As the UK's biggest designer outlet in Ellesmere Port celebrates its 27th birthday, fascinating aerial shots have taken a look back at when the site first opened.
Today, Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet remains a popular shopping destination as the country's biggest designer outlet, but when it opened for the first time back on March 25, 1995 it began life with just 24 stores, taking up 101,000sq ft of space. That is a far cry from the 140-plus stores and 20 food partners it now boasts on a site which is four times the size when it launched.
Fascinating aerial shots show the construction of Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet in the mid-90s and how it had developed by the end of that decade, CheshireLive reports. Phase one planning began back in 1993, with onsite building work getting underway the following year.
