Wilko is shutting down 38 shops today as it moves to close all 400: Full list revealed
- Everything you need to know about the store closures over the coming weeks
All of Wilko’s 400-plus stores are set to close by October, which could see around 12,500 staff members lose their jobs.
Having failed to secure a takeover that would save the business, the high street retailer fell into administration on August 10.
Administrators at PwC had agreed a £13 deal to sell 51 Wilko stores to B&M and Poundland snapped around 71 shops.
Yet a buyer couldn’t be found for the entire business and it has since announced that all shops will close in the next few weeks.
But which stores have closed already? And which Wilko stores are preparing to pull down the shutters?
Read on to find out which Wilko stores are shutting down and when, including a full list of store closures.
Here is everything you need to know about the Wilko store closures in the coming weeks, including a full list of shops set to be axed
Which Wilko stores are closing?
Within the past two weeks, Wilko has pulled the shutters on 90 locations across the UK. The high-street retailer is closing a total of 86 shops this week, which will result in over 1000 redundancies.
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The store’s two big warehouses in Workshop, Nottinghamshire and Newport, Wales, will close on Friday September 15 2023, with the final support centre workers leaving in October 2023.
Administrators are still in talks over deals to sell store properties, but are shutting down sites after failing to find a suitor who would take them on as Wilko shops and retain their staff.
Even with successful takeover bids by B&M and Poundland, the GMB Union said that the bids were only interested in the property and any deals would not include the workers.
Following the collapse of the rescue deal, the union said that any hopes of saving thousands of jobs had collapsed.
PwC had already agreed a roughly £13 million deal to sell up to 51 Wilko stores to rival B&M.
In a statement, Zelf Hussain, joint administrator at PwC said: ‘Despite extensive efforts, it has become clear that no significant part of the Wilko operations can be rescued as a going concern.’
Wilko stores across the UK are pulling down their shutters for the last time and 86 stores are set to close this week
Within the past two weeks, Wilko has pulled the shutters on 90 locations across the UK and hundreds more are set to close by October
The following Wilko shops closed on Tuesday September 12:
- Acton, London
- Aldershot, Hampshire
- Barking, London
- Bishop Auckland, County Durham
- Bletchley, Milton Keynes
- Brownhills, Walsall
- Camberley, Surrey
- Cardiff Bay Retail Park
- Falmouth, Cornwall
- Harpurhey, Manchester
- Irvine, North Ayrshire
- Liverpool Edge Lane
- Llandudno, Wales
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Morley, Leeds
- Nelson, Lancashire
- Port Talbot, Wales
- Putney, London
- Stafford, Staffordshire
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Wakefield, 121 Kirkgate
- Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
- Westwood Cross Retail Park, Kent
- Winsford, Cheshire
The following Wilko shops will close on Thursday September 14:
- Ashford, Kent
- Avonmeads, Bristol
- Banbury, Oxfordshire
- Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
- Basildon, Essex
- Belle Vale, Liverpool
- Burnley, Lancashire
- Clydebank, Glasgow
- Cortonwood, Barnsley
- Dagenham, Essex
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
- Eccles, Greater Manchester
- Folkestone, Kent
- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- Hammersmith, London
- Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
- Morriston, Swansea
- New Malden, South-west London
- North Shields, Tyne and Wear
- Queen Street, Cardiff
- Rhyl, Wales
- Southampton West Quay
- St Austell, Cornwall
- Stockport, Greater Manchester
- Truro, Cornwall
- Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
- Walsall
- Woking, Surrey
These stores closed on Sunday, September 17
- Accrington
- Ashington
- Blackwood
- Bognor Regis
- Bradford
- Bury St Edmunds
- Coalville
- Crawley
- Droylsden
- Ellesmere Port
- Falkirk
- Ferndown
- Hanley
- Humberstone
- Huyton
- Kensington High Street
- Kings Heath
- Lakeside
- Leigh
- Letchworth
- Maidenhead
- Market Harborough
- Melton Mowbray
- Newport
- Orpington
- Pontefract
- Pontypool
- Redruth
- Rugeley
- Shirley
- Southport
- Sovereign Harbour
- Torquay
- Wimbledon
- Wombwell
- Woodhouse Lane – Leeds
- Worcester
- Workington
These stores will close on Tuesday, September 19.
- Aberdare
- Alfreton
- Ashby
- Barnstaple
- Belper
- Beverley
- Blackheath
- Brigg
- Byker
- Chepstow
- Clifton Nottingham
- Colindale
- Devizes
- Didcot
- Earlestown
- East Ham
- Great Bridge
- Greenbridge
- Grimsby
- Hessle Road – Hull
- Jarrow
- Kimberley
- Leighton Buzzard
- Long Eaton
- Maesteg
- Matlock
- Middleton
- Newton Abbot
- Redcar
- Ripley
- Seaham
- Sherwood
- Stamford
- Stevenage
- Swanley
- Tamworth
- Wrexham
- Wythenshawe
These stores will close on Thursday, September 21.
- Allestree
- Andover
- Bedford
- Beeston
- Bicester
- Bloxwich
- Bolton
- Bordon
- Bransholme
- Bridgend, Bury
- Carlton
- Clacton on Sea
- Cramlington
- Crewe
- Cwmbran
- Cyfarthfa
- Denton
- Driffield
- Droitwich
- Edmonton Green
- Farnborough
- Fort Kinnaird
- Fulham
- Gateshead
- Gorleston
- Grays
- Greenock
- Havant
- Hereford
- Hillsborough
- Holyhead
- Newton Aycliffe
- Northampton
- Orton
- Parc Trostre Llanelli
- Penge
- Peterlee
- Pwllheli
- Shrewsbury
- Slough
- Swindon
- Tamworth Retail Park
- Taunton
- Walton on Thames
- Wheatley Retail Park
- Wigan
- Wolverhampton
Full list of Wilko stores in the UK set to close
These are all the locations where the retailer has branches, all of which will be closed by early October – with some areas losing out on multiple shops.
