Shopping Centres

The town centre has 4 shopping centres, The Mall, Hillstreet, Captain Cook Square and Dundas which are all centrally located within a minute's walk of each other. The pedestrianised Linthorpe Road and Corporation Road are at the retail heart of the town with Debenhams and Binns - House of Fraser gracing the refurbished pedestrian space. New additions to the town include Monsoon, Costa Coffee, H&M, Starbucks, George and Zumo. TopShop have recently relocated to a much larger unit in The Mall and New Look have opened a second town centre also in The Mall which is undergoing a massive transformation. Plans are in place for a food court and improved customer facilities which have included the purchase of the previously Council owned car park.

Designer Shopping Quarter

The town has also developed a designer shopping area, namely Linthorpe Road Central which is dominated by the impressive Psyche building. Psyche is designer shopping heaven offering labels such as Rock and Republic, Armani, Paul Smith, French Connection and Dolce & Gabbana plus many more. This area has been transformed by the Psyche development and has attracted many independent names such as Triads, Yakusa, Deep and Red Square as well as Sassari's Continental Cafe and Esquires Coffee House who all add diversity to the town centre offer. The Linthorpe Road Central area sits neatly alongside the University of Teesside campus which is also near to the buzzing heart of the student night scene.