The Springs Reviews Summary

Accessibility and Transport

Pros:

• "Easy access from A64, M1 and A1M and the new Leeds orbital road."
• "Very convenient to get to by car, not sure about public transport."
• "There are now great road links through to The Springs including the new Leeds Orbital so it's becoming evermore popular and accessible from all directions."
• "Great location. Easy access off the M1 at Thorpe Park."

Cons:

• "Total white elephant. Took 15mins to walk from main road as buses no longer enter the area (my aunt had an appt at the eye clinic.) NOT EVERYONE HAS A CAR."
• "The public transport is disgusting a bus each hour even then it barely turns up."
• "Not impressed with this a shopping centre! Not as good as they sell it! Maybe they need to reduce the rent's and get it more like the one at York and Castleford."
• "Poor external sign posting to the shopping outlet and in a business park so should have signs painted on the road directing you to Springs but once there very good."

Parking Facilities

Pros:

• "Plenty of parking available with no limitations."
• "Lots of parking including electric vehicles, disabled parking and parent and child parking."
• "Always plenty of parking even on busy days."
• "Nice clean modern environment. Free car parking and free electric car charging."

Cons:

• "There are not enough child parking spaces and a lot of empty disable parking bays."
• "The main issue is the car park - too small for such a busy retail park and there is a lack of pedestrian walking and crossing points."
• "It was busy but parking was good. I was able to get near to M&S and get what I needed. A place to go to. Some traffic signage on the approach to the centre could be better."
• "Parking is fantastic and the cinema was lovely but there were no litter bins and I think there could be a better selection of shops. Think it will improve with time."

Shopping Experience

Pros:

• "Good selection of shops along with a cinema, restaurants and coffee shops."
• "Good selection of stores, a decent cinema and some nice places to eat."
• "This retail park has been open for over two years now and there are still no toilets. Just what are you supposed to do if you want to go to the loo? The shops on the site are pretty good and there are more and more opening."
• "Superb spot for a day out! Start with some crazy golf. Go for lunch at one of the many restaurants. Walk off your food with some retail therapy. Visit the cinema before dinner. Have another meal! Chill in one of the bars for an hour. Hop on home 🙂"

Cons:

• "On the face of it this place offered so much promise, but just fell short in that most shops were smaller versions with a limited selection and pointless if travelling to an out of town retail park."
• "What's there??? Clothes shops, toys shop, cinema, mini golf. It's boring lol."
• "They have the normal shops you’d find in your typical high street, so there’s no real reason that’ll make you wanna visit again, you won’t find anything unique."
• "It's not well designed, acting as a bit of a wind tunnel, with no indoor facilities or public amenities like toilets."

Amenities and Facilities

Pros:

• "Spacious and modern architecture with pedestrian access built with a large parking area."
• "Superb, new, has a lovely feeling about it and full of great places to shop, dine, exercise, see a film or socialise."
• "Great place for shopping, nice choice. Plus the bonus of restaurants, cinema and arcades! You can definitely kill a few hours here. Kept clean. Nice outdoor space. A great addition to the area."
• "Nice clean modern environment. Free car parking and free electric car charging. Spend too much time in the shopping area as we only really went for the odeon but from what we saw it looked nice. Not too many take out food options though."

Cons:

• "I drove for an hour and half, needed toilet when I arrived but none to be found, not happy, should prioritize this large shopping area."
• "A nice retail park that gains points for having a gym and cinema on site but is let down by the limited choice of stores."
• "Open spaced car friendly shopping. There just doesn't seem to be enough shops... looks badly planned out lots of wasted spaces."
• "There are NO customer toilets on site! It's quite expansive so you would think there would be some access to toilets."