It’s that time of the year when thoughts start to turn to Christmas shopping, but if you’re planning on scouring the high street for a present or two, you might find your favourite retailer has shut up shop.
High street store closures have become a familiar business in the UK in recent years, with major brands disappearing one after the other. Over the years we’ve lost the likes of huge department stores like Debenhams, BHS and House of Fraser, while more recently we’ve said goodbye to WH Smith and Homebase, and seen brands like New Look, Poundland, Starbucks and some supermarkets all reduce their locations. The closures are part of a broader trend with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warning as many as 400 of the UK’s largest shops are at risk of closure if the government forces them into its proposed higher business rates tax band.
The BRC said “like all of retail”, these stores were already under pressure from soaring employment costs, high taxes, and rising rates bills, driving the closure of 1,000 such outlets over the last five years. It estimated that if all 400 at-risk stores were to close, up to 100,000 jobs could be lost and local councils’ business rates receipts from retail would fall by “well over” £100 million a year.
The BRC is now calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to use the autumn Budget this October to deliver changes “without simply shifting the cost onto larger stores – which would be massively damaging to our high streets”.
So with the threat of even more store closures looming, it might be worth getting your Christmas shopping started early this year in case more brands are forced to shut their doors.
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, Iceland and Morrisons.
Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s is shutting its remaining 61 in-store cafes in 2025 as part of a major overhaul to save the supermarket group £1 billion over three years. The closures come almost three years after it closed 200 in-store cafes, with the latest round in 2025 resulting in the loss of more than 3,000 jobs.
Fosse Park, LeicestershirePontypridd, South WalesRustington, West SussexScarborough, North YorkshirePenzance, CornwallDenton, Greater ManchesterWrexham, North WalesLongwater, Norwich, NorfolkEly, CambridgeshirePontllanfraith, South WalesEmersons Green, South GloucestershireNantwich, CheshirePinhoe Road, Exeter, DevonPepper Hill – Northfleet, KentMarshall Lake, Solihull, West MidlandsRhyl, North WalesLincoln, LincolnshireBridgemead, Swindon, WiltshireLarkfield, Aylesford, KentWhitchurch Bargates, ShropshireSedlescombe Road, Hastings, East SussexBarnstaple, DevonDewsbury, West YorkshireKings Lynn Hardwick, NorfolkTruro, CornwallWarren Heath, Ipswich, SuffolkGodalming, SurreyHereford, HerefordshireChichester, West SussexBognor Regis, West SussexNewport, South WalesTalbot Heath, DorsetRugby, WarwickshireCannock, StaffordshireLeek, StaffordshireWinterstoke Road, BristolHazel Grove, Stockport, Greater ManchesterMorecambe, LancashireDarlington, County DurhamMonks Cross, Huntington, North YorkshireMarsh Mills, Plymouth, DevonSpringfield, Chelmsford, EssexDurham, County DurhamBamber Bridge, LancashireWeedon Road, Northampton, East MidlandsHempstead Valley, KentHedge End, HampshireBury St Edmunds, SuffolkThanet Westwood Cross, KentStanway, Colchester, EssexCastle Point, EssexIsle of WightKeighley, West YorkshireSwadlincote, DerbyshireLeicester North, East MidlandsWakefield Marsh Way, Wakefield, West YorkshireTorquay, DevonWaterlooville, HampshireMacclesfield, CheshireHarrogate, North YorkshireCheadle, Greater ManchesterIceland
Iceland closed the following supermarkets earlier this year:
