Royal Quays is an area of North Shields

North Shields

North Shields is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North East England...

, North Tyneside

North Tyneside

The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England and is part of the Tyneside conurbation. Its seat is Wallsend Town Hall....

, England

England

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. It is on the site of former docks and contains the pre-existing North Shields International Ferry Terminal. Since 1990 the area was re-branded Royal Quays and redeveloped with housing, a shopping centre

Outlet store

An outlet store or factory outlet is a brick and mortar or online retail store in which manufacturers sell their stock directly to the public. Traditionally, a factory outlet was a store attached to a factory or warehouse, sometimes allowing customers to watch the production process like in the...

, a water park known as Wet n Wild, and other retail outlets.

The area is centred on the former Albert Edward Dock which is now the Royal Quays marina.

The inside of the main shopping area has been used on at least two occasions by the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 to film scenes for childrens' programs.

The nearest Metro stations

Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007–2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly...

 are Meadow Well

Meadow Well Metro station

Meadow Well Metro station is on the Tyne and Wear Metro in the UK. It was formerly called Smith's Park, and was a brand-new station for the Metro...

 and Percy Main

Percy Main Metro station

Percy Main Metro station is on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro in the village of Percy Main in North Tyneside, England. The original station of the Newcastle & North Shields Railway opened in 1839 to serve a small riverside community clustered around a colliery...

.

Shops

Shops that are represented at Royal Quays include:

• Antler
• Autonomy
• Bags
• Bijoux
• Birthdays
  Birthdays (retailer)
  Birthdays is a British High Street greeting cards retailer. From its beginning in 1966, Ron Wood Greeting Cards operated as a wholesaler of greeting cards and gift wrap in Bury, Greater Manchester. In the mid 1970s three card shops were opened and soon the number had increased to thirty...
  
  
• Body Shop
  Body shop
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• Brand Fusion
• Cafe Thornton
  Thorntons
  Thorntons is a UK chocolate company established by Joseph William Thornton in 1911. Thorntons today is a £180 million turnover company with nearly 400 shops and cafes and around 200 franchises together with internet, mail order and commercial services...
  
  
• Camille Lingerie
• Carphone Warehouse
• Chapelle Jewellery
• Claire's Outlet
• Clarks
  C&J Clark
  C. and J. Clark International Ltd, trading as Clarks, is a British, international shoe manufacturer and retailer based in Street, Somerset, England...
  
  
• CMD Womanswear
• Costa Coffee
  Costa Coffee
  Costa Coffee is a British coffeehouse company founded in 1971 by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa, as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. Since 1995 it has been a subsidiary of Whitbread, since when the company has grown to over...
  
  
• Cotton Traders
  Cotton Traders
  Cotton Traders is a British clothing company, specialising in rugby apparel and leisurewear, based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in 1987 by former England national rugby union team captains Fran Cotton and Steve Smith....
  
  

• Designer Room
• DSL
• Fila
  Fila (company)
  Fila is one of the world's largest sportswear manufacturing companies. Founded in 1911 in Italy, Fila has been owned and operated from South Korea since a takeover in 2007. Headed by chairman and CEO Yoon-Soo Yoon, Fila now has offices in 11 countries worldwide....
  
  
• Julian Graves
  Julian Graves
  Julian Graves is a health food retailer, with 255 stores operating in the United Kingdom and the Republic Of Ireland. They sell health foods, a limited range of kitchenware, baking ingredients and a variety of confectionery items. NBTY who own rival chain Holland & Barrett reached an agreement to...
  
  
• Killer Brands
• Kool Kiddz
• Kurt Muller
• Le Creuset
  Le Creuset
  Le Creuset is a French cookware manufacturer best known for its colorful enameled cast iron casseroles, which the company calls "French Ovens", or "Dutch Ovens"...
  
  
• Lilley and Skinner
• Le Petit Four Francais
• Madhouse
• Marks and Spencer Outlet
• Mountain Warehouse
  Mountain Warehouse
  Mountain Warehouse is a British travel and outdoor retailer selling equipment for hiking, camping and skiing. Founded with its first store in Swindon in 1997 it has grown to have over 140 stores throughout the United Kingdom as well as a store in Rathdowney in the Republic of Ireland and in...
  
  
• M Outlet (Morgan)
• Next Clearance
• Nike
  Nike, Inc.
  Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
  
   Factory Store
• The Paper Shop (Paper Mill)

• Past Times
• Pavers Outlet
• Petroleum
• Pilot Outlet
• Puma
  PUMA AG
  Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...
  
   (Closed)
• Reebok
  Reebok
  Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle...
  
  
• Room
• Subway
  Subway (restaurant)
  Subway is an American restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches and salads. It is owned and operated by Doctor's Associates, Inc. . Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 35,519 restaurants in 98 countries and territories as of October 25th, 2011...
  
  
• Suits You
• The Works Outlet
• Tog 24
• Trespass
• Whittard of Chelsea
  Whittard of Chelsea
  Whittard of Chelsea are an international retailer of coffee, tea and various items that are used for the consumption of hot beverages. Instant tea, Hot chocolate and Confectionery are also amongst their leading products.- History :...
  
  
• The X Catalogue Store
• Zavvi (Closed January 2009)