Marine Point
A shopping and leisure complex in New Brighton, Merseyside, England.
Last updated August 25, 2026
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Overview
Marine Point is a mixed-use shopping, dining, entertainment and leisure complex in New Brighton, on the Wirral in Merseyside, England. Rather than functioning as a single-product consumer brand, it operates as a destination development that brings together national chains, restaurants, cafés, a supermarket, family entertainment, a cinema, a hotel and free customer parking. Its location near New Brighton’s coastal attractions gives the complex a role in the town’s visitor economy as well as in everyday local retail. The development was constructed at an estimated cost of £65 million. The scheme’s tenant mix has included food-and-beverage operators such as Bella Italia, Prezzo, Burger King, Marino Lounge, PizzaExpress, Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Greggs and Subway, together with Hungry Horse’s Sea Horse pub-restaurant. Retail provision has included a Morrisons superstore, Iceland, Home Bargains and other occupiers. Leisure facilities have included The Light, an eight-screen digital cinema, and Bubbles’ World of Play, a children’s play venue in the Lido unit. A Travelodge hotel with 66 rooms and a free car park with approximately 750 spaces support overnight stays and longer visits. Marine Point has experienced the normal turnover associated with a multi-occupier complex. United Kitchen was reported closed in autumn 2017, while Grosvenor Casino closed in summer 2015. The published tenant information also records the opening of Bubbles’ World of Play in January 2013 and the later arrival of Greggs in 2024. Subway was listed as having closed in winter 2024. These changes illustrate the development’s continuing adjustment of its leisure and retail offer rather than a fixed, permanent tenant structure. In 2022, Marine Point was sold to David Samuel Properties for £44 million. The transaction changed ownership of the development but did not alter its identity as a New Brighton shopping and leisure destination. Publicly available reference material does not establish a separate operating company, founder, chief executive or listed corporate structure for the Marine Point brand itself. Its commercial proposition is primarily place-based: convenience retail, accessible dining, family entertainment and hospitality combined in one coastal destination.
History
Marine Point is a shopping and leisure development in New Brighton, Merseyside, England. It was created as a substantial mixed-use scheme intended to strengthen the town's retail, dining and visitor offer. The development was built at an estimated cost of £65 million and combines commercial units with leisure, hospitality and supporting infrastructure. Its offer has included a broad selection of national and regional occupiers. Food and beverage tenants have included Caffe Cream, Bella Italia, Prezzo, Burger King, Marino Lounge, PizzaExpress, Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Hungry Horse's Sea Horse and, at different points, United Kitchen and Subway. Retail facilities have included Morrisons, Iceland and Home Bargains. The complex has also provided an eight-screen digital cinema operated by The Light, a Travelodge hotel with 66 rooms and a family entertainment venue, Bubbles' World of Play. A free car park with approximately 750 spaces forms part of the destination's access infrastructure. The tenant composition has changed over time. Grosvenor Casino closed in summer 2015, United Kitchen closed in autumn 2017, and Greggs was recorded as opening in 2024. Subway was recorded as closing in winter 2024. These changes are characteristic of a multi-let commercial development, where individual units are reoccupied or repositioned as market conditions and operator strategies change. Ownership changed in 2022, when David Samuel Properties acquired Marine Point for £44 million. The sale represents a major ownership milestone, although the available reference material does not identify the development's original founder, a dedicated corporate parent, or a publicly listed entity associated with the Marine Point name. Marine Point remains best understood as a place-based commercial destination rather than a conventional packaged-goods or retail chain brand.
- 2024
Greggs opened
[1]A Greggs unit was recorded as opening at Marine Point.
- 2024
Subway closed
[1]The Subway unit was recorded as closing in winter 2024.
- 2022
Acquisition by David Samuel Properties
[1]David Samuel Properties acquired Marine Point for a reported £44 million.
- 2017
United Kitchen closed
[1]The United Kitchen unit was reported to have closed in autumn 2017.
- 2015
Grosvenor Casino closed
[1]The Grosvenor Casino unit was reported to have closed during summer 2015.
- 2013
Bubbles' World of Play opened
[1]The children's entertainment venue opened in the Lido unit in January 2013.
Products and positioning
A coastal, mixed-use destination combining everyday shopping with dining, hospitality and family-oriented leisure in New Brighton.
Retail
Retail and supermarket offer
Marine Point has hosted everyday retail and grocery operators, including Morrisons, Iceland and Home Bargains. These occupiers give the complex a practical local-shopping function alongside its visitor-oriented dining and leisure uses.
Food and beverage
Restaurant and café offer
The complex's dining offer has included full-service restaurants, cafés, quick-service food and a pub-restaurant. Reported operators have included Bella Italia, Prezzo, Burger King, Marino Lounge, PizzaExpress, Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Greggs, Caffe Cream and Hungry Horse's Sea Horse, with individual availability changing over time.
Cinema and entertainment
The Light cinema
The Light is an eight-screen digital cinema located within Marine Point. It is one of the development's principal destination-leisure facilities and complements the restaurant and hospitality offer.
Family leisure · 2013
Bubbles' World of Play
Bubbles' World of Play is a children's and family entertainment venue in the Lido unit. It opened in January 2013 and forms part of Marine Point's family-oriented leisure proposition.
Hospitality
Travelodge
The development includes a 66-room Travelodge hotel. The hotel extends Marine Point's role beyond day visits by providing accommodation close to New Brighton's coastal and leisure attractions.
Brand decisions
2022
Sale of Marine Point to David Samuel PropertiesM&ABackground
Marine Point is a multi-use commercial development whose ownership changed during 2022.
Action taken
David Samuel Properties acquired the complex for a reported £44 million.
Aftermath
The transaction made David Samuel Properties the reported owner of the New Brighton development. The available source does not provide further details about post-acquisition investment or operational changes.
Reported acquisition price. £44 million (2022)
Recent events
- 2024
Greggs opened a Marine Point unit[1]
Product launch
Greggs was listed as opening a unit at Marine Point in 2024, adding another national food-to-go operator to the complex.
- 2024
Subway unit closed[1]
Other
The Subway unit was reported as closed in winter 2024.
- 2022
Marine Point sold to David Samuel Properties[1]
M&A · Other
Marine Point was sold to David Samuel Properties for a reported £44 million, transferring ownership of the New Brighton shopping and leisure complex.
- 2013
Bubbles' World of Play opened at Marine Point[1]
Product launch
The family entertainment venue Bubbles' World of Play opened in the complex's Lido unit in January 2013.
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