Margate, College SquareInverness, Rose StreetShotton, Chester Road storeInverness, City Centre storeShenley Road, BorehamwoodAlphington Road Retail Park, ExeterMorrisons
Morrisons has shut a swathe of its Daily convenience stores and Cafes in 2025, alongside its Market Kitchens, meat and fish counters, florists and pharmacies. These include the following:
Morrisons Daily convenience stores
Gorleston Lowestoft Road – NorfolkPeebles 3-5 Old Town – Scottish Borders, ScotlandShenfield 214 Hutton Road – EssexPoole Waterloo Estate – DorsetTonbridge Higham Lane Est – KentRomsey The Cornmarket – HampshireStewarton Lainshaw Street – East Ayrshire, ScotlandSelsdon Featherbed Lane – Greater LondonHaxby Village – North YorkshireGreat Barr Queslett Rd – West MidlandsWhickham Oakfield Road – Tyne and WearWorle – SomersetGoring-By-Sea Strand Parade – West SussexWoking Westfield Road – SurreyWokingham 40 Peach Street – BerkshireExeter 51 Sidwell Street – DevonBath Moorland Road – Somerset
Morrisons Cafés
Bradford Thornbury – West YorkshirePaisley Falside Rd – Renfrewshire, ScotlandLondon Queensbury – Greater LondonPortsmouth – HampshireGreat Park – Tyne and WearBanchory North Deeside Rd – Aberdeenshire, ScotlandFailsworth Poplar Street – Greater ManchesterBlackburn Railway Road – LancashireLeeds Swinnow Rd – West YorkshireLondon Wood Green – Greater LondonKirkham Poulton St – LancashireLutterworth Bitteswell Rd – LeicestershireStirchley – West MidlandsLeeds Horsforth – West YorkshireLondon Erith – Greater LondonCrowborough – East SussexBellshill John St – North Lanarkshire, ScotlandDumbarton Glasgow Rd – West Dunbartonshire, ScotlandEast Kilbride Lindsayfield – South Lanarkshire, ScotlandEast Kilbride Stewartfield – South Lanarkshire, ScotlandGlasgow Newlands – Glasgow, ScotlandLargs Irvine Rd – North Ayrshire, ScotlandTroon Academy St – South Ayrshire, ScotlandWishaw Kirk Rd – North Lanarkshire, ScotlandNewcastle upon Tyne Cowgate – Tyne and WearNorthampton Kettering Road – NorthamptonshireBromsgrove Buntsford Ind Pk – WorcestershireSolihull Warwick Rd – West MidlandsBrecon Free St – Powys, WalesCaernarfon North Rd – Gwynedd, WalesHadleigh – SuffolkHarrow, Hatch End – Greater LondonHigh Wycombe Temple End – BuckinghamshireLeighton Buzzard Lake St – BedfordshireLondon Stratford – Greater LondonSidcup Westwood Lane – Greater LondonWelwyn Garden City Black Fan Rd – HertfordshireWarminster Weymouth St – WiltshireOxted Station Yard – SurreyReigate Bell St – SurreyBorehamwood – HertfordshireWeybridge, Monument Hill – SurreyBathgate – West Lothian, ScotlandErskine Bridgewater SC – Renfrewshire, ScotlandGorleston Blackwell Road – NorfolkConnah’s Quay – Flintshire, WalesMansfield Woodhouse – NottinghamshireElland – West YorkshireGloucester – Metz Way – GloucestershireWatford – Ascot Road – HertfordshireLittlehampton – Wick – West SussexHelensburgh – Argyll and Bute, ScotlandMarks 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:
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, LancashireCookstown, Northern IrelandErdington, West MidlandsKimberley Nottingham, NottinghamshireHorsham, West SussexHull Kingston retail park, East YorkshireKettering, NorthamptonshireOmagh, Northern IrelandShepherd’s Bush, Greater LondonSouthport, MerseysideTaunton, SomersetIrvine, ScotlandAmmanford, WalesBirmingham Fort Shopping Park, West MidlandsCardiff, WalesCramlington, NorthumberlandLeicester, LeicestershireLong Eaton, NottinghamshirePort Glasgow, ScotlandSeaham, County DurhamShrewsbury, ShropshireTunbridge Wells, KentBedford, BedfordshireBidston Moss, MerseysideBroxburn, ScotlandCraigavon, Northern IrelandDartmouth, DevonEast Dulwich, Greater LondonFalmouth, CornwallHull St Andrew retail park, East YorkshireNewtownabbey, Northern IrelandPerth, ScotlandPoole, DorsetSunderland Pallion retail park, Tyne and WearStafford, StaffordshireThornaby, North YorkshireWorcester, WorcestershireBrigg, North LincolnshireCanterbury, KentCoventry Hertford Street, West MidlandsNewcastle Killingworth Centre, Tyne and WearKings Heath, West MidlandsPeterborough Orton Gate shopping centre, CambridgeshirePeterlee, County DurhamRainham, KentSalford, Greater ManchesterSheldon, West MidlandsWells, SomersetWhitechapel, Greater LondonSwiss Cottage, Greater LondonSouthampton West Quay, HampshireChiswick, Greater LondonCo-op
