Clarks Village, Street

Clarks Village, in the heart of rural Somerset, is a shopping outlet like no other. The Village has grown, and continues to grow, following the opening of the original Clarks Shoes Factory Outlet Shop, in 1993.

Today’s Clarks Village is a place where guests can browse more than 90 brands, surrounded by rural idyll. It is one of our five outlet centres; Braintree Village, Gunwharf Quays, The Galleria and Junction32.

A new way of approaching retail

Outlet centres offer a different experience for customers to traditional shopping centres or retail parks. They pull in shoppers from much further afield who are in search of great brands at great prices. In an age of online retail where the shopping experience has to offer more than convenience to compete, outlets are continuing to provide guests with a unique shopping day out that can’t be matched by the click of a button.

Clarks Village, today and tomorrow

As the UK’s first outlet, set up in 1993 on the site of old C&J Clark factory buildings, Clarks Village offers shoppers a contemporary mix of everyday and aspirational brands in a location full of British retail heritage. With its wide range of retailers, distinguished heritage, and village environment it’s one of the most visited free tourist attractions in the South West.

The Clarks Village retailer offer includes fashion, beauty, homeware and sports brands and remains anchored by a Clarks Shoes. Other brands include Levi’s, Calvin Klein Underwear, Molton Brown, M&S, Next, Superdry, Timberland, Gap and Radley.

Whilst not forgetting the heritage we are surrounded by, we are working hard to enhance the experience our guests receive when visiting the scheme with new store fronts and shopfits, new toilet facilities and car parking improvements and are looking to continue the great work by re-landscaping the central gardens and provide new wayfinding to guide guests around our schemes.