Silverlink Shopping Park Reviews Summary

Access and Location

Pros:

• "Silverlink shopping park has easy access from approaches a19 north and south and surrounding links."
• "Great selection of stores. Walking distance, parking always available, accessible by regular public transport."
• "One of my favourite place in Newcastle to shop. Lots of parking space, cinema and places to eat. Near to beach, only 10 minutes of drive."
• "At a key position on the coast road and road north, this set of shops is easy to reach."
• "A huge site with a wide and varied range of shops, conveniently located for access from all compass directions."
• "It's cool that it's connected to a cycle network too so you can easily get there by bicycle without having to worry about traffic too much."
• "Great location. Plenty of free parking."

Cons:

• "Patience needed for road works as usually rows of traffic."
• "Due to ongoing construction works on the A19 and to rather unclear route guidance, the streets to and from the shopping mall were heavily congested in a matter of minutes."
• "Be warned crazy road works at the moment around the silverlink and A19."
• "Absolute chaos getting there because of the roadworks on the coast road."
• "Traffic to get there is still bad with continuous road improvements still going on till next year, increasing use of staff with cars means leaving less spaces for customers."
• "Bit of a pain getting there at present with the ongoing road upgrade."
• "Love it but it's a nightmare to get to if you don't drive."

Shopping Experience

Pros:

• "Great range of shops and ample shopping."
• "I love the different shops at the silverlink, lots of variation and more being added."
• "A good mix of shops, cinema and restaurant options. Loved going to Odeon and a very nice Costa with hot coffee and reasonable prices."
• "The sprawling site boasted an impressive array of shops, offering a diverse range of products to cater to every shopper's needs."
• "Silverlink has everything all together for clothes, electrical, food, cinema, homeware etc."
• "A great shopping retail park with a good selection of shops from Marks and Spencer to boots to River Island to Wilko."
• "The Silverlink Shopping Centre is a great place. There is a wide variety of shops such as: JD Sports, Poundland, Boots and Argos."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately a few good shops, eg Argos & Wilko's, have recently closed down."
• "Not visited M&S here since before pandemic. Very disappointed with women's clothing section."
• "It's not really a shopping centre it's more of a retail park and there are a few shops not a lot on offer."
• "Just the usual out of town shopping centre with the same old corporate brands generating unnecessary traffic."
• "The demise of the big fast fashion outlets has massively contributed to retail parks becoming lifeless existences."
• "Just the same old shops you see everywhere."
• "So so bad these days. What used to be a bustling little shopping park has become a ghost town."

Parking and Traffic

Pros:

• "A very quiet Boxing Day at Silverlink. It was 11 in the morning and there was only 3 cars in a usually packed car park."
• "It has all the shops that you need which saves you going into town. There are plenty of car parking spaces."
• "Free parking, a good variety of retail units."
• "This place is always busy but I always find a parking space."
• "Plenty of parking spaces easy to travel to Currys, Boots, M&S Sofology, Next many other outlets."
• "Plenty of parking, and a bus connection too."
• "Good parking plenty of it too."

Cons:

• "Car park is a joke. Narrow roads and small parking spaces would need. 1960 car to get round."
• "Getting in and out of the carpark can be a nightmare."
• "The carpark is the biggest problem. It's compacted together like most retail parks."
• "Good range of shops, adequate parking, however had to take off 2 stars for how long it takes to get out of the car park."
• "Serious delay leaving the carpark. 20 minutes plus."
• "The shops are great but the car park is poorly managed, the road is incredibly uneven and bumpy."
• "Nightmare parking in fact car park is dangerous."