Livingston Designer Outlet

Livingston Designer Outlet opened in 2000 at Almondvale Avenue in Livingston, West Lothian, with approximately 55,000 sqm of gross leasable area following subsequent expansions, operated by McArthurGlen Group as the principal designer outlet destination for Central Scotland and the Edinburgh and Glasgow commuter belt. The outlet is positioned within the broader Livingston Centre retail district that includes the Livingston Centre enclosed mall and a series of retail parks.

Livingston was designated as Scotland’s fourth new town in 1962, planned on a grid layout in the Almond Valley between Edinburgh and Glasgow to accommodate Scottish central belt overspill population. The new-town location gave the designer outlet access to a Central Scotland catchment that no other outlet destination enjoys: Glasgow is approximately 40 kilometres west on the M8, Edinburgh approximately 20 kilometres east on the same motorway, and the combined Edinburgh-Glasgow corridor houses approximately 3 million consumers within a 45-minute drive. The McArthurGlen outlet format presents premium and designer brands at off-price points, with Hugo Boss, Polo Ralph Lauren, Nike, Adidas, and a range of fashion and homeware operators serving the Central Scotland consumer. The adjacent Livingston Centre provides complementary conventional retail, and the combined retail district makes Livingston one of the largest retail concentrations in Scotland.

Livingston’s population of approximately 60,000 provides the immediate base, but the strategic importance of the outlet is its M8 motorway position between Scotland’s two major cities, which creates a catchment drawing power disproportionate to the town’s own population. Rail connections to Edinburgh and Glasgow from Livingston North and Livingston South stations supplement motorway access.

McArthurGlen operates the Livingston Designer Outlet as the Central Scotland anchor in its UK outlet network. The M8 motorway corridor position between Edinburgh and Glasgow creates the highest dual-city catchment of any McArthurGlen property in the UK, a geographic advantage that no competitor has replicated at equivalent scale in the Central Scotland market.