The discount retailer announced stores would be closed on Boxing Day, as part of a three-day shutdown around the festive period.
Home Bargains will close more than 600 UK stores will be on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day – that includes 33 Home Bargains branches across County Durham, Darlington, Teesside, Tyne and Wear and Northumberland.
The closure means shoppers will not be able to visit Home Bargains on Boxing Day — traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year, when many high street and retail park stores begin their post-Christmas sales.
Home Bargains, founded in 1976, employs around 28,000 people and sells homeware, garden and outdoor goods, toys, food, branded products and seasonal items.
North East Home Bargains stores affected
Barnard Castle – Barnard Castle, Durham
Bishop Auckland – Bishop Auckland Retail Park
Blaydon-on-Tyne – The Precinct, Blaydon Shopping Centre
Cramlington – Brockwell Centre
Cramlington – Manor Walks
Consett – Victoria Street
Darlington – Darlington
Durham – Durham 3
Gateshead – High Street
Hartlepool – Middleton Grange Shopping Centre
Hartlepool – Teesbay Retail Park
Jarrow – Station Road
Killingworth – Killingworth Centre
Middlesbrough – Hill Street Shopping Centre
Middlesbrough – Middlesbrough 2
Middlesbrough – Parkway Shopping Centre, Coulby Newham
Morpeth – Stanley Terrace
Newcastle – Belvedere Retail Park
Newcastle / Byker – Newcastle Retail Park, Fossway
North Shields – Bedford Street
Redcar – Regent Walk
Seaham – Byron Place Shopping Centre
South Shields – Millbank Industrial Estate, Secretan Way
Spennymoor – Oxford Road
Stanley – Clifford Road
Stockton-on-Tees – Parkfield Road
Sunderland – Blandford Street
Sunderland – Trimdon Street
Thornaby – Pavilion Shopping Centre
Wallsend – Forum Shopping Centre, Segedunum Way
Whitley Bay – Park View Shopping Centre
Ashington – Portland Park
Berwick-upon-Tweed – Berwick Upon Tweed
Home Bargains has not yet confirmed its festive opening hours for Christmas Eve, December 27, New Year’s Eve or January 2.
Customers planning a shop over the festive period are advised to check their local branch’s hours before travelling.