Shoppers in a Nottinghamshire town have shared their sadness that people 'drive through their town but do not stop'. People living and working in Netherfield have witnessed traffic flowing through to the nearby Victoria Retail Park and new stores on Colwick Loop Road, but have noticed a large drop off in the number of people shopping in the town centre.
Victoria Retail Park is home to big brands like Next, Marks and Spencer's and JD Sports, as well as places to eat and drink like Nando's and Starbucks. A huge new Sainsbury's store off the A612 Colwick Loop Road opened in November 2021, with a Aldi food store set to open this summer at Teal Park off the Loop Road, between Stoke Bardolph and Netherfield.
A local business owner thought the larger shops which had set up at the retail park and more recently on the Loop Road had made Netherfield town centre a place people drove through to get elsewhere. Peter Dye, 66, who owns the Netherfield Pound Shop on Victoria Road, said: "They could stop here and buy in local shops, but mostly people travel through to go to the retail park.
