Brown and Lazy Jacks.[14] As of November 2020, all three stores had opened in the centre.

In August 2021, Dalton Park opened a £60,000 accessible play area with features including an extra wide slide, a wheelchair roundabout and easy access ramps.[15]

Bus

Multiple Go North East services serve Dalton Park. This includes the X6 & 61(A) services between Peterlee & Sunderland, the X-lines X10 between Middlesbrough & Newcastle upon Tyne, and the 65 service between Durham & Seaham.[16] The Arriva North East 22 service from Durham to Sunderland serves Dalton Park and takes just over an hour from Durham Bus Station or 25 minutes from Sunderland Bus Station.[17]

Rail

Seaham railway station is located near by with frequent train services operated by Northern Trains. Bus services from the train station to Dalton Park take around 25 minutes.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Dalton Park Outlet Shopping Centre". This is Durham. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Stores". Dalton Park. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "ING Real Estate sells Dalton Park in UK to Peveril Securities". PropertyEU News. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Goodwin, Cliff. "TH Real Estate Snaps Up Its Fourth UK Outlet Mall". movehut.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Ford, Coreena (23 June 2015). "Multi-million pound scheme at Dalton Park begins following groundbreaking ceremony". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Opening date announced for new Dalton Park Morrisons petrol station and kiosk – but no news yet on main supermarket". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "More reasons to shop at Dalton Park – Morrisons to open new supermarket in 2020". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Morrisons confirms the opening date of its new Dalton Park store". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  9. ↑ Harrison, James (26 November 2020). "Dalton Park's Morrisons finally opens with takeaway and barista bar". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Shopping centre reveals plans for £2m summer makeover". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Hundreds of jobs to go as restaurant chain Prezzo axes nearly 100 branches". hartlepoolmail.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  12. ↑ Lindsay, Kali (7 July 2020). "Frankie and Benny's confirms permanent closure of five North East restaurants". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  13. ↑ "Four North East Pizza Express restaurants to close as company cuts jobs to save business". shieldsgazette.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  14. ↑ Price, Kelley (23 September 2020). "Big growth for Dalton Park with Morrisons, Costa among sign-ups". TeessideLive. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  15. ↑ "Shopping centre's new play area has wide slide, ramps and wheelchair roundabout". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "Timetables & Maps – Go North East". Go North East. 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  17. ↑ "Arriva Bus". arrivabus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  18. ↑ "SR7 0AD to Dalton Park Outlet". Google Maps. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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