Ashford Designer Retail Outlets

The disused Kimberley works site, a former railway and engineering facility owned and operated by British Rail, is the location of the 19,500 square metre Ashford Designer Retail Outlet Centre. The 12 hectare site, bounded by the main vehicular route into Ashford from the M20 motorway to the west, and the railway to the east, reflects the flat reclaimed topography of Romney Marshes, in which Ashford is located. Adjacent to the Ashford International Rail Terminal, connecting London to Paris and Lille, the site is well located for attracting visitors from all over Europe.

Project data
   
Location Ashford, Kent, England
Uses Category Retail
Dates 1996 – 2000
   
Area
   
Gross Internal Area 19,510m²
   
Costs
   
Construction Cost £21 ,000,000
   
Client BAA McArthurGlen UK Ltd
   
The Architect Richard Rogers Partnership
   
Team  
Laurie Abbott, Martin Cook, Sean Daly, Mark Darbon, Mike Fairbrass, Rowena Fuller, Jane Hannan, Toby Jeavons, Tom Lacey, Catherine Martin, Tim Mason, Andrew Morris, Richard Rogers, Neil Southard, Andrew Tyley, Robert Webb, Martin White, Daniel Wright, John Young
   
Civil Engineer Buro Happold / Arup
   
Landscape Architect Derek Lovejoy Partnership
   
Lighting Consultant Equation Lighting Design
   
Main Contractor Galliford Northern
   
Lighting Consultant Lighting Design Partnership
   
Main Contractor Kajima / Laing Management Joint Venture
   
Planning Consultant Montagu Evans
   
Quantity Surveyor Davis Langdon & Everest
   
Services Engineer John Brady Associates
   
Structural Engineer Buro Happold