Braintree factory outlet shopping mall offers shoppers savings and discounts of up to 70% on designer clothes, fashion, and home ware brand names.
Freeport Braintree Outlet Shopping Village has around a hundred shops offering huge discounts and savings on brand-name clothes, shoes, kitchen and house ware utensils, and accessories. In addition to the usual fashion and sportswear brands such as Adidas, Nike, M&S, Next, and Reebok, Braintree also has factory stores of porcelain manufacturers including Wedgwood and Villeroy & Boch, Cadbury chocolates, Past Times memorabilia, and many luggage stores. Transportation is easy with ample parking and regular trains to London.
Other fashion brands at Braintree include Alexon, Aquascutum, Austin Reed, Barbour, Clarks, Cotton Traders, GAP Outlet, Jaeger, Karen Millen, Kurt Muller, Levi’s, Mamas & Papas, Mountain Warehouse, M&S Outlet, Next Clearance, Petroleum, Pilot, Regatta, Ted Baker, Tommy Hilfiger, and Trespass.
Braintre also has a large number of factory stores selling bags and suitcases handy for transporting the bargains. Bag and luggage stores include Antler, Bags ETC, and Samsonite.
Further outlet stores selling kitchen utensils, cooking accessories, and crockery include Amefa, Denby Pottery, Gaggia, Home & Cook, Le Creuset, and ProCook. Many stores sell homeware making Braintree a good place to pick up quality designer brand-name sheets and towels cheaply.
A few factory stores in Braintree have bargains on food and edibles. Cadbury has an outlet for its chocolates while Whittard of Chelsea sells mostly teas and coffee. Holland & Barrett sells vitamins and herbal supplements.
The choice of restaurants at Braintree is not particularly inspiring. For eating, it is a choice between Burger King, BB’s Coffee and Muffins for smaller snacks, or Italian food at Pizza Express or Tutti Tuscan Grille.
The choice of cafés is between Starbucks, Costa, or Thortons.
Shops are open on most holidays and may have longer hours over the Christmas holidays.
Shoppers at Braintree always enjoy discounts over regular shop prices but great sales are often held with the post-Christmas period particularly good for bargain hunting.
Driving times are around half an hour from Stansted Airport, Chelmsford or Colchester. Ample free parking is available.
Freeport Braintree station is directly next to the shopping mall. Hourly trains take just less than an hour from London Liverpool Street Station. These trains pass through Stratford, home of Westfield Stratford City – the largest in-city shopping center in Europe.
A free bus service connects the outlet mall with Braintree town center every fifteen minutes.