Ashford Designer Outlet
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The Ashford Designer Outlet is a shopping centre in Ashford
, Kent
, England
.
The McArthur Glen Ashford Designer Outlet was designed by architect
Lord Richard Rogers
and engineers Buro Happold
, and opened in March 2000. There over 120 designer brands located at the shopping outlet.
It is located near Ashford town centre, adjacent to the Ashford International
Eurostar
station and a few minutes' drive from Junction 10 of the M20 motorway
. There is a regular bus that visits each Ashford Town, International Station and Ashford Designer Outlet, on a regular cycle.
The Ashford Designer Outlet is also the principal inspiration for the local magazine 'The Ashford Outlet'.
Ashford, Kent
Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. In 2005 it was voted the fourth best place to live in the United Kingdom. It lies on the Great Stour river, the M20 motorway, and the South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 railways. Its agricultural market is one of the most...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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The McArthur Glen Ashford Designer Outlet was designed by architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Lord Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers
Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside CH Kt FRIBA FCSD is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs....
and engineers Buro Happold
Buro Happold
Buro Happold is a professional services firm providing engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of buildings, infrastructure and the environment, with its head office in Bath, Somerset...
, and opened in March 2000. There over 120 designer brands located at the shopping outlet.
It is located near Ashford town centre, adjacent to the Ashford International
Ashford International railway station
Ashford International railway station serves Ashford in Kent, England. Services are provided by Southeastern, Southern and Eurostar.International services use platforms 3 & 4, whilst domestic trains use the original platforms 1 & 2, and a new island built when the Channel Tunnel opened...
Eurostar
Eurostar
Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Paris and Brussels. All its trains traverse the Channel Tunnel between England and France, owned and operated separately by Eurotunnel....
station and a few minutes' drive from Junction 10 of the M20 motorway
M20 motorway
The M20 is a motorway in Kent, England. It runs from the M25 motorway to Folkestone, providing a link to the Channel Tunnel and the ports at Dover. It is long...
. There is a regular bus that visits each Ashford Town, International Station and Ashford Designer Outlet, on a regular cycle.
The Ashford Designer Outlet is also the principal inspiration for the local magazine 'The Ashford Outlet'.