A total of 19 Co-op branches closed earlier this year due to financial instability, while 22 Southern Co-Op stores were sold, with some to be reopened as B&M. The stores that have closed include:
Barnby Dun, High Street – Doncaster, South YorkshireBroughton, High St – NorthamptonshireCroft, Pochin Street – LeicestershireDesborough, Hill Top, Braybrooke Road – NorthamptonshireDudley, Overfield Road – West MidlandsEastwood, Nottingham Road – NottinghamshireEnderby, Mill Lane – LeicestershireKingstanding, Hawthorn Road – West MidlandsLeicester, Evington Rd – LeicestershireLeicester, Narborough Rd – LeicestershireNarborough, Station Road – LeicestershirePeterborough, Mayors Walk – CambridgeshireSprowston, Chartwell Road – NorfolkStafford, Baswich Lane – StaffordshireWigston, Blaby Road – LeicestershireYardley, Stoney Lane – West MidlandsCromer, Middlebrook Way – NorfolkErdington, High Street – West MidlandsShepshed, Hallcroft – LeicestershireBodycare
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 ManchesterBanbury, OxfordshireBarnsley, South YorkshireBarrow-in-Furness, CumbriaBedford, BedfordshireBlackburn, LancashireBlackpool, LancashireBraehead, ScotlandBridgnorth, ShropshireBurnley, LancashireBury, Greater ManchesterChorley, LancashireClitheroe, LancashireDarlington, Co DurhamDerby, DerbyshireDundee, ScotlandHalifax, West YorkshireHereford, HerefordshireHinckley, LeicestershireIrvine, ScotlandKeighley, West YorkshireKendal, CumbriaKings Heath, West MidlandsLancaster, LancashireLeeds, West YorkshireLeicester, LeicestershireLeigh, Greater ManchesterLiverpool, MerseysideLivingston, ScotlandLuton, BedfordshireManchester, Greater ManchesterMerry Hill, West MidlandsMetrocentre, Gateshead, Tyne and WearMiddlesbrough, North YorkshireMold, WalesNewcastle, Tyne and WearNuneaton, WarwickshireOldham, Greater ManchesterPontefract, West YorkshirePoulton-le-Fylde, LancashirePreston, LancashireRugby, WarwickshireSheffield, South YorkshireSolihull, West MidlandsSunderland, Tyne and WearSutton Coldfield, West MidlandsSwindon, WiltshireTelford, ShropshireThurrock, EssexTrowbridge, WiltshireWakefield, West YorkshireWalthamstow, north-east LondonWarrington, CheshireWashington, Tyne and WearWellingborough, NorthamptonshireWolverhampton, West Midlands
The following Bodycares locations have already shut:
BeverleyBoltonBromsgroveCameron TollCannockCastlefordChesterfieldClydebankCramlingtonCroydonDarwenDoncasterDudleyDumfriesDunfermlineEdinburghErdingtonFalkirkGreenockHanleyHemel HempsteadHullHydeIlfordIpswichKirkcaldyLoughboroughLytham St AnnesMacclesfieldMaidstoneMansfieldMorecambeMorpethNewarkNewportNorthallertonNorthfieldOrmskirkPaisleyParkheadPerthPort TalbotRedcarRhylRochdaleRoytonSalfordScunthorpeShrewsburySkiptonSt HelensStevenageStourbridgeSutton-in-AshfieldTamworthThornabyUlverstonWest BromwichWhitehavenWood GreenWorkingtonWrexhamNew 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 LoughboroughWickford, EssexPorth, Rhondda Cynon TafSt Austell, CornwallValley Retail World Gateshead, Tyne and WearPrestonBexleyheath, LondonWillow Place, CorbyBirmingham, Northfield shopping centreDevizes, WiltshireHamilton, South LanarkshireNeath, WalesBrunswick Centre, ScarboroughStoke-on-Trent – closing October 14Stockwell Head – closing December 9WH 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, DorsetLuton, BedfordshireMarch, CambridgeshireBasingstoke, HampshireNewtown, PowysWinton branch in Bournemouth, DorsetRhyl, DenbighshireBolton, Greater ManchesterAccrington, LancashireHalstead, EssexHalesowen, West MidlandsDiss, NorfolkNewport, Isle of WightHaverhill, SuffolkStockton, County DurhamOldham, Greater ManchesterOrpington, 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:
