UK Store Closures 2025 as Sainsbury’s, Iceland and Morrisons branches to shut

From Iceland to WH Smith, here’s a long list of stores that have shut up shop in 2025 and some of our much loved favourites will be shutting shop to branches across the country

Christmas shopping season is approaching, but shoppers may discover their go-to retailers have vanished from the high street entirely.

High street closures have become an all-too-familiar sight across Britain in recent years, with household names disappearing at an alarming rate.

We’ve witnessed the demise of retail giants including department store stalwarts Debenhams, BHS and House of Fraser, whilst more recently we’ve bid farewell to WH Smith (now TGJones) and Homebase outlets, alongside reductions in New Look, Poundland, Starbucks and various supermarket locations.

These shutdowns form part of a wider crisis, with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) cautioning that as many as 400 of Britain’s biggest shops face closure if ministers push ahead with plans to force them into higher business rates tax brackets.

The BRC stated that “like all of retail”, these outlets were already buckling under mounting employment expenses, hefty taxes, and escalating rates bills, resulting in 1,000 such premises closing over the past five years, reports the Express.

The organisation calculated that should all 400 vulnerable stores shut down, up to 100,000 positions could vanish and local authorities’ business rates income from retail would plummet by “well over” £100 million annually.

The BRC is now urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves to utilise October’s autumn Budget to implement reforms “without simply shifting the cost onto larger stores – which would be massively damaging to our high streets”. With the spectre of further store closures on the horizon, it might be prudent to kick-start your Christmas shopping early this year, in case more retailers are compelled to pull down their shutters.

If you’re struggling to keep up with the flurry of closure announcements this year, here’s a summary of the stores that have ceased trading in 2025, including household names like Sainsbury’s, Iceland and Morrisons.

Sainsbury’s

In a bid to save £1 billion over three years, Sainsbury’s is closing its remaining 61 in-store cafes in 2025. This follows the closure of 200 in-store cafes nearly three years ago, with the latest wave of shutdowns in 2025 resulting in over 3,000 job losses.

• Fosse Park, Leicestershire
• Pontypridd, South Wales
• Rustington, West Sussex
• Scarborough, North Yorkshire
• Penzance, Cornwall
• Denton, Greater Manchester
• Wrexham, North Wales
• Longwater, Norwich, Norfolk
• Ely, Cambridgeshire
• Pontllanfraith, South Wales
• Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire
• Nantwich, Cheshire
• Pinhoe Road, Exeter, Devon
• Pepper Hill – Northfleet, Kent
• Marshall Lake, Solihull, West Midlands
• Rhyl, North Wales
• Lincoln, Lincolnshire
• Bridgemead, Swindon, Wiltshire
• Larkfield, Aylesford, Kent
• Whitchurch Bargates, Shropshire
• Sedlescombe Road, Hastings, East Sussex
• Barnstaple, Devon
• Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
• Kings Lynn Hardwick, Norfolk
• Truro, Cornwall
• Warren Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk
• Godalming, Surrey
• Hereford, Herefordshire
• Chichester, West Sussex
• Bognor Regis, West Sussex
• Newport, South Wales
• Talbot Heath, Dorset
• Rugby, Warwickshire
• Cannock, Staffordshire
• Leek, Staffordshire
• Winterstoke Road, Bristol
• Hazel Grove, Stockport, Greater Manchester
• Morecambe, Lancashire
• Darlington, County Durham
• Monks Cross, Huntington, North Yorkshire
• Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon
• Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex
• Durham, County Durham
• Bamber Bridge, Lancashire
• Weedon Road, Northampton, East Midlands
• Hempstead Valley, Kent
• Hedge End, Hampshire
• Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
• Thanet Westwood Cross, Kent
• Stanway, Colchester, Essex
• Castle Point, Essex
• Isle of Wight
• Keighley, West Yorkshire
• Swadlincote, Derbyshire
• Leicester North, East Midlands
• Wakefield Marsh Way, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• Torquay, Devon
• Waterlooville, Hampshire
• Macclesfield, Cheshire
• Harrogate, North Yorkshire
• Cheadle, Greater Manchester

Iceland

Earlier this year, Iceland shuttered several supermarkets:.

• Margate, College Square
• Inverness, Rose Street
• Shotton, Chester Road store
• Inverness, City Centre store
• Shenley Road, Borehamwood
• Alphington Road Retail Park, Exeter

Morrisons

In 2025, Morrisons has closed a host of its Daily convenience stores and Cafes, along with its Market Kitchens, meat and fish counters, florists and pharmacies.

