Full list of shops and chains closing down – is your high street favourite gone for good?

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Leonard Jay gentlemen's outfitters retail space sign reads 'store closing everything must go' in Piccadilly on 16th November 2022 in London, United Kingdom. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

HUNDREDS of shops and major chains are closing down this year.

Retailers are feeling the pinch due to high inflation, which was sitting at 10.1% in January.

Hundreds of high street stores are closing their doors forever this year

High inflation causes a squeeze on people’s incomes – meaning many are forced to shop less.

Although prices are down from December’s rate of 10.5%, it’s still five times higher than the Bank of England’s target of two per cent.

Combined with high energy costs and a shift to shopping online after the pandemic – many high street shops have struggled to keep open.

Energy and fuel costs have all been hit by a pandemic hangover, the war in Ukraine and a shortage of essential workers which has put immense pressure on businesses.

Here’s a full list of retailers affected by soaring costs.

Boots

Boots has confirmed it will be closing three stores in the UK this spring.

The stores are located in:

  • Salford Shopping Centre, Greater Manchester – shutting February (no specific date confirmed)
  • Church Street, Malvern – shutting March 11
  • The Port Arcades Shopping Centre, Ellesmere – shutting March 11

Boots has confirmed these closures were pre-planned and no other branches are known to be shutting.

The chain has over 2,200 stores across the UK.

B&Q

B&Q is set to close eight “mini-shops” located inside Asda supermarkets for good within weeks.

The stores will close for good from March 11.

The DIY retailer will look to launch smaller stores along the high street instead.

B&Q’s eight locations set to shut are:

  • Sheffield Drakehouse
  • Dagenham
  • Roehampton
  • Edmonton
  • Thurmaston
  • Great Bridge
  • Lancaster
  • Hartlepool

Homesense

Homesense, owned by TK Maxx, will also be shutting up shop in Manchester’s Arndale Shopping Centre.

The store will close on Wednesday, March 1, meaning customers wishing to visit the brand will have to venture further out of the city to the Trafford Centre.

Swansea will also lose its Homesense store currently located at Parc Fforestfach which be relocated by the end of March.

House of Fraser

House of Fraser is set to shut up shop in two more locations as it battles to keep a presence in the retail sector.

The department store will also close its Cardiff branch in the iconic Howells building after it recently launched a major clearance sale.

And now it’s understood the Birmingham department store could also be at risk.

It has turned the city-centre store into an outlet, whilst slashing the prices of all stock with messaging that reads “all stock must go.”

These big “closing down” style events usually precede a store closure.

H&M

H&M has started closing branches across the UK as high street retail struggles.

The clothing brand’s closures include branches in Burton and Maidenhead.

It’s also confirmed another two closures will happen in Hartlepool and Isle of Wight – but it’s unclear when the shutters will close for the final time.

These closures will be permanent.

Lloyds Pharmacy

The pharmacy chain is withdrawing its services from hundreds of Sainsbury’s stores.

Lloyds outlets will close across 237 Sainsbury’s branches:

