Stores closures update: Boots, Tesco and Cineworld shutting down sites – full list
Major retailers in the UK are set to close more sites by the end of October, continuing a trend that has seen 1,846 store closures and 23,982 job losses in the first half of 2024.
Boots, Cineworld, and Tesco are among the companies preparing to shut down several locations across the country. This wave of closures comes as retailers grapple with economic challenges and shifting consumer habits.
Boots
Despite the closures, some sites will be replaced by new branches as companies adapt their strategies to remain competitive in a changing retail landscape.
Boots announced plans last year to close 300 stores in the UK following a “difficult” year of sales.
The pharmacy giant has already shut 290 locations since 2023, with the remaining 10 expected to close in the coming weeks. However, these site locations have not been confirmed.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, the company’s owner, stated: “Evolving the store estate in this way allows Boots to concentrate its team members where they are needed and focus investment more acutely in individual stores.”
Here is a full list of the Boots stores that have already closed:
Morecambe Braddon Close, Westgate, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 4UZAccrington 2 Cornhill, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1EXLeyland 40 Hough Lane, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2SANelson 2 Marsden Mall, Pendlerise Shopping Centre, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 9SLBlackburn 435 Bolton Road, Ewood, Blackburn, BB2 4HYBarrow-In-Furness 8-10 Risedale Road, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria , LA13 9RDRawtenstall Rawtenstall Health Centre, 161 Bacup Road, Rawtenstall , BB4 7PLBarrow-In-Furness 15-17 Portland Walk, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1DBSheffield 123 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8HYPershore 28 High Street, Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 1BGWestcliff-On-Sea 179-181 Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex, SS0 7ELCanvey Island The Health Centre, Third Avenue, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 9SUChelmsford 1 The Vineyards Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 7QSCanvey Island Central Canvey PCC, Long Road, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 0JATilbury 2 St Chads Road, Tilbury, Essex, RM18 8LBChelmsford 10-12 Torquay Road, Chelmsford, CM1 6NFLeigh On Sea 89 The Broadway, Leigh On Sea, Essex, SS9 1PEChelmsford 133 Sunrise Avenue, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 4JWSouth Ockendon 17 Derwent Parade, South Ockendon, Essex, RM15 5EFChelmsford 51a Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0HYSutton Coldfield 80-82 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B73 5TJSutton Coldfield 31 While Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1NDAcocks Green 1104 Warwick Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6BHWest Heath 11 Alvechurch Road, West Heath, Birmingham, B31 3JPSparkhill 553-555 Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4LPCastle Bromwich 352 Bradford Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 9ADByker 121-125 Shields Road, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 1DNHemlington 15 The Viewly Centre, Hemlington, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS8 9JHHeaton 293/295 Chillingham Road, Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE6 5LLPeterlee 17 Blackhills Road, Horden, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 4DWGateshead 479 Durham Road, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5EXBlyth Blyth Community Hospital, Thoroton Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 1DXHartlepool Hartlepool Community HC, Park Road, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS24 7PWDarlington 23 High Row, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7QWBlyth 514 Plessey Road, Newsham, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 4AAPeterlee 1 Seaside Lane, Easington Colliery, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 3PFGateshead Ravensworth Road, Dunston, Gateshead , NE11 9FJWinlaton 16 Front Street, Winlaton, Tyne & Wear, NE21 4REPrudhoe 77 Front Street, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 5PUThornaby 12 Wrightson House, Mitchell Avenue, Thornaby, Stockton-On-Tees, Cleveland, TS17 9EPSunderland Springwell Medical Group Jack Cohen Health Centre, Springwell Road, Sunderland, SR3 4HGCarlisle 6 Petteril Bank Road, Haraby, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 3AHNewcastle Upon Tyne Unit 10 Cruddas Park Shopping Centre, Westmorland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 7RWLongbenton Unit 4, The Boulevard, Longbenton, Tyne & Wear , NE12 8GAGateshead Unit 4, Booth Street, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 9BFStanley Tanfield View Surgery, Scott St, Tanfield, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 8ADNorth Shields Nelson Health Centre, Cecil Street, North Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE29 0DZKenton 41 Halewood Avenue, Kenton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3RXSunderland Units 2-3 Park Lane, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR1 3NXHeanor 24 Market Place, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7AAColchester Fiveways Superstore, Peartree Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 0JXFelixstowe 31 Orwell Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 7DDStowmarket Stowmarket Health Centre, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk , IP14 1NLClacton On Sea 158 Old Road, Clacton On Sea, Essex, CO15 3AYPlymouth 6-8 Eggbuckland Road, Mannamead, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 5HEAxminster Trinity Square, Axminster, Devon, EX13 5APPlymouth Units 4B & 4C, Cattedown Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 0AYNewton Abbot 44A Gestridge Road, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 3HHSidmouth 2 Woolbrook Road, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 9UUSt. Budeaux Chard Road Health Centre, Chard Road, St. Budeaux, Devon, PL5 2UEExeter Mount Pleasant Health Centre, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 7BWBideford 2 High Street, Bideford, Devon, EX39 2AAPlymton Plympton Health Centre, Mudge Way, Plymton, Devon, PL7 1ADPlymouth 58 Salisbury Road, St Judes, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8SYTotnes Leatside Health Centre, Babbage Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5JAPlymouth 