The closures include:

Morrisons Daily convenience stores

• Gorleston Lowestoft Road – Norfolk
• Peebles 3-5 Old Town – Scottish Borders, Scotland
• Shenfield 214 Hutton Road – Essex
• Poole Waterloo Estate – Dorset
• Tonbridge Higham Lane Est – Kent
• Romsey The Cornmarket – Hampshire
• Stewarton Lainshaw Street – East Ayrshire, Scotland
• Selsdon Featherbed Lane – Greater London
• Haxby Village – North Yorkshire
• Great Barr Queslett Rd – West Midlands
• Whickham Oakfield Road – Tyne and Wear
• Worle – Somerset
• Goring-By-Sea Strand Parade – West Sussex
• Woking Westfield Road – Surrey
• Wokingham 40 Peach Street – Berkshire
• Exeter 51 Sidwell Street – Devon
• Bath Moorland Road – Somerset

Morrisons Cafés

• Bradford Thornbury – West Yorkshire
• Paisley Falside Rd – Renfrewshire, Scotland
• London Queensbury – Greater London
• Portsmouth – Hampshire
• Great Park – Tyne and Wear
• Banchory North Deeside Rd – Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Failsworth Poplar Street – Greater Manchester
• Blackburn Railway Road – Lancashire
• Leeds Swinnow Rd – West Yorkshire
• London Wood Green – Greater London
• Kirkham Poulton St – Lancashire
• Lutterworth Bitteswell Rd – Leicestershire
• Stirchley – West Midlands
• Leeds Horsforth – West Yorkshire
• London Erith – Greater London
• Crowborough – East Sussex
• Bellshill John St – North Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Dumbarton Glasgow Rd – West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
• East Kilbride Lindsayfield – South Lanarkshire, Scotland
• East Kilbride Stewartfield – South Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Glasgow Newlands – Glasgow, Scotland
• Largs Irvine Rd – North Ayrshire, Scotland
• Troon Academy St – South Ayrshire, Scotland
• Wishaw Kirk Rd – North Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Newcastle upon Tyne Cowgate – Tyne and Wear
• Northampton Kettering Road – Northamptonshire
• Bromsgrove Buntsford Ind Pk – Worcestershire
• Solihull Warwick Rd – West Midlands
• Brecon Free St – Powys, Wales
• Caernarfon North Rd – Gwynedd, Wales
• Hadleigh – Suffolk
• Harrow, Hatch End – Greater London
• High Wycombe Temple End – Buckinghamshire
• Leighton Buzzard Lake St – Bedfordshire
• London Stratford – Greater London
• Sidcup Westwood Lane – Greater London
• Welwyn Garden City Black Fan Rd – Hertfordshire
• Warminster Weymouth St – Wiltshire
• Oxted Station Yard – Surrey
• Reigate Bell St – Surrey
• Borehamwood – Hertfordshire
• Weybridge, Monument Hill – Surrey
• Bathgate – West Lothian, Scotland
• Erskine Bridgewater SC – Renfrewshire, Scotland
• Gorleston Blackwell Road – Norfolk
• Connah’s Quay – Flintshire, Wales
• Mansfield Woodhouse – Nottinghamshire
• Elland – West Yorkshire
• Gloucester – Metz Way – Gloucestershire
• Watford – Ascot Road – Hertfordshire
• Littlehampton – Wick – West Sussex
• Helensburgh – Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Marks and Spencer

While Marks and Spencer has unveiled plans to roll out new food halls nationwide, it permanently closed a major city centre store last month as part of a strategy to reduce the number of outlets selling food, clothing and homeware, shifting focus to food-only shops. The store that was closed on 27 September was:.

• Dudley Street, Wolverhampton

Poundland

Poundland has confirmed a series of store closures following court approval for a significant restructuring plan aimed at preventing administration. The retailer has already shut numerous stores this year, including the following:

• Blackburn, Lancashire
• Cookstown, Northern Ireland
• Erdington, West Midlands
• Kimberley Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• Horsham, West Sussex
• Hull Kingston retail park, East Yorkshire
• Kettering, Northamptonshire
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
• Shepherd’s Bush, Greater London
• Southport, Merseyside
• Taunton, Somerset
• Irvine, Scotland
• Ammanford, Wales
• Birmingham Fort Shopping Park, West Midlands
• Cardiff, Wales
• Cramlington, Northumberland
• Leicester, Leicestershire
• Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire
• Port Glasgow, Scotland
• Seaham, County Durham
• Shrewsbury, Shropshire
• Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Bidston Moss, Merseyside
• Broxburn, Scotland
• Craigavon, Northern Ireland
• Dartmouth, Devon
• East Dulwich, Greater London
• Falmouth, Cornwall
• Hull St Andrew retail park, East Yorkshire
• Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
• Perth, Scotland
• Poole, Dorset
• Sunderland Pallion retail park, Tyne and Wear
• Stafford, Staffordshire
• Thornaby, North Yorkshire
• Worcester, Worcestershire
• Brigg, North Lincolnshire
• Canterbury, Kent
• Coventry Hertford Street, West Midlands
• Newcastle Killingworth Centre, Tyne and Wear
• Kings Heath, West Midlands
• Peterborough Orton Gate shopping centre, Cambridgeshire
• Peterlee, County Durham
• Rainham, Kent
• Salford, Greater Manchester
• Sheldon, West Midlands
• Wells, Somerset
• Whitechapel, Greater London
• Swiss Cottage, Greater London
• Southampton West Quay, Hampshire
• Chiswick, Greater London

