Swindon Designer Outlet, a shopping complex built within the disused Swindon railway engine works. Steam locomotive 4930 ''Hagley Hall'' in the eating area of the Outlet Swindon Designer Outlet is a covered designer outlet in

Swindon Swindon () is a town and unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Wiltshire, England. As of the 2021 Census, the population of Swindon was 201,669, making it the largest town in the county. The Swindon un ...

, England. The outlet occupies the restored Great Western railway works and is owned by

McArthurGlen McArthurGlen Group is a public company, which develops and manages designer outlet malls. Background McArthurGlen originated as a private company in North America, part of the Vancouver based McLean Group. It opened and ran factory outlet sh ...

. Built by Tarmac Construction and opened in March 1997, it is located a few miles from junction 16 of the

M4 motorway The M4, originally the London-South Wales Motorway, is a motorway in the United Kingdom running from west London to southwest Wales. The English section to the Severn Bridge was constructed between 1961 and 1971; the Welsh element was largely ...

. In the eating area, a number of steam locomotives that were built at

Swindon Works Swindon railway works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It served as the principal west England maintenance centre until closed in 1986. History In 1835 Parliament approved the construction of the ...

have been on display: * 3440 ''City of Truro'' until May 1999 * 4930 ''Hagley Hall'' from May 1999 until June 2007 * 7819 ''Hinton Manor'' from June 2007 until August 2018 * 7821 ''Ditcheat Manor'' since August 2018

References

External links

Official website
Buildings and structures in Swindon Shopping centres in Wiltshire Outlet malls in England {{retail-company-stub