BagshotBasildonBorehamwoodBristol ImperialBromboroughCanterburyChichesterCirencesterCrayfordDunstableEpping ForestKings LynnLakesideMaidenheadSouthportStaffordStratford Upon AvonWiganHomebase
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:
BradfordBroadstairsCheltenhamColchester StanwayCoventryDerby ChaddesdenGloucesterHull HessleLondon Streatham ValeObanOldburyRomfordWolverhamptonAbingtonAlnwickAntrimBarnstapleBasildon VangeBelfastBranksomeCannockChesterChichester Discovery ParkCraigavonDaventryDerby KingswayFolkestoneGalwallyGatesheadGlenrothesHarlowHerne BayHoveInverurieLedburyLewesLutonNewcastle Under LymeNorwich Hall RoadNorwichSprowstonNottingham ArnoldSaffron WaldenSelly OakSleafordSudburyWaltham CrossFarnham, SurreyTreliske Industrial Estate, Truro, DevonBasingstoke, HampshireBracknell. BerkshireLetterkenny, County DonegalBury St Edmunds, SuffolkHalbeath Retail Park, Dunfermline, FifeMoor Allerton Centre, Leeds, YorkshireSt Albans, HertfordshireBredbury, StockportEwell, SurreyHeath Retail Park, Honiton, DevonCatford, LondonMilton Keynes, BuckinghamshireOrpington, KentHamilton, South LanarkshireOmagh, County TyroneLondonderryQuiz
Fashion retailer Quiz collapsed into administration in February and closed 23 stores in the UK and Ireland, affecting around 200 jobs. The full list of closures are as follows:
Athlone, Athlone Town Centre Shopping CentreBrighton, Churchill SquareBristol, Cribbs CausewayDerry, Richmond Shopping CentreDoncaster, Frenchgate CentreDundee, OvergateEnniskillen, Erneside Shopping CentreExeter, Princesshay Shopping CentreFalkirk, Howgate CentreFareham, Whiteley Shopping CentreGlasgow, Forge Shopping CentreGrimsby, Freshney PlaceLiverpool, South John StreetMaidstone, Fremlin WalkMilton Keynes, Silbury ArcadeMotherwell, Brandon Parade SouthNewbridge, Whitewater Shopping CentrePeterborough, Queensgate Shopping CentrePreston, Friargate WalkSouthampton, WestQuay Shopping CentreSwansea, Queens ArcadeTallaght, The SquareTelford, Telford Shopping CentreGustoItalian restaurant chain Gusto announced plans to close six of its restaurants as part of an administration deal, resulting in around 190 job losses. Its remaining seven restaurants are still open. The six restaurants that have closed include:Alderley EdgeCookridgeEdinburghHeswallLeedsNewcastleSantanderSantander is closing 95 of its UK branches this year as more customers move to digital banking, with the closures affecting 750 jobs. The closures began in June 2025 and include the following locations:AberdareArbroathArmaghBlackwoodBlythBognor RegisBorehamwoodBreconBrixtonCaernarfonCamborneCanvey IslandClactonCleveleysColneColwyn BayCrowboroughCroydonCumbernauldDidsburyDownpatrickDungannonEdgware Road LondonElthamExmouthFalmouthFarnhamFelixstoweFinchleyFleetFormbyGatesheadGlasgow St Vincent StGlasgow The Avenue, Newton MearnsGreenfordHackneyHawickHerne BayHertfordHollowayHolywellHonitonKidderminsterKilburnKirkbyLauncestonLouthMagherafeltMalvernMarket HarboroughMusselburghNew MiltonPeterheadPlymptonPortadownPudseyRawtenstallRoss-On-WyeRuislipRustingtonSaltcoatsSeafordShaftesburySidcupSt AustellSt NeotsStokesleyStrabaneSurrey Quays London (November 10)SwadlincoteTenterden
Torquay
Tottenham
Whitley Bay
Willerby
Wimborne
Wishaw