  • Alperton
  • Altrincham
  • Amblecote
  • Apsley Mills
  • Archer Road
  • Arnold
  • Ashton Moss
  • Badge Farm
  • Bagshot Road
  • Ballymena
  • Bamber Bridge
  • Banbury
  • Barnstaple
  • Barnwood
  • Bath
  • Beaconsfield
  • Berryden
  • Bicester
  • Biggleswade
  • Bishop Auckland
  • Blackheath
  • Bognor Regis
  • Bolton
  • Bramingham Park
  • Brentwood
  • Bridgend
  • Broadcut
  • Brookwood
  • Burnley
  • Burpham
  • Bury St Edmunds
  • Bybrook
  • Calcot
  • Cannock
  • Canterbury
  • Carlisle
  • Castle Point
  • Chaddesden
  • Chadwell Heath
  • Chafford Hundred
  • Charlton Riverside
  • Cheadle
  • Chester
  • Chesterfield
  • Chichester
  • Chippenham
  • Chiswick
  • Christchurch
  • Cobham
  • Coldhams Lane
  • Coreys Mill
  • Court House Green
  • Cramlington
  • Crayford
  • Cromwell Road
  • Crystal Palace
  • Darlington
  • Dartford
  • Denton
  • Didcot
  • Dome Roundabout
  • Dulwich
  • Dunstable
  • Durham
  • East Filton
  • East Grinstead
  • East Mayne
  • East Prescot Road
  • Eastleigh
  • Edenthorpe
  • Ellesmere Port
  • Eltham
  • Ely
  • Emersons Green
  • Exeter
  • Fairfield In Park
  • Fallowfield
  • Farlington
  • Farnborough
  • Fosse Park 
  • Frome
  • Glen Road
  • Gloucester Quays
  • Godalming 
  • Grimsby
  • Hadleigh
  • Halifax
  • Hampden
  • Hankeridge Farm
  • Harlow
  • Harrogate
  • Haverhill
  • Hayes
  • Haywards Heath
  • Hazel Grove
  • Heaton
  • Heaton Park
  • Hedge End
  • Hendon
  • Hereford
  • Heyford Hill
  • High Wycombe
  • Hoddesdon
  • Horsham
  • Huntingdon
  • I.O.W
  • Keighley
  • Kempshott
  • Kempston
  • Kenton
  • Kidderminster
  • Kidlington
  • Kiln Lane
  • Kings Lynn
  • Ladbroke Grove
  • Larkfield
  • Leamington
  • Lee Green
  • Leeds Moortown
  • Leek
  • Letchworth
  • Lewes Road
  • Lincoln
  • Liverpool (Woolton)
  • Locksbottom
  • London Colney
  • Longwater Lane
  • Loughborough
  • Low Hall
  • Luton
  • Macclesfield
  • Maidenhead
  • Mansfield
  • Marsh Mills
  • Marshall Lake
  • Meadowbank
  • Melksham
  • Mere Green
  • Merton
  • Milton Keynes
  • Monks Cross
  • Morecambe
  • Nantwich
  • New Barnet
  • New Cross Gate
  • Newbury
  • Newbury Park
  • Newcastle U Lyme
  • Newhaven
  • Newport
  • Newton Abbot
  • Nine Elms
  • North Cheam
  • Northfield
  • Northwich
  • Oldbury
  • Osmaston
  • Paignton
  • Penzance
  • Penrith
  • Peterborough
  • Pinhoe Road
  • Pound Lane
  • Preston
  • Purley Way
  • Queens Road
  • Redband Road
  • Reedswood
  • Rice Lane
  • Richmond
  • Romford
  • Rugby
  • Rustington
  • Sale
  • Salford
  • Scarborough
  • Scunthorpe
  • Sedlescombe
  • Sevenoaks
  • Shorehead
  • Shrewsbury
  • Slough
  • South Ruislip
  • Southend
  • Southport
  • Spalding
  • Springfield
  • St Albans
  • Stanmore
  • Stanway
  • Stirling
  • Straiton
  • Streatham
  • Stroud
  • Sudbury
  • Sunderland
  • Sunderland North
  • Sury Basin
  • Swadlincote
  • Swansea
  • Sydenham
  • Tadley
  • Talbot Heath
  • Taplow
  • Team Valley
  • Telford
  • Tewkesbury Road
  • Thanet Westwoodcross
  • Thetford
  • Thornhil
  • Torquay
  • Truro
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Upper Norwood
  • Upton
  • Urmston
  • Wakefield
  • Walton
  • Warlingham
  • Warren Heath
  • Watchmoor Park
  • Water Lane
  • Wednesfield
  • Weeden Road
  • Welwyn Garden City
  • West Green
  • West Park Farm
  • Whitechapel
  • Whitehouse Farm
  • Whitley Bay
  • Whitstable
  • Wigan
  • Winchmore Hill
  • Winnersh
  • Winterstoke Road
  • Witney

But it remains unclear when these closures will take place.

M&Co

The retailer fell into administration for the second time in two years at the start of December.

Administrators at Teneo put the bust business up for sale with an auction deadline for interested buyers.

And while the M&Co brand has been bought by Yours Clothing, the stores haven’t.

