Full list of store closures still to come in November 2025 from Morrisons to Poundland (Picture: Shutterstock)
A fresh wave of uncertainty has arrived for the British high street as a series of store closures are still to come this month.
The demise of in-person shopping has been ongoing for a while with online shopping continuing to gain popularity, especially since the global coronavirus pandemic.
Britain’s high streets are now facing an exodus of shops. Long queues are now rare, while to let signs and boarded-up windows are becoming more commonplace as shoppers abandon the town centre.
The recent spate of closures includes WHSmith high street stores, Wilko and River Island. Banks like NatWest, Santander, Halifax and Lloyds have also axed hundreds of branches this year.
Some research has even estimated that Britain lost up to 37 shops a day last year.
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And more shops will be shutting soon since Morrisons, Poundland, Paddy Power, Scope, Claire’s and Ann’s Cottage surf shops have all announced fresh closures.
Morrisons
Morrisons has been serving customers since 1899 (Picture: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)
Morrisons is now due to close 145 locations across its various sites, from cafes to stores, as part of their ‘programme of renewal’ this year.
After being part of British life for more than 125 years, the loss of the supermarket’s stores will be a big blow to customers.
These store closures include 52 cafes and 17 daily convenience stores, alongside florists, pharmacies, market kitchens, meat counters and fish counters. It is all part of the brand’s plan to ‘optimise operations’ and boost growth, Morrisons said.
Chief executive at Morrisons Rami Baitiéh said the closures were a ‘necessary part of our plans to renew and reinvigorate Morrisons and enable us to focus our investment into the areas that customers really value and that can play a full part in our growth’.
Poundland
Customers are rushing to grab last-minute bargains in closing-down sales (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images)
Poundland was sold earlier this year with a company-wide restructure causing many sites to shut before the end of 2025.
Closing down sales have already begun, with customers rushing to grab last-minute bargains.
A Poundland spokesperson said: ‘Customers will be able to take advantage of significant savings as these stores prepare for closure in the days ahead.
Poundland’s UK country manager, Darren MacDonald, added: ‘The special reductions, on top of the value we provide in every store, will help us leave locations we’re leaving with pride.’
A total of the 30 sites will be closing in the UK this year, with several closing in November and December.
Here is a full list of the stores due to close soon:
- Dalston (November 24)
- Beeston (November 27)
- Launceston (November 29)
- Melton Mowbray (December 4)
- Droitwich (December 9)
- Hempstead Valley (December 31)
- Bexhill (January 5, 2026)
- Cameron Toll (January 20, 2026)
Those that were previously due to shut are as follows:
- Twickenham (October 5)
- Westhoughton (October 5)
- Market Harborough (October 9)
- Lowestoft (October 10)
- Colne (October 11)
- Rochdale (October 13)
- Leicester (October 17)
- Tenby (October 18)
- Blackpool – Cherry Tree Retail Park (October 25)
- Deal (October 27)
- Thurrock (October 27
- Walsall (October 29)
- Hailsham (November 2)
- Perry Barr (November 2)
- Matlock (November 2)
- Carlisle (November 9)
- Burnley (November 9)
- Witham (November 12)
- Sidcup (November 14)
- Loughborough (November 14)
- New Malden (November 16)
- Peckham (November 20)
Paddy Power
Paddy Power is set to close 57 branches (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images)
Paddy Power is set to close 57 of its retail outlets across the UK and Ireland after a review of its high street estate.
The branch in High Wycombe, at 12 White Hart Street, has reportedly been boarded up and closed since the announcement by Paddy Power.
Closures of these gambling shops has caused concern over the future of other high street betting shops.
The Chancellor’s budget will be announced on November 26, but is already rumoured to raise tax levels for UK operators.
Paddy Power said 247 staff are at risk of redundancy, with 128 of those in the UK and 119 in the Republic of Ireland.
Flutter UKI said affected staff would be ‘offered redeployment opportunities where possible’.
Scope
The charity Scope is planning to shut down 77 stores (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images)
This charity shop chain has shut more than 50 branches this year already as part of a move to axe 77 locations.
