Clarks Village, Ideal Place of Shopping and Entertainment

 
Clarks Village is a designer outlet shopping complex at Street in the English county of Somerset. The centre includes more than 90 shops. There are also coffee shops, refreshment stalls and a dining area shared by fast food chains, mostly selling goods at a discount to high street prices.

It is sited in the redundant factory buildings of C&J Clark which was established in the village during the 19th century when Cyrus Clark started a business in sheepskin rugs, later joined by his brother James, who introduced the production of woollen slippers and, later, boots and shoes,but shoes are no longer manufactured there.

The Shoe Museum, which is a short distance from Clarks Village, provides a wealth of information about the history of Clarks and footwear manufacture in general, and a selection of shop display showcards from the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s, and television advertisements. The frontage of the shoe museum includes the clock tower and water tower.
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