The following branches don’t yet have a confirmed closing date but are due to shut:BillericayDoverDroitwichDunstableEast GrinsteadHolyheadIlkleyLarneLytham St AnnesMaldonMorleyNorth WalshamRedcarSaffron WaldenTurriffUckfieldUrmstonNatWestNatWest Group has closed a swathe of its branches this year, shutting 53 locations between April and June, followed by an additional 55 branches and three mobile vans from September.The following locations have now closed:AccringtonAintree Black BullAllentonAlfreton & Clay CrossBasfordBeverleyBishop AucklandBridlingtonCannockChapel AllertonChingfordCleveleysCross GatesDewsburyEanamEllesmere Port Town CentreHazel GroveHeaton ChapelHollinwoodFarnworthGarstangGooleKeighleyLeekLeylandLong EatonLongtonLouthManchester Portland StreetMansfieldMarket DraytonMexboroughMiddletonMorleyNantwichNewarkNewcastle-Upon-TyneRawtenstallRochdaleSheffieldStafford GreengateAnnes-on-SeaStockton on TeesTrafford ParkUrmstonUttoxeterWallaseyWashingtonWest BridgfordWidnesWillerby and Kirk EllaWilmslowWindermereWorksopCwmbranWisbechLeicester (Melton Road)RayleighHalesowenBristol (Fishponds)LlangefniElyLeicester (Oadby)Birmingham (Edgbaston)Cardiff (Llanishen)Luton (Leagrave)Northampton (Weston Favell Shopping Centre)Birmingham (Acocks Green)Cardiff (Canton)CirencesterHinckleyWickfordWillerbyAbingdonNewmarket (Suffolk)Birmingham (Smethwick)YateMelton MowbrayBicesterSudburyLloyds Banking GroupLloyds Banking Group, which includes Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, is closing 136 UK branches up to March 2026, including the following locations.Lloyds BankBiggleswadeBishop AucklandBlandfordBolton FarnworthBridgnorthBriggBristol BishopsworthBristol CliftonBristol PatchwayBromsgroveBuryCardiff WhitchurchCaterhamChardCoventry FoleshillDorchesterDunstableEast GrinsteadFalmouthFelthamFerndownFulhamGlossopGodalmingHerne BayHexhamHornchurch Station LaneHoughton le SpringHucknallKidderminsterLauncestonLeeds CrossgatesLeominsterLeylandLiverpool Breck RoadLoughtonLouthLudlowManchester MostonManchester Newton HeathMargatePembroke DockPeterlee Yoden WayPlymstockPontardawePontyclunPrudhoeRayleighSeatonSheffield WoodhouseShipston–on–StourSleafordSouthallSouthseaStoke–on–TrentThornbury AvonTootingTunstallWalthamstowWelwyn Garden CityWymondhamHalifaxBalhamBangorBarrow in FurnessBexleyheathBirmingham BearwoodBlackpool Lytham RoadBoltonBrentwoodBromsgroveCannon StreetCarmarthenCastlefordCirencesterClapham JunctionCreweDerby East StElthamEpsomErdingtonFelixstoweFleetwoodFolkestoneFulhamGainsboroughHayesHexhamHorsforthHoveHuntingdonKingsburyKingswoodLauncestonLeekLetchworthLondon StrandLong EatonMoldNelsonNorthwichOmaghPeterleePontypriddRayleighRhylRichmond (Surrey)SittingbourneSkegnessSleafordSouthportSt AnnesSt AustellStevenage QueenswayTelfordWalkdenWallaseyWaltham CrossWelwyn Garden CityWickfordWilmslowWintonWoolwichBank of ScotlandAlexandriaAnnanBarrheadBishopbriggsEdinburgh Corstorphine WestEdinburgh Wester HailesHelensburghKirkintillochMoffatPeeblesPitlochrySanquharThornhillUddingstonThe EntertainerToy brand The Entertainer closed several of its stores this year due to non-viable lease agreements and changing shopping patterns. The closures include:Cameron Toll shopping centre, EdinburghLuton Point, LutonMercury Shopping Centre, RomfordThe Moor, SheffieldMonkiThe high street retailer owned by H&M only arrived on the UK’s streets in 2012 but it is now undergoing worldwide closures, including the following UK locations:NewcastleManchesterGlasgowSheffieldBirmingham)BristolLondonMilletsOutdoor retailer Millets is closing six stores in 2025, four of which will be rebranded as its sister company Go Outdoors. The affected stores include:Burgess Hill, West Sussex – closedLowestoft – reopened as a Go OutdoorsDouglas – reopened as a Go OutdoorsYork – reopened as a Go OutdoorsGrimsby – reopened as a Go OutdoorsMiddlesbrough – closed