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Banbury Gateway

BANBURY GATEWAY SHOPPING PARK OPENS

 

  • 14 leading high street retailers to provide a new fashion destination for the region
  • Outfit will be the first store opening on 15 October and offers six brands all under one roof including Topshop and Miss Selfridge. The first 50 shoppers though the door will receive £20 worth of shopping vouchers
  • Eight stores including a 100,000 sq ft M&S offering fashion, home and food open over 28 and 29 October
  • Primark also opens a new store in November
  • New Look and Next Fashion & Home open Spring 2016
  • Many retailers are opening with special offers which are all listed on Banbury Gateway’s new website banburygateway.co.uk, live from 19 October 

 Banbury Gateway Shopping Park opens this month and, with 14 leading high street retailers including popular food and drink outlets, it creates a major new fashion and shopping destination in the region.

The new shopping park is the latest addition to The Crown Estate’s retail portfolio. Stores are opening throughout October and November 2015 on this new 285,000 sq ft retail park, ideal timing for Christmas shopping.

Banbury Gateway Shopping Park is exceptionally well-connected located off Junction 11 of the M40 on the A422.  The park has 600 free car parking spaces and is just two miles from Banbury town centre, while Oxford, Daventry and Towbridge are within easy reach. A regular shuttle bus will be running between Banbury Town Centre and Banbury Gateway.

The mix of retailers at Banbury Gateway Shopping Park will provide an unbeatable fashion offering to suit every style from chic to country casual, party wear to work wear or loungewear to athletic.  The food and drink offering includes a McDonald’s restaurant with a drive-thru, Starbucks, M&S Café and Ed’s Easy Diner-the first outlet of the retro-American Diner to open in the area.  Together the fashion, wider shopping and food and drink make for a great day out.

 

Store openings:

  • 15 October:  Outfit opens stocking a range of fashion from Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Wallis, Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Topman.  Outfit will be giving away £20 worth of vouchers to the first    50 customers on opening day.
  • 28 October:  Seven new stores open:  River Island, Poundland, Carphone Warehouse, EE and Mountain Warehouse as well as Starbucks and McDonald’s.
  • 29 October: M&S opens its 100,000 sq ft store including fashion, home and food and an M&S Café.
  • November: Three openings are expected during November: Fat Face on 21 November while a 60,000 sq ft new Primark and Ed’s Easy Diner due to open during the month.
  • Spring 2016: New Look and Next fashion and home store will be opening.

 

Be the first to secure the opening offers

To celebrate Banbury Gateway many retailers are providing special offers on the day they open.  Plus there will be special offers and prizes on offer for those people who follow Banbury Gateway on its social media channels:  

Hannah Milne, Head of The Crown Estate’s Regional Portfolio, said: “Banbury Gateway will be a truly best-in-class shopping destination, boasting a fantastic line-up of leading retail brands including M&S, Primark, River Island, Fat Face and food outlets such as McDonald’s and Ed’s Easy Diner. We are looking forward to welcoming shoppers from Banbury and the surrounding area.”

 

Banbury Gateway Shopping Park Hours: Monday – Friday 0800 – 2100hrs and

Sunday 1100 – 1700hrs. Please check with individual retail outlets for specific opening times. For further information visit www.banburygateway.co.uk,

 

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NOTES TO EDITORS

 

About The Crown Estate

  • The Crown Estate is an independent commercial business, established by an Act of Parliament.  100% of its annual profits are returned to the Treasury for the benefit of the public finances.
  • Over the last 10 years The Crown Estate has returned over £2.2bn to the Treasury.  In the last financial year the value of the business rose to almost £10bn and its returns were £267m.
  • Across its diverse portfolio, The Crown Estate’s approach remains consistent; driving sustainable returns and growth through an active approach to asset management and long-term investment in four key sectors.
  • The Crown Estate’s portfolio is one of the most diverse anywhere in the world, including some of the UK’s most iconic assets:

 

  • All of Regent Street and much of St James’s in central London;
  • A UK top four portfolio of directly owned dominant regional shopping parks;
  • One of the nation’s largest rural land portfolios;
  • The entire UK seabed and around 50% of the foreshore.

 

  •  The Crown Estate’s history can be traced back to 1066. In the 21st century it is a successful, commercial enterprise, established as a market leader in its key sectors and known for a progressive, sustainable approach that creates long term value beyond its financial return. www.thecrownestate.co.uk

 

 

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