Valley Park Retail Area
Retail park
The retail park is divided into two areas: the bottom half is a long but large modern building which houses the entertainment or leisure area. The car park for this is considerably smaller than the other area. The upper half includes larger retail units with a large car park, B&Q and IKEA, both have their own car-parks for customers as well as McDonalds and Burger King. Apart from Burger King, all of the stores just listed are in separate units apart from the main buildings.
Retail area
The retail area is the main shopping park and includes a lot of big names such as dfs which has operated on the same site since 1994. A branch of Philip Green’s Arcadia Group Outfit chain is located in the park and at the present time concessions inside the store include Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Topshop, Wallis, Principles, Warehouse, Ben Sherman and Quiksilver & Roxy flip-flops. . Other brands that used to be available in the store included Topman, Playboy, Character (Sponge Bob square pants, dirty dancing and muppets nightwear) and Bhs
JJB Sports and Sports World are in direct competition in the retail park, both of them holding large stores. The other stores include Next, Boots and B&Q. B&Q’s store is a separate warehouse and has its own entrance to its own car park. McDonalds is also a standalone shop in the at the bottom centre of the car park. This restaurant is also a drive-thru.
Leisure park
Valley Leisure Park
The entertainment area of Valley Park is located behind the IKEA and retail areas, it includes restaurants, bars and leisure facilities. There is a Vue Cinema located in Valley Park, one of two Vue’s in Croydon (the other being Croydon Grants in Central Croydon). The Vue cinema in the Valley Park Retail Park specialises in Big Release Family Films, although a wide range of films are shown to meet a variety of tastes.. Tenpin (formerly known as Megabowl) has a bowling alley. There is a Frankie & Benny’s, Nandos, Bella Italia, Subway and a Burger King restaurant and drive-thru. Sofa Workshop used to own a store in Valley Park but have since moved to the town centre.
Former stores
Land of Leather (moved to Purley Way Retail Park)
Cargo Club (closed due to disappointing sales)
Sports Division (changed to JJB Sports)
Carpet Depot (since changed to Land of Leather and then Outfit moved from their old unit to this one)
Warner Village Cinemas (changed to Vue)
Megabowl (changed to Tenpin)
Sofa Workshop (moved to store in Croydon Town Centre)
Marks & Spencer
Transport
Ampere Way tram stop
Ampere Way tram stop is the Tramlink stop that serves the Valley Park retail area. It is on Tramlink route 3, services terminate at Wimbledon station or New Addington via the Croydon Loop. Unlike Centrale in Croydon, IKEA do not or did not pay for maintenance of the tram stop opposite (Centrale paid to have a stop with their name on it so customer levels going through the centre would rise, especially from the Wimbledon end), Transport for London decided to re-name the stop IKEA Ampere Way from the initial Ampere Way name when Tramlink opened, because of customer confusion to which stop they should get off, Ampere Way or Waddon Marsh named Waddon Marsh for Purley Way Retail Parks.
London Buses route 455 stops outside the retail park entrance, and has services to Old Lodge Lane and Wallington via West Croydon. London Buses route 289 stops on the Purley Way flyover close to Valley Park and provides services to Elmers End and Purley.
There are a lot of spaces for cars in the retail park, as well as an overflow car-park for the main retail area. IKEA used to have a three floor multi-storey car-park for customers, but after the 2007 re-design of the store this was trimmed down to two-storeys with more spaces on the normal car-park.
References
^ dfs | think sofas think dfs
^ O U T F I T – Leading fashion brands under one roof
^ about the family vue Croydon Purley Way cinema
^ Sofa Workshop Find Your Nearest Store Croydon
^ Sofas and Sofa Beds by Sofa Workshop
^ Croydon Tramlink – The Unofficial Site
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Buildings and structures in Croydon, England
Highrises
100 George Street Altitude 25 Apollo House Central One Cherry Orchard Road Towers Croydon Tower Croydon transmitting station Croydon Vocational Tower Direct Line House IYLO Lunar House Nestl Tower No.1 Croydon Prudential House Taberner House Wellesley Square Wettern House
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Major railway stations
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Major complexes
Allders Ashburton Learning Village Centrale Croydon Grants Colonnades Leisure Park Park Place Purley Way St George’s Walk Valley Park Retail Area Whitgift Centre
Sports venues
Croydon Arena Croydon Sports Arena Croydon Water Palace Selhurst Park
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