Almondvale Shopping, The Centre Livingston, McArthur Glen shop, West Lothian store, Scottish retail outlet
Almondvale + McArthur Glen : Livingston Shopping Centre
Shopping Centre in West Lothian, Scotland Designer Outlet: Stores
post updated 7 May 2025
Livingston Shopping Centre – known as ‘The Centre Livingston’
Location: Almondvale Shopping Centre, The Elements, Livingston, EH54 6QX, West Lothian
Phone: +44 1506 423600
Main Shops*: Debenhams store, Mango, Zara, Office, Nine West
Hours:
Saturday 9 AM–6 PM
Sunday 10 AM–6 PM
Monday 9 AM–6 PM
Tuesday 9 AM–6 PM
Wednesday 9 AM–6 PM
Thursday 9 AM–8 PM
Friday 9 AM–6 PM
No. of stores and services: over 70
Address: Almondvale Ave, Livingston EH54 6QX, United Kingdom
Opened: October 2000
Owner: Patron and Global Mutual
Management: Savills Property Management
Building extension news: £90m expansion – approved Summer 2006
This major West Lothian retail project combines the Almondvale Centre + McArthur Glen Malls.
Livingston Designer Outlet Livingston
Livingston Designer Outlet is the largest outlet mall in Scotland !
Livingston Designer Outlet, formerly known as McArthur Glen, ever-expanding shopping complex. Photo taken on 27 December 2008:
photo : Colin Kerr / Livingston Designer Outlet / CC BY-SA 2.0
Livingston Designer Outlet location is opposite The Centre Livingston.
Stores:
The outlet has around 100 stores which include:
Adidas, Clarks Outlet, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, Ted Baker, Skechers, Next Clearance, Lindt Chocolate Store, Marks & Spencer Outlet.
The outlet also contains an upper floor. This contains a Vue cinema which contains 8 screens, a Mini golf course with two 18 holes.
A large food court is also located on the upper level. It contains fast food outlets such as McDonald’s, Subway and Chopstix. Restaurants nearby include Pizza Express, Hot Flame World Banquet and Pizza Hut.
It opened in October 2000 under the ownership of McArthur Glen. It was called McArthur Glen Livingston Designer Outlet. The building with its distinctive glass roof was designed by architect Don Hisaka. It evokes the historic Crystal Palace building in London, UK.
In August 2013 the complex was renamed to ‘Livingston Designer Outlet’ when this retail site was sold to LaSalle Investment Management. In 2017 the complex was once again sold, this time to Blackstone.
The Centre Livingston had a huge makeover in 2018. Blackstone invested several million pounds in order to appeal to a higher end market.
Almondvale Shopping Centre Livingston
Architects: Building Design Partnership
Main Contractors : Miller Construction
Area: 400,000 sq ft
Construction: 2007-08
Plaza on Almondvale Boulevard – public space, city center, Mid Calder – photo taken on 19 August 2009:
photo : Plaza on Almondvale Boulevard by Claire M Jordan, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Livingston Shopping Centre extension also includes 28 flats + 84-bed hotel & multi-storey car park
Almondvale owners (2006) : Land Securities Group plc, trading as Landsec
Livingston Designer Outlet Scotland
Livingston Designer Outlet is the largest outlet mall in Scotland. It opened in 2000 under the ownership of McArthur Glen as McArthur Glen Livingston Designer Outlet.
It is located opposite The Centre (Livingston) shopping centre. The glass roof was designed by an architect called Don Hisaka, and is similar to the former Crystal Palace in London.
In August 2013 the complex was renamed to ‘Livingston Designer Outlet’ as the site was sold to LaSalle Investment Management. In 2017 the complex was once again sold, this time to Blackstone.
Almondvale Centre One of the southern entrances, picture taken on 22 July 2008:
photo : Richard Webb / Almondvale Centre, via Wikimedia Commons
Shortly after in 2018, the centre underwent a huge makeover. Blackstone invested several million pounds in order to appeal to a higher end market.
The outlet has around 100 stores such as Adidas, Marks & Spencer Outlet, Clarks Outlet, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, Lindt Chocolate Store, Next Clearance, Ted Baker, Skechers.
The outlet also contains an upper floor with a Vue cinema which contains 8 screens, a Mini golf course with two 18 holes. A large food court is also located on the upper level with many fast food outlets such as McDonald’s, Subway and Chopstix. Many restaurants can be found close by, such as Pizza Hut, Pizza Express and Hot Flame World Banquet.
Livingston Shopping Centre architects: BDP – formerly known as the Building Design Partnership, located in Manchester, London, Glasgow, etc.
Website: The Centre, Livingston
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, central Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Shopping Malls, Retail Parks
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ASDA Edinburgh Shopping Centre, The Jewel
Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, south Edinburgh
Gyle Shopping Centre, west Edinburgh
IKEA Edinburgh, south Edinburgh
Meadowbank Shopping Park, east Edinburgh
Ocean Terminal, Leith
New Town St James Centre, central Edinburgh
photo © Adrian Welch
John Lewis, central Edinburgh
Princes Mall, central Edinburgh
H&M Edinburgh
photo © Adrian Welch
* current at time of writing, please check with store operators.
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Comments / photos for the Almondvale Centre + McArthur Glen Malls Building designed by Architects BDP (Building Design Partnership) and built by Miller Construction page welcome.
