Retail parks and outlets in the North West
20 out-of-town destinations: 15 retail parks, 1 shopping centre and 4 designer outlets. Written-up ones are linked; the rest are listed with what we know so far.
Every out-of-town destination in the North West
| Name | Type | Town | Size | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affinity Lancashire (formerly Freeport Fleetwood) | Designer outlet | Fleetwood | ~180,000 sq ft | ~40 |
| Aintree Shopping Park | Retail park | Aintree | — | ~20 |
| Boundary Outlet Colne (Boundary Mill) | Designer outlet | Colne | ~150,000 sq ft | — |
| Central Retail Park (closed) | Retail park | Manchester (Great Ancoats Street) | — | — |
| Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet | Designer outlet | Ellesmere Port | ~400,000 sq ft | ~140 |
| Coliseum Shopping Park | Retail park | Ellesmere Port | — | ~30 |
| Deepdale Shopping Park | Retail park | Preston | — | ~25 |
| Elk Mill Shopping Park | Retail park | Chadderton, Oldham | — | ~15 |
| Handforth Dean Shopping Park | Retail park | Handforth, Wilmslow | — | ~25 |
| Liverpool Shopping Park | Retail park | Edge Lane, Liverpool | ~300,000 sq ft | ~20 |
| Lowry Outlet | Designer outlet | Salford Quays | ~200,000 sq ft | ~40 |
| Middlebrook Retail & Leisure Park | Retail park | Horwich, Bolton | ~675,200 sq ft | ~56 |
| New Mersey Shopping Park | Retail park | Speke, Liverpool | ~450,000 sq ft | ~40 |
| Ocean Plaza | Retail park | Southport | — | ~15 |
| Preston Capitol Retail & Leisure Park | Retail park | Preston | — | ~15 |
| Riverside Retail Park | Retail park | Warrington | — | ~15 |
| Robin Retail Park | Retail park | Wigan | — | ~15 |
| The Croft Retail & Leisure Park | Retail park | Bromborough | — | ~20 |
| The Peel Centre | Retail park | Stockport | — | ~25 |
| Trafford Centre | Shopping centre | Trafford Park, Manchester | 2,200,000 sq ft | ~200 |
Sizes and store counts are the best published figures we could find, and operators count differently — a dash means no reliable figure was published. Compiled 31 August 2026.