Editing Orpington (section)

==Retail and commerce==
[[File:20030614 08 Orpington High Street.jpg|thumb|Orpington High Street, looking south]]
[[File:Nugent Shopping Centre, Orpington - geograph.org.uk - 1700880.jpg|thumb|Nugent Shopping Park]]
[[File:Pizza Express, High Street, Orpington - geograph.org.uk - 1218759.jpg|thumb|A former bank branch on a corner site in the High Street]]
The High Street and adjacent Walnuts Shopping Centre contain a variety of high-street shops, pubs and restaurants. A large [[Tesco]] supermarket opened in 2009 on the site of a former [[multi-storey car park]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fisk |first1=Robert |title=ORPINGTON: Tesco opening 'exceeds expectations' |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4377665.orpington-tesco-opening-exceeds-expectations/ |work=News Shopper |date=18 May 2009 |access-date=29 September 2020 |archive-date=29 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329190154/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4377665.orpington-tesco-opening-exceeds-expectations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There is also a general market three days a week in front of Orpington College. In 2017 a restricted parking zone was introduced on Orpington High Street, which enabled the council to wipe away road markings indicating parking restrictions.<ref name="bromley2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/press/article/93/new_style_restricted_parking_zone_in_orpington_high_street|author=London Borough of Bromley|publisher=bromley.gov.uk|title=New style restricted parking zone in Orpington High Street - London Borough of Bromley|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002195737/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/press/article/93/new_style_restricted_parking_zone_in_orpington_high_street|archive-date=2 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> By combining the lack of markings with CCTV monitoring, the council has been able to reduce the amount of street clutter and improve the quality of the High Street environment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/204775/Surveillance_Camera_Code_of_Practice_WEB.pdf |title=Surveillance Camera Code of Practice|access-date=23 May 2014 |archive-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604203453/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/204775/Surveillance_Camera_Code_of_Practice_WEB.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Much of the town's retailers reside at the Nugent Shopping Park. This [[retail park]] is located to the north of the high street, in the [[St Mary Cray]] area.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://londonist.com/london/features/the-crays-st-mary-cray-st-pauls-cray-foots-cray|title = In Search of the Crays - St Mary, St Paul's and Foots|date = 11 March 2020|access-date = 29 April 2020|archive-date = 12 March 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200312173859/https://londonist.com/london/features/the-crays-st-mary-cray-st-pauls-cray-foots-cray|url-status = live}}</ref> The vicinity of the park also hosts several 'big box' retail outlets. Following the relocation of [[Marks & Spencer]] from their town-centre store to the Nugent Shopping Park, their previous site was taken over by [[Sainsbury's]], who moved from their site nearby in the Walnuts.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}