Dalton Park

Dalton Park (locally known as ‘Murton Shops’) is a shopping centre on the outskirts of Murton, County Durham, England.[1] It is the largest factory outlet style shopping centre in North East, England.[2]

Dalton Park Outlet
Aerial view of Dalton Park
LocationMurton, County Durham, England
Coordinates54.8155°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

Shops

The Centre comprises 75 stores, including 7 restaurants. Anchor tenants include Marks and Spencer Outlet, Next Clearance, Gap Outlet and Adidas.[3] The shopping centre offers over 1500 free parking spaces and a dedicated coach pickup/drop off point. [4]

Ownership

ING Real Estate owned Dalton Park until it was sold to Peveril Securities in September 2013. [5] A further off-market sale occurred in June 2015 which resulted in Janus Henderson UK Property (PAIF), a division of TH Real Estate acquiring the Centre for £38 million. [6]

Developments

In September 2016 a seven-screen Cineworld cinema opened along with outlets for Frankie and Benny's, KFC, Pizza Express and Prezzo. [7]

A Morrisons Store with an adjoining Petrol station were also built. The petrol station opened on June 8th 2020, after being granted planning permission in 2014 and being built in 2016. [8]

In August 2020 it was announced the Morrison’s store which has been empty since 2016 would open in time for Christmas 2020.[9] In November 2020, company bosses confirmed the store is scheduled to open on 26 November.[10] The store opened as scheduled on 26 November.[11]

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. [12]

As of August 2020, only KFC & Morrison’s remains from the redevelopment. Prezzo closed in March 2018, after less than 2 years.[13] In Summer 2020, both Frankie & Bennys’s[14] and Pizza Express[15] 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.[16]

Bus

The Arriva North East Service 22 from Durham to Sunderland serves Dalton Park and takes approximately 1 hour 10 minutes 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. "Outlet Shopping Destination in County Durham". Dalton Park. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. "Dalton Park Outlet Shopping Centre". This is Durham. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. "Stores". Dalton Park. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. "Frequently asked question at Dalton Park Outlet County Durham". Dalton Park. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. "ING Real Estate sells Dalton Park in UK to Peveril Securities". PropertyEU News. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. Goodwin, Cliff. "TH Real Estate Snaps Up Its Fourth UK Outlet Mall". movehut.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  7. Ford, Coreena (23 June 2015). "Multi-million pound scheme at Dalton Park begins following groundbreaking ceremony". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  8. "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.
  9. "More reasons to shop at Dalton Park - Morrisons to open new supermarket in 2020". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  10. "Morrisons confirms the opening date of its new Dalton Park store". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. Harrison, James (26 November 2020). "Dalton Park's Morrisons finally opens with takeaway and barista bar". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  12. "Shopping centre reveals plans for £2m summer makeover". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  13. "Hundreds of jobs to go as restaurant chain Prezzo axes nearly 100 branches". www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  14. Lindsay, Kali (7 July 2020). "Frankie and Benny's confirms permanent closure of five North East restaurants". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  15. "Four North East Pizza Express restaurants to close as company cuts jobs to save business". www.shieldsgazette.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  16. Price, Kelley (23 September 2020). "Big growth for Dalton Park with Morrisons, Costa among sign-ups". TeessideLive. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  17. "SAPPHIRE - Durham to Sunderland". Arriva. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  18. "SR7 0AD to Dalton Park Outlet". Google Maps. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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