Gallions Reach Shopping Park is a majorout-of-townretail park inBeckton, eastLondon, England. Located on Armada Way beside theRiver Thames, Gallions Reach is the largest retail park within London and theM25, containing 34 units in an area of 324,000 square feet.[1]
The 65 acres (26 ha)[2] shopping park was developed by Castlemore and completed by the end of 2003, on part of the formerBeckton Gas Works.[3] In 2006,Standard Life Investments purchased the retail park for £208 million.[4]
Gallions Reach provides 2,000 car parking spaces. It includes retailers such asSmyths Toys,River Island,Boots andMcDonald's,[5] and is anchored by a largeTesco Extra store.[6]
In 2018, the owners of the site,Aberdeen Standard Investments, stated to theLondon Plan consultation that they wished to develop the site into a major town centre with commercial and residential development.[7] In December 2020, Aberdeen Standard contributed towards the cost of the planning and technical work of theDocklands Light Railwayextension to Thamesmead, which would include a station atBeckton Riverside to serve the site.[8]