Co-op

Earlier this year, 19 Co-op branches were shuttered due to financial instability, while 22 Southern Co-Op stores were sold off, some of which are set to reopen as B&M outlets. The closed stores include:

• Barnby Dun, High Street – Doncaster, South Yorkshire
• Broughton, High St – Northamptonshire
• Croft, Pochin Street – Leicestershire
• Desborough, Hill Top, Braybrooke Road – Northamptonshire
• Dudley, Overfield Road – West Midlands
• Eastwood, Nottingham Road – Nottinghamshire
• Enderby, Mill Lane – Leicestershire
• Kingstanding, Hawthorn Road – West Midlands
• Leicester, Evington Rd – Leicestershire
• Leicester, Narborough Rd – Leicestershire
• Narborough, Station Road – Leicestershire
• Peterborough, Mayors Walk – Cambridgeshire
• Sprowston, Chartwell Road – Norfolk
• Stafford, Baswich Lane – Staffordshire
• Wigston, Blaby Road – Leicestershire
• Yardley, Stoney Lane – West Midlands
• Cromer, Middlebrook Way – Norfolk
• Erdington, High Street – West Midlands
• Shepshed, Hallcroft – Leicestershire

Bodycare

In September, the beauty chain closed all its remaining stores after entering administration and failing to find a buyer, resulting in 444 job losses. The full list of September closures includes:

• Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
• Banbury, Oxfordshire
• Barnsley, South Yorkshire
• Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
• Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Blackburn, Lancashire
• Blackpool, Lancashire
• Braehead, Scotland
• Bridgnorth, Shropshire
• Burnley, Lancashire
• Bury, Greater Manchester
• Chorley, Lancashire
• Clitheroe, Lancashire
• Darlington, Co Durham
• Derby, Derbyshire
• Dundee, Scotland
• Halifax, West Yorkshire
• Hereford, Herefordshire
• Hinckley, Leicestershire
• Irvine, Scotland
• Keighley, West Yorkshire
• Kendal, Cumbria
• Kings Heath, West Midlands
• Lancaster, Lancashire
• Leeds, West Yorkshire
• Leicester, Leicestershire
• Leigh, Greater Manchester
• Liverpool, Merseyside
• Livingston, Scotland
• Luton, Bedfordshire
• Manchester, Greater Manchester
• Merry Hill, West Midlands
• Metrocentre, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
• Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
• Mold, Wales
• Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
• Nuneaton, Warwickshire
• Oldham, Greater Manchester
• Pontefract, West Yorkshire
• Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
• Preston, Lancashire
• Rugby, Warwickshire
• Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• Solihull, West Midlands
• Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
• Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
• Swindon, Wiltshire
• Telford, Shropshire
• Thurrock, Essex
• Trowbridge, Wiltshire
• Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• Walthamstow, north-east London
• Warrington, Cheshire
• Washington, Tyne and Wear
• Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
• Wolverhampton, West Midlands

The following Bodycare locations have already been closed:

• Beverley
• Bolton
• Bromsgrove
• Cameron Toll
• Cannock
• Castleford
• Chesterfield
• Clydebank
• Cramlington
• Croydon
• Darwen
• Doncaster
• Dudley
• Dumfries
• Dunfermline
• Edinburgh
• Erdington
• Falkirk
• Greenock
• Hanley
• Hemel Hempstead
• Hull
• Hyde
• Ilford
• Ipswich
• Kirkcaldy
• Loughborough
• Lytham St Annes
• Macclesfield
• Maidstone
• Mansfield
• Morecambe
• Morpeth
• Newark
• Newport
• Northallerton
• Northfield
• Ormskirk
• Paisley
• Parkhead
• Perth
• Port Talbot
• Redcar
• Rhyl
• Rochdale
• Royton
• Salford
• Scunthorpe
• Shrewsbury
• Skipton
• St Helens
• Stevenage
• Stourbridge
• Sutton-in-Ashfield
• Tamworth
• Thornaby
• Ulverston
• West Bromwich
• Whitehaven
• Wood Green
• Workington
• Wrexham

New Look

New Look has revealed plans to close dozens of stores by the end of 2025 due to economic difficulties.