The sale of the brand means M&Co’s 170 shops will close forever, putting 1,910 jobs at risk:

  • Airdrie
  • Alexandria
  • Alnwick
  • Alton
  • Ashbourne
  • Attleborough
  • Ayr
  • Banff
  • Beccles
  • Bathgate
  • Bellshill
  • Belper
  • Berwick
  • Beverly
  • Bexhill
  • Billericay
  • Billingham
  • Blairgowrie
  • Blandford Forum
  • Bognor
  • Bridgnorth
  • Bridlington
  • Bridport
  • Brighhouse
  • Bromsgrove
  • Broughty Ferry
  • Bucki
  • Buckingham
  • Burgess Hill
  • Calne
  • Camborne
  • Canvey Island
  • Castle Douglas
  • Chesham
  • Chester Le Street
  • Christchurch
  • Cleveleys
  • Clitheroe
  • Congleton
  • Cosham
  • Crewkerne
  • Cromer
  • Crowborough
  • Dartmouth
  • Deal
  • Didcot
  • Dingwall
  • Diss 
  • Dorcheshter
  • Driffield
  • Dunoon
  • East Grinstead
  • East Retford
  • Egham
  • Elgin
  • Exmouth
  • Fakenham
  • Farnborough
  • Faversham
  • FLeet
  • Forfar
  • Formby
  • Fort William
    Friton
  • Garstand
  • Glenrothes
  • Gosport
  • Guisborough
  • Haddington
  • Haverhill
  • Hawick
  • Helensborough
  • Henley on Thames
  • Heswall
  • Hexcham 
  • Hitchin
  • Hove
  • Hunstanton
  • Ilkley
  • Inchinnan OSC
  • Inverness
  • Inverurie
  • Irvine
  • Isle of Man
  • Johnstone
  • Kirkintilloch
  • Lanark
  • Largs
  • Launceston
  • Lerwick
  • Lewes
  • Liskeard
  • Llandudno
  • Louth
  • Malton
  • March
  • Market Harborough
  • Marlow
  • Marple
  • Matlock
  • Melton Mowbray]Midsome Norton
  • Milngavie
  • Minehead
  • Monmouth
  • Montrose
  • Musselburgh
  • Nailsea
  • Nairn
  • Nantwich
  • Newport
  • Newquar
  • Newton Mearns
  • Northallerton
  • Oban
  • Orkney
  • Oswestry
  • Otley
  • Paisley
  • Penarth
  • Pershore
  • Perth
  • Peterhead
  • Petersfield
  • Portishead
  • Rayleigh
  • Rickmansworth
  • Ringwood
  • Ripon
  • Romsey
  • Ryde
  • Saffron Walden
  • Saltcoats
  • Sandbach
  • Seaford
  • Shaftesbury
  • Sidmouth
  • Sittingbourne
  • Sleaford
  • Sw Andrews
  • St Ives
  • St Neots
  • Stamford
  • Stonehaven
  • Stornoway
  • Stourport on Severn
  • Stowmarket
  • Stroud
  • Sudbury
  • Surbiton Tavistock
  • Teighmouth
  • Tenby
  • Tewkesbury
  • Thornbury
  • Thurso
  • Troon
  • Upminster
  • Uttoxeter
  • Warminster
  • Wells
  • Welshpool
  • West Kirby
  • Wetherby
  • Whitby
  • Whitehaven
  • Whistable
  • Wick
  • Wickford
  • Wishaw
  • Wutham
  • Wokingham
  • Woodbridge

Paperchase

Paperchase announced its online operations will close today February 17.

This comes ahead of the closures of its 106 high street stores.

The stationery retailer collapsed into administration earlier this month after it failed to find a buyer.

Supermarket giant Tesco stepped up to buy rights to the brand, but the following stores will close for good:

