Dalton Park


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, where branded goods are sold at discounted prices.

Shops

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

Ownership

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

Developments

In September 2016 a Cineworld cinema opened along with outlets for Frankie and Benny's, KFC, Pizza Express and Prezzo. A Morrisons Store with an adjoining Petrol station were also built. The petrol station opened on June 8th 2020. However, as of June 2020, a decision regarding the long term future of the store has not been reached.
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.

Transport Links

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.

Rail

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.