Scope previously had 138 stores in England and Wales and its shops raised money for the disability charity.
Two shops are to join the shut branches this week, with the Stourbridge store shutting on Thursday, November 20 and the Folkestone store closing down for good on Saturday, November 22.
Debbie Boylen, Head of Retail at Scope, said it was devastating to confirm the decision to shut stores. She added: ‘Our shops have helped us raise vital income to support our work with disabled people and their families.’
Claire’s
Claire’s was saved from administration this year but will still see closures (Picture: Toronto Star via Getty Images)
The jewelry and accessories retail chain had previously made a rescue deal after filing a notice of intention to appoint administrators in August this year.
But this has not prevented all losses, as Claire’s announced last month that administrators had agreed to sell 156 of its 306 stores.
Some 145 of these stores are to be closed down permanently across the UK and Ireland.
Branches such as London Oxford Street West, Macclesfield and Limerick, Ireland have already been closed with more to come.
Full list of 145 Claire's Accessories stores closing
UK
- The Arndale Centre, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 2LJ
- Grand Arcade, Shopping Centre, Cambridge CB2 3BJ
- SU33B, The Sovereign Shopping Centre, Weston Super Mare, Somerset BS23 1HL
- The Cascades Centre, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 4RJ
- 83 Strand Street, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 2EN United Kingdom
- Baxtergate, Freshney Place, Grimsby, North Lincolnshire DN31 1QQ
- Green Lanes Shopping Centre, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 1UH
- Eastgate Centre, Basildon, Essex SS14 1AF
- Howgate Centre, Falkirk, Falkirk FK1 1HG
- Victoria Place Shopping Centre, Victoria Station, London, Greater London SW1W 9SJ
- Thistle Marches 2, Stirling, Stirling FK8 2EA
- 101 Sylvania Way, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire G81 2TL
- 324 Oxford Street, London, W1C 1JA
- Union Arcade, Millgate Shopping Centre, Greater Manchester, Bury, Greater Manchester BL9 0QF
- The Howard Centre, Howards Gate, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6HA
- Ankerside Shopping Centre, Tamworth, Staffordshire B79 7LG
- The Mall, Cwmbran, Torfaen NP44 1PX
- Centre West, EK Shopping Centre, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire G74 1LL
- 36 Old George Mall, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 2AG
- Eden Centre, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2HW
- 10 West Street, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1PB
- Kiosk A2, West Orchards Shopping Centre, Coventry, Warwickshire CV1 1QX
- 53 The Harpur Centre, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1TJ
- The Parade, Canterbury CT1 2SG
- 108 Oxford Street, London, Greater London W1D 1LR
- 7 Thackery Mall, Fareham, Hampshire PO16 0PQ
- Banbury Gateway Shopping Park, Daventry Road, Banbury
- The Shires, Trowbridge, Avon BA14 8AT
- 9 Clock Tower Shopping Centre, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2JR
- 6 Union Street, Torquay, Devon TQ2 5PL
- 6 Banks Street, Newquay, Cornwall TR7 1JF
- County Square Shopping Centre, Ashford, Kent TN23 1YA
- The Victoria Centre, Mostyn Street, Llandudno, Gwynedd LL30 2NG
- Upper Mall Level, Churchill Square Shopping Centre, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2TD
- (The Front), Lorebourne Centre, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway DG1 2BD
- Grey Friars, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire SA31 3BN
- Mill Street Mall, Grosvenor Shopping Centre, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 6LY
- Phase 1 Mercat Centre, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 1NU
- 5 St Modwens Walk, Cooper Square Shopping Centre, Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 1HL
- The Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 8EF
- 10 Kingfisher Walk, Redditch, Worcestershire B97 4EY
- George Yard, Braintree, Essex CM7 1RB
- Gloucester Quays Outlet Centre, Gloucester GL1 5SH
- Unicorn Way, The Kingdom Shopping Centre, Glenrothes, Fife KY7 5NU
- 83A North Street, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1LQ
- Market Gates Shopping Centre, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2AX
- 11 Jackson Square, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 3XG