  • Altrincham
  • Arnotts
  • Basingstoke
  • Bath
  • Battersea
  • Belfast
  • Berkhamsted
  • Beverley
  • Birmingham Grand Central
  • Birmingham New St
  • Birmingham Selfridges
  • Bishopsgate
  • Bishops Stortford
  • Bluewater
  • Bracknell
  • Braehead
  • Brighton 
  • Bristol 
  • Bromley 
  • Bury 
  • Bury St Edmunds
  • Byres Road
  • Cambridge 
  • Canterbury 
  • Cardiff St Davids
  • Cheapside
  • Chelmsford 
  • Cheshire Oaks
  • Chester
  • Chichester 
  • Chiswick 
  • Colchester
  • Cribbs Causeway
  • Derby 
  • Dundee
  • Dundrum 
  • Durham 
  • Edinburgh 
  • Edinburgh Morningside
  • Exeter
  • Finchley Road
  • Forestside
  • Glasgow Buchanan
  • Guernsey
  • Guildford
  • Harrogate
  • Henley on Thames
  • Hereford
  • Hitchin
  • Islington
  • Jersey
  • Kings Cross Station 
  • Kingston 
  • Lakeside
  • Leamington Spa
  • Leeds Commercial Street
  • Leicester 
  • Lewes
  • Lincoln 
  • London Bridge
  • Maidstone 
  • Manchester
  • Marble Arch
  • Meadowhall 
  • Merry Hill 
  • Metro Centre
  • Newbury 
  • Newcastle
  • Next Aintree
  • Next Birmingham Junction 9 
  • Next Bolton 
  • Next Bournemouth 
  • Next Camberley 
  • Next Crawley 
  • Next Enfield 
  • Next Gloucester 
  • Next Handforth Dean 
  • Next Hanley 
  • Next Ipswich 
  • Next Kirkcaldy 
  • Next London Colney 
  • Next Luton 
  • Next Maidstone 
  • Next Manchester Arndale
  • Next Norwich 
  • Next Oxford Street
  • Next Plymouth
  • Next Selly Oak
  • Next Shoreham 
  • Next Solihull 
  • Next Straiton 
  • Next Wolverhamptom 
  • Next York 
  • Northcote Road
  • Nottingham 
  • Oxford
  • Perth
  • Peterborough 
  • Plymouth 
  • Putney 
  • Ringwood
  • Rushdean Lakes
  • Sailsbury 
  • Sevenoaks 
  • Sheffield 
  • Silverburn 
  • Solihull 
  • Southampton 
  • Staines
  • St Albans 
  • St Andrews 
  • St Pancras Circle
  • St Pancras Station 
  • Street Outlet
  • Swindon 
  • Taunton 
  • Telford
  • Trafford Centre Selfridges
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Victoria Station 
  • Walton on Thames
  • Wandsworth
  • Wattington 
  • Waterloo Station 
  • Watford
  • Whiteley Village
  • White Rose Leeds
  • Wimbledon 
  • Winchester
  • Windsor
  • Woking
  • Worcester
  • York
  • York Outlet

Wetherspoon

The pub chain has confirmed that a number of sites it has marked for closure have been sold or are currently under offer.

Here is the full list of pubs which have been sold:

  • Harvest Moon, Orpington
  • Alexander Bain, Wick
  • Chapel an Gansblydhen, Bodmin
  • Moon on the Square, Basildon
  • Coal Orchard, Taunton
  • Running Horse, Airside Doncaster Airport
  • Wild Rose, Bootle
  • Edmund Halley, Lee Green
  • The Willow Grove, Southport
  • Postal Order, Worcester
  • North and South Wales Bank, Wrexham

Below is a full list of pubs that are currently under offer.

It doesn’t mean that the sale is guaranteed, and it could still remain open if it doesn’t complete.

  • Cliftonville, Hove
  • Tollgate, Turnpike Lane
  • Asparagus, Battersea
  • Millers Well, East Ham
  • Hudson Bay, Forest Gate
  • Angel, Islington
  • The Billiard Hall, West Bromwich
  • Capitol, Forest Hill
  • The Bankers Draft, Eltham
  • Moon on the Hill, Harrow
  • Last Post, Loughton

Here’s a full list of pubs still on the market:

  • The Butlers Bell, Stafford
  • Worlds Inn, Romford
  • Silkstone Inn, Barnsley
  • Wrong ‘Un, Bexleyheath
  • The Percy Shaw, Halifax
  • Jolly Sailor, Hanham
  • The Alfred Herring, Palmers Green
  • The Moon & Bell, Loughborough
  • The Widow Frost, Mansfield
  • Resolution, Middlesbrough
  • Foxley Hatch, Purley
  • The Rising Sun, Redditch
  • Sennockian, Sevenoaks
  • Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Southampton
  • The Colombia Press, Watford
  • The Malthouse, Willenhall
  • The John Masefield, New Ferry
  • The Crosse Keys, Peebles
  • Lord Arthur Lee, Fareham
  • The Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh
  • General Sir Redvers Buller, Crediton
  • Plough & Harrow, Hammersmith
  • Thomas Leaper, Derby
  • The Bank House, Cheltenham