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Newport Retail and Leisure Park (known locally as Spytty Retail Park) is an out-of-town
shopping centre A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof. The first known collec ...
in the city of Newport. The centre opened in January 1996,
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. It is located in the
Lliswerry Lliswerry ( cy, Llyswyry), or Liswerry is an electoral district (ward) and community of the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by Newport City Council. It is the largest community/ward in the city. History and origins Lliswer ...
area of the city and is accessed via the
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(which connects to junction 24 of the
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).


Retail park

Newport Retail Park is the town's principal out of town retail destination and home to major occupiers including M&S,
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and Outfit. Other brands include H&M, Tapi Foot Asylum, Clarks,
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and
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Extra supermarket. The retail park has 31 retail units in total and extends to 311,500 sq ft, with 828 car park spaces.


Leisure park

The 141,000 sq ft Leisure Park includes a 13-screen
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cinema, xercise4less gym,
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superstore, Energi Adventure park and a range of restaurants such as McDonalds,
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and Harvester. The 11-acre site has 705 free car spaces and links through to the Newport Retail Park and Tesco Extra on the Eastern side of the city. The
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bowling alley was previously empty but has now been refurbished. The site laid empty from 2005 until 2016 when the building became three new retail units. In 2019,
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borrowed £21m to purchase Newport Leisure Park with the rental income used to support local services. Following concerns raised about the acquisition, the council's auditors confirmed that the process followed was legal.


References


External links


Newport Retail Park official site
Shopping in Newport, Wales Retail parks in Wales {{Newport-struct-stub