Cortonwood Shopping Park Reviews Summary

Shop Variety and Experience

Pros:

• "An excellent shopping experience."
• "It is nice to see a new variety of shops with the new section at cottonwood opening."
• "A good selection of different types of stores, Including B&Q, Boots, Asda Living, Morrison's, Sports Direct, Argos, Matalan, River Island, SCS, New Look, TK Max, Pets at Home to name a few."
• "Every time you go into a shop you can always find something different."
• "Great place to shop, lots of variety covering just about everything you could ever imagine."
• "Also, a great selection of restaurants."
• "Pretty much everything you need in one place."

Cons:

• "Poor selection of shops very spread out around the absolutely gigantic car park."
• "It's a few shops and some I won't touch, mainly women's clothing shops on new side."
• "Has the shops you want but I don't think it has everything you need."
• "There is also a lack of toilets and cash point machines."
• "The only one that is awful is McDonald's where the staff are rude and the place is run like Faulty Towers."
• "Some of the outlets could do with updating the customer service skills."
• "I could not find the Chinese food section could some one tell me what has happened to this section."

Parking and Traffic

Pros:

• "Free plentiful parking as well of course."
• "Good access.... Very large parking area."
• "There is ample parking outside all the shops."
• "Plenty of parking and easy access from the parkway, a good place for your retail needs!"
• "Ample parking with a wide range of useful shops."
• "Always my first port of call with plentiful free parking!"
• "There's a good variety of shops to choose from and plenty of parking space."

Cons:

• "The shops themselves are what you expect from a small retail park, but the parking situation is abysmal."
• "A decent shopping area away from the busy city centre etc but, and it's a huge but, the car parking is truly awful."
• "Always a nightmare on a weekend, the access and exit route is always busy with cars."
• "The free car park can get very busy at leaving times due to there only being one entrance road."
• "Most of the disabled parking places are further away from the shops than the toddler and parents places."
• "The only thing that is a negative is the parking obviously during 'normal' times the carpark where you want to be to use Wilkos, M&S foodstore and such is soo tight."
• "The car parking spaces are not very clearly marked, and cars often park over two spaces as its not clear where the lines are."

Accessibility and Layout

Pros:

• "People have commented it's spread over three areas, this is true, however there are ramps, not just steps, it is entirely disabled friendly."
• "There is finally is a joining path!"
• "A really good retail shopping establishment, with the bonus of recently added shopping outlets on the new site of Cortonwood."
• "The new development side makes it a better option to visit."
• "You get a few restaurants as well so will not stay hungry."
• "Great shopping stores got what need when you need it."
• "It's a big place with plenty of store and eating places loads of parking spaces and it's easily accessible from the M1 motorway."

Cons:

• "Not particularly good if your ♿ as the ground/surface has not been considered for you."
• "Whoever designed the road needs a slap corners are tight so end up stuck behind some muppet scared to move."
• "Cant stand the place, the entry & exit were given no consideration when it was designed, horrible place to get into, even worse to get out of."
• "Good shops and places to eat, but an absolute nightmare for pedestrians."
• "However the layout of the shops is rubbish with a long walk between the three areas."
• "If you have children you'll find the parking terrible as once you get out of the car there are no safe walkways to get from the car park to the shops."
• "It is not easy to walk between shops as it isn’t laid out well for pedestrians."

Customer Experience

Pros:

• "A retail park worth visiting."
• "Cortonwood is an excellent little (but ever expanding) shopping centre."
• "A good range of 'super sized' retail shops, spread across 3 sites."
• "Everything you’d expect from a retail park, it’s been added to and modernised, giving it a good feel."
• "Oh Em Jee, this place is heaven! You have everything you need and more here."
• "The expansion of the retail park as made a great difference and is a viable shopping trip for everything you need from groceries to household furniture is fast becoming a fantastic place to shop for everything."
• "Loved the variety and the opportunity to get everything I needed. Clean and fresh outlets and friendly and willing staff."