It has three car parks (Centre, Basement and Bradshaw Way) which are a few minutes walk away from both Derby's bus and railway stations.

There was a previously a fourth car park, Riverside, but this closed in April 2023[4] and is planned to be demolished in the near future.

A £340m extension to the Eagle Centre was opened on 9 October 2007 by TV celebrity Tess Daly.

[11] As well as adding many new retailers, the extension also houses an 800-seat foodcourt including a KFC outlet,[12] a £30m twelve-screen Cinema de Lux and even more car parking facilities.

[14] On 3 December 2010 a fire, which started in the car park, caused thousands of shoppers to be evacuated from the building.

[19] The chosen name of Derbion was decided on and released to public in late January 2021,[20] taking effect on 1 March, with external signage being installed in September.