Head to Clarks Village in Somerset for a green shopping experience. The outdoor shopping centre, which is the first outlet in the UK, has a number of features to improve sustainability on the site, to preserve the green and leafy surroundings.
Clarks Village is home to over 90 designer and high street brands, with up to 60% off RRP. Dog friendly and with a range of restaurants and cafes, Clarks Village truly has something for the whole family and is building a reputation for environmental responsibility.
‘Refill Me’ initiative
Clarks Village has unveiled a new green initiative, Refill Me, which allows guests to easily identify where reusable water bottles can be refilled with no obligation to purchase. Since the campaign launched last week, a total of eight shops at Clarks Village have signed up to take part. Committed to reducing plastic waste, this initiative has proved very popular and allows guests to refill their water bottles at various points throughout the village.
From coffee to compost
Shopping can be thirsty work. So visitors to The Cornish Bakery and Pret a Manger at Clarks Village will be thrilled to know 
that they can enjoy their favourite coffee safe in the knowledge that the used grounds will be turned into compost.
The stunning landscaped gardens at Clarks Village are nourished by the high in nitrogen, waste coffee grounds which are mixed with organic compost matter. So by drinking a cup of coffee this summer, next year’s bulbs and plants will get an extra boost to make them grow even more beautifully.
King Arthur’s Adventure Play Park
To keep the kids entertained, Clarks Village has a free family-friendly adventure play park – King Arthur’s Forest. Open all year round, the play park will keep children (and parents) amused for hours, with slides, swings, tree-house towers, bridges, rockers and friendly wooden creatures. King Arthur’s Forest play park has been created using environmentally-friendly resources, materials and methods, to ensure minimum impact on the planet and maximum life expectancy of the park.