Full List Of UK High Street Closures Confirmed For 2025 – Sainsbury’s, M&S, Poundland, WH Smith And More Say Farewell

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A wave of closures is sweeping across UK high streets in 2025, with household names and beloved local haunts shutting up shop at an alarming rate.

The closures listed are only part of a broader crisis sweeping UK high streets in 2025. According to a warning from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), as many as 400 of Britain’s largest shops including supermarkets and department stores with a rateable value over £500,000 are at risk of closure if the government pushes forward with a new, higher business rates tax band.

The BRC cites soaring employment costs, high taxes, and increasing rates bills as ongoing pressures that have already driven 1,000 such outlets to close over the past five years.​

If all 400 at-risk stores went under, the BRC estimates there could be up to 100,000 job losses, while local councils would lose “well over” £100 million per year in business rates receipts.

The Consortium is now urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves to use the autumn Budget to deliver business rates reform “without simply shifting the cost onto larger stores which would be massively damaging to our high streets.” These big anchor retailers are crucial for the health of high streets and shopping centres, supporting a third of all retail workers and generating vital local footfall.

So if you can’t keep track of all the closures that have already been announced this year, here’s a run-down of stores that have shut up shop in 2025, including the likes of Sainsbury’s, Marks and Spencer, Iceland, Poundland, WH Smith and more.

Sainsbury’s full list of closures

• 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

• Margate, College Square

• Inverness, Rose Street

• Shotton, Chester Road store

• Inverness, City Centre store

• Shenley Road, Borehamwood

• Alphington Road Retail Park, Exeter

Marks and Spencer

Marks and Spencer has announced plans to launch new food halls across the UK, but last month it permanently closed its a major city centre store as part of plans to cut the number of shops selling food, clothing and homeware to focus on food-only shops. The store that closed on September 27 was:

• Dudley Street, Wolverhampton

Poundland

Poundland has announced a swathe of store closures after getting court approval for a major restructuring plan to save it from entering administration. The retailer has already closed dozens of 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

• 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

The beauty chain shut all of its remaining shops in September after falling into administration and failing to secure a buyer, with the final round of closures resulting in 444 job losses. The full list of closures in September include:

• 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 Bodycares locations have already shut:

• 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 announced plans to close down dozens of stores by the end of 2025 due to economic struggles. The popular fashion brand said recently 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

• Stockwell Head – closing December 9

WH Smith

WH Smith is closing several of its high street stores this year as part of plans to concentrate on more profitable locations like airports and railways stations, with some of its shops being sold and rebranded as TG Jones. But the following stores have gone for good 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 announced multiple store closures in August and September this year as part of a major restructuring, with the following locations all shut for good:

• 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 entered administration at the end of last year but a deal with retail group CDS, which owns The Range, managed to save 70 stores, while some were snapped up by B&Q and Wickes. But the following Homebase sites all closed 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