Astle Park Outlet

Astle Park is a retail shopping centre based near the Town Centre of West Bromwich. The Nike Factory Store, GAP, M&S as well as Mecca Bingo are some of the outlets/​stores you will find here.
I have been here a couple of times and it is a decent shopping centre. West Bromwich is being improved further and New Square is under construction which should be completed in 2013. It will feature a Primark, JD Sports, Bank and even an eight screen cinema. So this shopping centre will have its competition in trying to attract shoppers.
If you do decide to come here, you will need to pay for parking. That’s of course if you drive. I have always enjoyed my shopping experience here although there have been times where I have been forced to come here with my parents. I do intend to come back here and there are so many bargains you can pick up from the many shops here at Astle Park.

West Brom suffers (as so many Black Country towns do) from a lack of larger high street chain stores and instead an over-​abundance of charity shops. Whilst I love rummaging through charity shop finds, sometimes I just want to go somewhere where I know reliably they’ll have something I’m after — and ideally in my size.
That’s why Astle Park is pretty awesome. Yes — it has big chain stores like Next, Nike, Gap and M&S — but these are all factory outlet stores, so prices have been massively slashed. It sits at one end of the high street, so as the parking is incredibly cheap you can stop here, scour the outlets, nip down the high street to check out some smaller shops, get back to your car and still only have spent £1.50 on parking. I love cheap things!

Everyone loves getting expensive things cheaply. As a retail park in West Bromwich it has big brand stores like Nike, Mark & Spencers, Gap, Next and Pavers alongside Mecca Bingo, a luggage shop, a bookies and of course the obligatory Subway.
The important thing to note about these big brand stores is that they are all cheap outlet stores so everything is for less and they all have super clearance sections for the already reduced goods but at even crazier cheaper prices. Problem is you may not always find the right size or a jacket and trousers that match. It is however all worth it for the occasions when you can get a good M&S suite for £29 or expensive dri-​fit Nike bottoms for £10.
You have to be prepared to rummage and mooch, especially in Next for less. The Gap outlet isn’t that cheap until they have clearances but it’s always worth a check in if you are over there anyway.
The car park is super cheap and alternatively if you are a public transporter coming from Brum then hop on the tram and get off at Lodge Road, from there it is just a straight walk down from the tram stop.