Royal Quays Outlet Centre

Royal Quays opened in 2001 by Prime Outlets as Prime Outlets Royal Quays. At the time, it’s the biggest outlet mall in the United Kingdom with over 160 stores such as Puma, Topshop Clearance Store, SU214, and Delifrance joining anchors Labels by TJ Maxx and TJ Hughes. The indoor part of the mall’s stores are Van Heusen, Remington, Ciro Citterio, and Windsmoor with TJ Hughes anchoring the part at the time. The mall had a statue located behind Karrimor and Le Creuset. But, they are vacant spots in the mall. A third anchor is opened in 2003, Designer Labels. DL featured clothing brands including Calvin Klein, Firetrap, DKNY, Racing Green, and Ben Sherman with more brands for home and footwear too. Jaeger opened in one of the empty units in 2004. In 2005, the mall’s renamed Royal Quays Outlet Centre but Prime Outlets still owned it. In 2007, SportsMax opened at Royal Quays as a fourth anchor. Anchors changed. In 2008, DL closed and that unit became Wink’s Outlet. In 2009, Labels by TJ Maxx closed their Royal Quays store and that unit became Yorkshire Trading Company. The mall was sold to Cushman & Wakefield in 2010 and plans began to close it down. In 2013, the mall went downhill. Many retailers had left around that time such as Gossard, Benetton, Jane Shilton, and Viyella. Yorkshire Trading Company and SportsMax vacated their Royal Quays locations for ones in Metrocentre in 2015. Two of the last remaining original tenants, Fruit of the Loom and Claire's closed at the same time. Co-op Food which replaced TJ Hughes in 2011, closed in 2016 along with Wink’s Outlet and Paco. The indoor part of the mall as of 2012 had Royal Quays Cycle Centre/Boardman Bikes, Collectables, Co-op Food, Carphone Warehouse, and hmv outlet store. The area around the statue as of 2012 had Hallmark Outlet, Lakeland Leather, Molton Brown, and Double Two. The YTC mirror as of 2012 had Thorntons, Waterford Wedgwood, QVC Outlet, Pagazzi, GAME, and YTC. In 2018, the mall itself closed its doors after the last tenants, Menkind and Greggs moved to the Metrocentre.