"The cinema experience here is fantastic, offering a wide selection of movies."
"There's also a cinema complex."
"You will find Rock up, paradise island, flip out, and Starbucks all inside the complex."
"They are building a 14 screen cinema complex and a big 360 play area has just opened."
"A fantastic shopping experience. Plenty of things to do, eat and drink."
Cons:
"Cinema is expensive."
Shopping Variety
Pros:
"Good variety of shops including Flannels plus plenty of food outlets."
"All the big retail shops lots of food restaurants."
"There are a lot of shops and pretty much everything you need for a good day out and a shopping trip."
"Wide variety of stores."
"A nice row of shops, restaurants and lake views."
Cons:
"A bit more variety in shops would enhance the overall appeal."
"Maybe it was because the weather was bad, but this place... was a carbon copy of every other soulless shopping area."
"Plenty of shops and eateries but it’s so busy you cant move."
"Excellent place have a mooch around eat coffee ice cream decent amount of shops but 60% are high ended expensive."
Food and Dining
Pros:
"The surrounding restaurants provided diverse culinary options, making it a great one-stop destination."
"Went to Nandos for lunch and Patisserie Valerie for hot drinks and cakes."
"Great shopping centre, wide variety of stores, parking can be a nightmare... cafes and restaurants varied."
"You can choose from a variety of restaurants and coffees."
Cons:
"Restaurants and cafes could improve. Patisserie Valerie very slow."
"The only con is that even if the car park is quite big it gets overcrowded on the weekends and very hard to find the parking spot."
Parking and Accessibility
Pros:
"Plenty of parking, first 5 hours free which is more than enough."
"Well worth a visit and 5 hrs free parking."
"Free parking available for up to 5 hours."
"Free Parking for 5 hours a nice selection of shops and places to eat."
"Free parking for 5 hours, plenty of shops, entertainment for adults and children alike."
Cons:
"Parking should be charged because it is very rare to find a space."
"Parking can be a nightmare depending on time."
"Maybe it was because the weather was bad... Even the very few independent businesses treated customers more like chain stores."
"Plenty of parking 5 hrs free which is a bonus...fabulous choice of eateries after you been round all the shops which are many not only the normal retail park type shops either..pleased to find a sketchers there.."
"Car parking was a nightmare. Busy I can handle but it was crammed so right."
Nature and Environment
Pros:
"The lake is lovely. You can walk around it or do what we did and hire a pedalo."
"The lake area also has walks bike hire pedalos for the lake and more."
"Nice little touches like charging points on the outdoor benches, lots of dog bowls outside shops."
"We went for a walk around Rushden Lakes to kick the morning off which was lovely."
"Nice Lakes and views around the retail park."
Cons:
"Can imagine it's a nightmare to get in and out of at the weekend."
"The place is kept clean and tidy."
"What a FANTASTIC shopping centre!! Finally a South African style approach to shopping centres with FREE PARKING, spacious parking bays... and then a beautiful approach to nature which in summer must be totally glorious."
"Maybe it was because the weather was bad, but this place had such potential - being next to such beautiful lakes - but was a carbon copy of every other soulless shopping area."