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Retail parks and outlets in the South East

14 out-of-town destinations: 7 retail parks, 3 shopping centres and 4 designer outlets. Written-up ones are linked; the rest are listed with what we know so far.

Shopping centre

Bluewater

Greenhithe / Stone, Dartford · ~300 stores

Every out-of-town destination in the South East

NameTypeTownSizeStores
Ashford Designer Outlet Designer outlet Ashford ~230,000 sq ft ~98
Banbury Gateway Shopping Park Retail park Banbury ~20
Bicester Village Designer outlet Bicester ~250,000 sq ft ~160
Bluewater Shopping centre Greenhithe / Stone, Dartford 1,900,000 sq ft ~300
Dockside Outlet Centre (Chatham Dockside) Designer outlet Chatham ~40
Gunwharf Quays Designer outlet Portsmouth ~300,000 sq ft ~90
Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre Shopping centre Gillingham ~400,000 sq ft ~50
Kingston Centre Retail park Milton Keynes ~20
MK1 Shopping & Leisure Park Retail park Bletchley, Milton Keynes ~25
Ocean Retail Park Retail park Portsmouth ~15
Reading Gate Retail Park Retail park Reading ~10
South Aylesford Retail Park Retail park Aylesford, Maidstone ~15
Westwood Cross Shopping centre Broadstairs ~450,000 sq ft ~60
Whiteley Shopping Centre Retail park Whiteley, Fareham ~320,000 sq ft ~50

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.