- South Street Mall, St Johns Centre, King Edward Street, Perth, Perth and Kinross PH1 5UX
- Units L3/21, L3/14, Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow, South Lanarkshire G1 2FF
- The Pavillion Shopping Centre, Walthamcross, Hertfordshire EN8 7BY
- 14 The Orchards Shopping Centre, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3TH
- Sterling Mills Designer Outlet Village, Sterling Mills, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire FK13 6HQ
- 9 King Street St Hellier, Jersey, Channel Islands JE2 4WE
- 150b Stoneybutts, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 7JD
- 5-7 Chapel Street, Southport, Lancashire PR8 1AE
- Elephant Yard, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4QQ
- 5 Gomond Street, Maylord Shopping Centre, Hereford, Herefordshire HR1 2DP
- The Mall, Newlands Shopping Centre, Kettering, Leicestershire NN16 8DP
- Resorts World Birmingham, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PU
- 13 Woolshops, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 1RU
- 23 Treaty Centre High Street, Hounslow, Greater London TW3 1ES
- Almondvale Centre, Almondvale South, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6RQ
- 48 Broadgate House, Coventry, Warwickshire CV1 1NH
- The Bentall Centre, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 1TR
- 37 Parliament Street, York, North Yorkshire YO1 8RU
- George Street, Hove, East Sussex BN3 3YE
- The Chantry Centre, Andover, Hampshire SP10 1RN
- 214 High Street, Ayr, Ayrshire KA7 1RQ
- Middlebrook Leisure Park, Horwich, Bolton
- 14 Market Way, Exchange Shopping Centre, Rochdale, Lancashire OL16 1EA
- 19 London Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21 1PQ
- 130 High St, Winchester SO23 9AX
- 46 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
- The Plaza Brunel Centre, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 1LD
- Talbot Green Retail Park, Talbot Green, Llantrisant
- Park Mall Saddlers Centre, Park Street, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 1YS
- 5/7 West Mall Frenchgate Centre, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN1 1ST
- 74 High Street, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire DN15 6SD
- The Peacocks Centre, Woking, Surrey GU21 6GH
- Vicar Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 1PY
- Gabriel’s Hill 2-6 King Street, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1DE
- Grace Reynolds Walk, Camberley, Berkshire GU15 3SN
- The Swan Centre, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 5SG
- Affinity Devon, Clovelly Road, North Devon, Bideford, Devon England EX39 3QU
- 33 The Quadrant, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey TW9 1DN
- Cathedral Walk St David’s Centre, Cardiff, Glamorgan CF10 2DS
- The Castle Quay Shopping Centre, Castle Quay, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 5UN
- 18 Chapel Walk, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 2PD
- Riverside Quay, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA61 2LJ
- 8 Risman Place, Washington Square, Workington, Cumbria CA14 3DB
- Kiosk 2 Broadwalk Centre Edgware, Edgware, Greater London HA8 7BD
- St Nicholas Centre, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB10 1HW
- Borough Parade, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3WL
- 62a Market Street, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 2HD
- Fishergate Walk, St George’s Centre, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2NR
- Wellington Square, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland TS18 1RH
- The Lowry Galleria, Tier 8, The Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester M50 3AG
- The Lanes Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8NH
- 53 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1NY
- 232 The Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 1BJ
- 56 Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 1LL
- Prospect Centre, Hull, Humberside HU2 8PS
- Castle Walk, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 1AN
- 80 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1EE
- The Mead Redevelopment, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7SB
- The Bull Ring, Birmingham, West Midlands B5 4BA
- Lakeside Village, White Rose Way, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 5JH
- Chequers Court, Huntingdon, Cambridge PE29 3LJ
- 9 Fremlin Walk, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1QG
