Scotch Corner Designer Village on-site building for a raft of newly signed high-profile shops and restaurants

• Scotch Corner Designer Village announces nineteen (19) new retailers including Guess, Monsoon, Molton Brown, Hobbs, Phase Eight, Pizza Express and Pret a Manger
• There will be 73 stores in Phase 1 with outlet prices at up to 60% off the RRP
• Already 82% let with new retailers announced now and more to be announced later this summer
• Phase 1 of Scotch Corner Designer Village is 50% built. Construction on the remaining 50% will recommence on site in September and the opening will be Spring 2027
• This will be the largest retail destination opening in the UK during 2027
• Located at one of the best-known locations in the UK, the Scotch Corner junction of the A1(M) and A66 junction with traffic of forty-four (44) million people every year
• Extensive catchment of the whole of the north of England with a projected annual footfall of 4 million
• 1300 jobs being created with 300 in the construction phase

Scotch Corner Designer Village will be the premier outlet and leisure destination in the whole of the north of England. High quality brands, leisure, cafés, and restaurants are all coming together to deliver an outstanding destination. The beautiful design, exceptionally high standard of building quality and finish, the public spaces and landscaping, as well as first-class customer services and healthy green open spaces, will ensure that Scotch Corner Designer Village is truly world-class.

On opening Scotch Corner Designer village will have seventy-three (73) boutiques including a wide range of premier retailers, restaurants and cafés.

SCDV announces new signings today including Guess, Castore, Monsoon, Jack & Jones, Molton Brown, Brook Taverner, White Stuff, Haribo, Lindt, Superdry, Radley London, Hobbs, Phase Eight and a huge and iconic M&S who are joining existing brands already signed: Boss, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Levis, Skechers, Clarks, Moss and Dune London amongst others.

Newly signed eateries Pizza Express, Pret A Manger, 200⁰ Coffee, Knoops and Slim Chickens will join already signed Wagamama and Five Guys

Sarah Hodkinson, Leasing Director Scotch Corner Designer Village, said: “We are thrilled with the enthusiasm of both major retail brands and the local community. Dozens of high-profile brands have signed with us. This is a vote of confidence and a superb, good news story for the region and the whole of the north of England”

Scotch Corner Designer Village will include the UK’s largest Blue Diamond home, lifestyle, and garden centre which will open after this first retail phase.

Set in the heart of the UK’s largest tourism region outside London, Scotch Corner will attract visitors from the whole of the north of England and beyond. Tourism is booming in the region with over 96 million visits every year. Scotch Corner is committed to being the gateway for tourists to the region and will promote Richmond, Darlington, the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks.

Extensive parking with 2000 spaces will include EV charging points, with 250 available when fully developed.

Former Prime Minister and local MP Rishi Sunak commented: “I think this is good news for the area. The hundreds of people that will be employed there represent a huge local economic boost. Also, I think the designer outlet concept will attract shoppers from across the north of England and that will have benefits beyond the confines of the development. Designer Outlet retail parks contain designer retailers selling discounted products, not every day high street brands. Nationally the Bicester Village outlet near Oxford has been a huge success.” Source

Developer Simon Waterfield explains further: “This increased visitor time to the region is expected to boost the local economy substantially with additional tourism, overnight and longer visits. Scotch Corner Designer Village is dedicated to supporting the locality and the wider region and will feature local design talent and artisans and provides an additional 1300 total jobs.”

Retailers are encouraged to commit to local hiring, waste management and 100% renewable energy and more. Waterfield says: “Scotch Corner Designer Village is committed to creating a low-carbon, sustainable shopping, and leisure destination. The power services have been upgraded for the whole area and this fits with our commitment to eventually provide over 250 electric car charging points.”

Rolls Royce signaled that it had shortlisted Scotch Corner for a 23,000 sqm factory (247,000 sqft, equivalent to the size of three football pitches) with ancillary support offices (a further 3,100 sqm). The £200 million factory could be the first of three in the UK to manufacture parts for its small modular reactor (SMR) programme, set up to increase the availability of low-cost, clean energy.  If selected, the state-of-the-art modern advanced manufacturing facility, which would support global decarbonisation, is likely to be the largest of its kind in the UK.

On site there is also the proposal for a 30,650 sqm film and television facility responding to an urgent need from the film industry, which according to research carried out by Knight Frank now needs an additional six million square feet (approx. 560,000 sqm) of film and television production space by 2026 if the sector is to keep pace with growing demand. Scotch Corner Richmond LLP is in active discussions with a major UK film production company. Scotch Corner will also include a major new fuel filling station and drive-thru eateries.