Aberdare
Abergavenny
Accrington
Acocks Green
Acton
Aldershot
Alfreton
Alnwick
Altrincham
Ammanford
Andover
Arnold
Ashford
Ashington
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Aylesbury
Ayr
Banbury
Barking
Barnsley (3 stores)
Barnstaple
Barrow In Furness
Barry
Basildon
Basingstoke
Bedford (2)
Bedminster
Belper
Beverley
Bexleyheath
Bicester
Biggleswade
Birkenhead
Birmingham (3)
Bishop Auckland
Bishops Stortford
Blackburn
Blackpool
Blackwood
Bletchley
Blyth
Bognor Regis
Bolton (2)
Bordon
Boston
Bournemouth (2)
Bradford
Brentwood
Bridgend
Bridgwater
Brigg
Brighouse
Bristol (3)
Bromley
Brownhills
Burgess Hill
Burnley
Burton Upon Trent
Bury
Bury St Edmunds
Camberley
Cambridge
Canterbury
Cardiff (3)
Carlisle
Carmarthen
Castle Douglas
Chatham
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Chepstow
Chester
Chester Le Street
Chesterfield
Chippenham
Clacton On Sea
Cleethorpes
Cleveleys
Clowne
Clydebank
Coalville
Cockermouth
Colchester
Corby
Coventry (2)
Cowley
Cramlington
Crawley
Crewe
Cwmbran
Dagenham
Darlington
Dartford
Denton
Derby (3)
Dereham
Devizes
Dewsbury
Didcot
Doncaster (2)
Driffield
Droitwich
Dudley
Dunstable
Durham
East Ham
Eastbourne (2)
Eccles
Edinburgh
Ellesmere Port
Ely
Epsom
Exeter
Falkirk
Falmouth
Fareham
Farnborough
Ferndown
Folkestone
Gainsborough
Gateshead (2)
Gillingham
Gloucester
Gravesend
Grays (2)
Great Malvern
Great Yarmouth (2)
Greenock
Greenwich
Grimsby (2)
Halesowen
Halifax
Hamilton
Hanley
Harlow
Harrow
Hartlepool
Havant
Haverfordwest
Hayes
Hemel Hempstead
Hereford
High Wycombe
Hinckley
Hitchin
Holyhead
Horsham
Hounslow
Hucknall
Huddersfield
Hull (2)
Huntingdon
Huyton
Ilford
Ilkeston
Ipswich
Irvine
Jarrow
Kenilworth
Kent (2)
Kettering
Kidderminster
Kings Lynn
Kingston Upon Thames
Kingston Upon Hull
Kingswood
Knowle
Lancaster
Leamington Spa
Leeds (7)
Leek
Leicester (5)
Leigh
Leighton Buzzard
Letchworth
Lewisham
Lichfield
Lincoln
Liverpool (3)
Livingston
Llandudno
Llanelli
London (9)
Long Eaton
Loughborough
Louth
Lowestoft
Luton
Maidenhead
Maidstone
Manchester (4)
Mansfield
Market Drayton
Market Harborough
Matlock
Melton Mowbray
Merthyr Tydfil
Middlesbrough
Middlesex
Mildenhall
Milton Keynes
Morriston
Motherwell
Neath
Nelson
Newark
Newbury
Newcastle
Newcastle Under Lyme
Newcastle Upon Tyne (3)
Newport
Newton Abbot
Newton Aycliffe
Newton-Le-Willows
North Shields
Northallerton
Northampton (3)
Northfield
Norwich
Nottingham (9)
Nuneaton
Oakham
Orpington
Oswestry
Pembroke Dock
Penge
Perry Barr
Peterborough (2)
Peterlee
Plymouth
Pontefract
Pontypool
Poole
Port Talbot
Porthmadog
Portsmouth
Preston (2)
Pwllheli
Rainham
Ramsgate
Reading
Redcar
Redditch
Redhill
Redruth
Retford
Rhyl
Ripley
Romford
Rotherham
Rowley Regis
Royal Kingston Upon Thames
Rugby
Rugeley
Runcorn
Rushden
Sale
Salford
Scarborough
Scunthorpe
Seaham
Selby
Sheffield (6)
Shipley
Shirley
Shrewsbury
Sittingbourne
Skegness
Skelmersdale
Slough
Solihull
South Shields
Southampton
Southend On Sea
Southport
Spalding
St Albans
St Austell
St Helens
Stafford
Stamford
Stevenage
Stockport
Stockton On Tees
Stoke-On-Trent
Stourbridge
Stratford
Strood
Stroud
Sunderland
Sutton
Sutton-In-Ashfield
Swanley
Swansea
Swindon (2)
Tamworth (2)
Taunton
Telford (2)
Thetford
Tipton
Torquay
Trowbridge
Truro
Uttoxeter
Uxbridge
Wakefield (2)
Wallasey
Walsall (2)
Walthamstow
Walton On Thames
Warrington
Washington
Waterlooville
Watford
Wellingborough
Wembley
West Drayton
West Ealing
Weston-Super-Mare
Weymouth
Whitehaven
Widnes
Wigan
Wimbledon
Winsford
Woking
Wolverhampton
Wood Green
Woolwich
Worcester
Workington
Worksop (2)
Worthing
Wrexham
Wythenshawe
Yeovil
York
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