- 137 High Street, Elgin, Inverness IV30 1DS
- 4 – 6 Smith Street, St. Peters Port, Guernsey, Guernsey GY1 2NG
- 20 New Conduit Street, Kings Lynn, Kings Lynn PE30 1DL
- Livingston Designer Outlet, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6QX
- Orchard Centre, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 7LG
- Britannia Centre, Hinckley, Hinckley LE10 1RU
- The Baytree Centre, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4BX
- Cabot Circus, Bristol, Avon BS1 3BD
- Market Place, Bolton, Greater Manchester BL1 2AL
- 3A Winchester Circle, The Kingston Centre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK10 0BA
- Manchester Fort Shopping Centre, Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester M8 8EP
- Asda West Swindon Shopping Centre, Swindon SN5 7DL
- Asda, Tollgate Rd, Beckton E6 5JP
- Asda Pudsey Supercentre, Owlcotes shopping centre, Stanningley, Pudsey LS28 6AR
- Asda, Chalfont Way, Earley, Reading RG6 5TT
- Floor G, Asda Watford Supercentre, St Albans Rd, Watford WD24 7RT
Northern Ireland
- Emeside Shopping Centre, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh BT74 6JQ
- The Quays Albert Basin, Newry, County Down BT35 8QS
- Diamond Centre, Coleraine, Londonderry BT52 1DE
- Ards Shopping Centre, Newtownards, County Down BT23 4EU
- Bow Street Mall, Lisburn, County Antrim BT28 1AW
- Bloomfield Shopping Centre, Bloomfield, County Down BT19 7HB
Republic of Ireland
- Manor West Retail Park, Tralee, County Kerry
- The Outlet Centre Fair Hill Kilburn High Road, Killarney, County Kerry
- 52 St. Patrick Street, Cork, County Cork
- 4 Cruises Street, Limerick, County Limerick
- Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Rathfarmham, Dublin 14
- Harbour Place, Mullingar, West Meath N91 VY16
- Central Mall Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin
- 98 Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow
- Omni Park Centre Santry, Dublin
- Scotch Hall, Drogheda, Louth
- Bridgewater Shopping Centre, Arklow, County Wicklow
- 3 Johnston Court, Sligo
- McDonagh Junction, Kilkenny
- 4 North Main Street, Wexford
Ann’s Cottage surf shop
Ann’s Cottage Surf Shop sells clothing, accessories and equipment (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)
Ann’s Cottage, known for its surf and lifestyle clothing and accessories, has closed its flagship store.
The store in Falmouth, Cornwall, was set to close on Sunday, November 9, just months after the brand shut its Wadebridge store.
Becci Cornelius, co-owner of Ann’s Cottage, explained the decision to the Falmouth Packet, saying: ‘This choice does not reflect the performance of the store itself — which has been successful and well supported — but rather a considered decision in line with the new direction of the business.’
She added that they are ‘streamlining operations and investing in areas where we see the greatest opportunity for long-term growth’.
There are now seven Ann’s Cottage locations left across Cornwall.
A notice on the window of the store said: ‘Thanks staff and customers for their support over the years.
‘After many wonderful years, we’re sadly closing our Falmouth store.
‘We want to express our deepest gratitude to all our amazing customers for their loyalty and support over the years.’
Gap makes a comeback
It’s not all doom and gloom for the high street as Gap is set to return to the UK high street after closing all of its 81 stores in 2021.
GAP has now returned to the British high street (Picture: John Keeble/Getty Images)
The fashion chain was incredibly popular during the 1980s and 1990s but decided to close its high street stores in a bid to become a digital-first brand.
Drapers has reported that the fashion brand has opened three stores:
- Westfield London (December 4)
- Covent Garden (November 7)
- Wembley Park (December 12)
It previously closed its British stores four years ago due to ‘market dynamics’, but could still be found within Next stores in the UK.
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The new Covent Garden location spans 3,250 square feet across two floors. President and CEO of Gap Mark Breitbard said: ‘We’re thrilled to return to this iconic address and reconnect with our UK customers.’
Gap joins other retail brands returning to the high street, such as Topshop opening within John Lewis stores next year.
This story was originally published on October 24 and has since been updated.
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