The popular fashion brand recently announced that it would be winding down its operations in the Republic of Ireland, closing 26 stores and making nearly 350 jobs redundant. These come alongside the following stores that have already closed this year:

• Carillon Court Shopping Centre Loughborough
• Wickford, Essex
• Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf
• St Austell, Cornwall
• Valley Retail World Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
• Preston
• Bexleyheath, London
• Willow Place, Corby
• Birmingham, Northfield shopping centre
• Devizes, Wiltshire
• Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
• Neath, Wales
• Brunswick Centre, Scarborough
• Stoke-on-Trent – closing October 14
• Stockwell Head – closing December 9

WH Smith

WH Smith is shutting several of its high street stores this year as part of plans to focus on more profitable locations like airports and railway stations, with some of its shops being sold and rebranded as TG Jones. However, the following stores have permanently closed in 2025:

• Bournemouth Old Christchurch Road, Dorset
• Luton, Bedfordshire
• March, Cambridgeshire
• Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Newtown, Powys
• Winton branch in Bournemouth, Dorset
• Rhyl, Denbighshire
• Bolton, Greater Manchester
• Accrington, Lancashire
• Halstead, Essex
• Halesowen, West Midlands
• Diss, Norfolk
• Newport, Isle of Wight
• Haverhill, Suffolk
• Stockton, County Durham
• Oldham, Greater Manchester
• Orpington, Greater London (no confirmed date yet)

Hobbycraft

Hobbycraft confirmed a series of store closures in August and September this year as part of a significant restructuring, resulting in the permanent closure of several locations:

• Bagshot
• Basildon
• Borehamwood
• Bristol Imperial
• Bromborough
• Canterbury
• Chichester
• Cirencester
• Crayford
• Dunstable
• Epping Forest
• Kings Lynn
• Lakeside
• Maidenhead
• Southport
• Stafford
• Stratford Upon Avon
• Wigan

Homebase

Homebase fell into administration at the close of last year. However, a deal with retail group CDS, the owner of The Range, managed to rescue 70 stores, while others were acquired by B&Q and Wickes.

The following Homebase sites all shut their doors earlier this year:

• Bradford
• Broadstairs
• Cheltenham
• Colchester Stanway
• Coventry
• Derby Chaddesden
• Gloucester
• Hull Hessle
• London Streatham Vale
• Oban
• Oldbury
• Romford
• Wolverhampton
• Abington
• Alnwick
• Antrim
• Barnstaple
• Basildon Vange
• Belfast
• Branksome
• Cannock
• Chester
• Chichester Discovery Park
• Craigavon
• Daventry
• Derby Kingsway
• Folkestone
• Galwally
• Gateshead
• Glenrothes
• Harlow
• Herne Bay
• Hove
• Inverurie
• Ledbury
• Lewes
• Luton
• Newcastle Under Lyme
• Norwich Hall Road
• Norwich
• Sprowston
• Nottingham Arnold
• Saffron Walden
• Selly Oak
• Sleaford
• Sudbury
• Waltham Cross
• Farnham, Surrey
• Treliske Industrial Estate, Truro, Devon
• Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Bracknell. Berkshire
• Letterkenny, County Donegal
• Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
• Halbeath Retail Park, Dunfermline, Fife
• Moor Allerton Centre, Leeds, Yorkshire
• St Albans, Hertfordshire
• Bredbury, Stockport
• Ewell, Surrey
• Heath Retail Park, Honiton, Devon
• Catford, London
• Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
• Orpington, Kent
• Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
• Omagh, County Tyrone
• Londonderry

Quiz

Fashion retailer Quiz went into administration in February and shut down 23 stores across the UK and Ireland, impacting around 200 jobs. The full list of closures is as follows:

• Athlone, Athlone Town Centre Shopping Centre
• Brighton, Churchill Square
• Bristol, Cribbs Causeway
• Derry, Richmond Shopping Centre
• Doncaster, Frenchgate Centre
• Dundee, Overgate
• Enniskillen, Erneside Shopping Centre
• Exeter, Princesshay Shopping Centre
• Falkirk, Howgate Centre
• Fareham, Whiteley Shopping Centre
• Glasgow, Forge Shopping Centre
• Grimsby, Freshney Place
• Liverpool, South John Street
• Maidstone, Fremlin Walk
• Milton Keynes, Silbury Arcade
• Motherwell, Brandon Parade South
• Newbridge, Whitewater Shopping Centre
• Peterborough, Queensgate Shopping Centre
• Preston, Friargate Walk
• Southampton, WestQuay Shopping Centre
• Swansea, Queens Arcade
• Tallaght, The Square
• Telford, Telford Shopping Centre

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