7 Claremont Street, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5AQLeicester 149 Uppingham Road, Leicester, LE5 4BPForest Hill 21-23 Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3HNPenge 4-5 Coleman House, High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7EXBiggin Hill Waitrose, Main Road, Biggin Hill, Kent, TN16 3JZMaidstone The New Medical Centre, 23-29 Albion Place, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DYMaidstone 52 College Road , Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6SAMargate 192-194 Northdown Road, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, CT9 2QNHerne Bay 161A Station Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 5NEHarlow 5 Bush House, Bush Fair, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6NSWelwyn Garden City 126 Peartree Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 3XWHemel Hempstead 24 Bennetts Gate, Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 8EWLoughton 230 High Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1EZLoughton 18 The Broadway, Debden, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3STStansted Mountfitchet Unit 2, The Greens Build, 4/8 Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8BZLondon 138 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 6BLLondon 54 King William Street, London, EC4R 9ADLondon 120 Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2BEChingford 9-11 Old Church Road, Chingford, London, E4 6SJLondon Unit 4, 47 Market Place, Romford, London, RM1 3ABLondon 100 Newbridge Street, London, EC4V 6JJLondon Unit 9 King Edward Court, Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7DXLondon 8-10 Camden High Road, Mornington Crescent, London, NW1 0JHLondon Main Concourse, Euston Station, London, NW1 2RSPalmers Green 315-317 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London, N13 4YBBungay 28 St John’s Road, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1LPNorwich University Of East Anglia, Bluebell Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7LGNorwich 11-12 Anglia Square, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1DYGorleston-On-Sea Coliseum Precinct, High Street, Gorleston-On-Sea, Norfolk, NR31 6QXThetford 29-31 King Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2ANNorwich Magdalen Medical Practice, Lawson Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 4LFSprowston Willow Wood Surgery, Aslake Close, Sprowston, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 8ETThetford 1 Chaston Place, 29 High Street, Watton, Thetford, Norfolk, IP25 6XECannock 1 Church Street, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1DETamworth 18-24 Ankerside, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7LQLightwater 43-45 Guildford Road, Lightwater, Surrey, GU18 5SAWindsor 83 Dedworth Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5BBWorthing Waitrose, High Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1LLEastbourne 53 Grove Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4TXEastbourne Waitrose, Crowne Centre, Old Town, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1HREast Grinstead Waitrose, West Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 4YZLittlehampton 80-82 High Street, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5DXBexhill-On-Sea 4 Collington Mansions, Collington Avenue, Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3PUBrighton 17-19 St James Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1RFBolton 311 Wigan Road, Bolton , BL3 5QUWigan 765 Ormskirk Road, Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire, WN5 8ATAshton-Under-Lyne 348 Oldham Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL7 9PSDukinfield 30 Concord Way, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 4DBMiddleton 133 Manchester Old Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 4DZChorlton-Cum-Hardy 20-22 Chorlton Place, Wilbraham Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 9AQManchester 69-72 The Mall, Arndale Centre, Stretford, Manchester, M32 9BDManchester 103 Crumpsall Lane, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5SRHull 132 Chanterlands Avenue, Hull, HU5 3TRBridlington 18 Victoria Road, Bridlington, East Riding Of Yorkshire, YO15 2ATCatterick Garrison 19-20 Broadway, Colburn, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, DL9 4RFHull 300 Holderness Road, Hull, HU9 2JXHull 218 Hessle Road, Hull, North Humberside, HU3 3BGHull 143-145 Askew Avenue, Hull, HU4 6NHHarrogate Nycs Store, Jennyfield Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2XQThirsk 1 Chapel Street, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 1LUHull 860 Beverley Road, Hull, HU6 7HPMarket Weighton 43 Market Place, Market Weighton, York , YO43 3AJYork 10 East Parade, Heworth, York, YO31 7YJScunthorpe 233-235 Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 2SQGrimsby 55 Freeman Street, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 7AEYork 86 Clifton, York, YO30 6BAYork 1 Kings Square, York, YO1 8BHHull 153 Beverley Road, Hull, North Humberside, HU3 1TYCottingham 156 Hallgate, Cottingham, North Humberside, East Yorkshire, HU16 4BDCorsham 22 Martingate, Corsham , Wiltshire, SN13 0HLWarminster 14-16 The Avenue, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 9AABath 100 Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, BA2 1LNSwindon 35 Wood Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4ANCinderford 9-11 Market Street, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, GL14 2RTSouthampton 9 Victoria Road, Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19 9DYPetersfield Swan Surgery, Swan Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3ABEastleigh 11 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9FFHavant The Bosmere Medical Centre, Solent Road, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1DQLee-On-The-Solent 130-132 High Street, Lee-On-The-Solent, Hampshire, PO13 9DDHavant 17 Park Parade, Leigh Park, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 5AAPortsmouth 48 High Street, Cosham, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3AGCowes Cowes Medical Centre, 200 Newport Road, Cowes, Isle Of Wight, PO31 7ERSouthampton 357A Burgess Road, Bassett, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 3BDLondon 73 Piccadilly, London, W1J 8HSHanworth 3 Market Parade, Hampton Road West, Hanworth, Feltham, TW13 6AJActon Unit 17 Oaks Shopping Centre, Acton High Street, London, W3 6REUxbridge 163 High Street, Uxbridge, London UB8 1JZGreenford 42 The Broadway, Ruislip Road, Greenford, London, UB6 9PTHounslow 302 Bath Road, Hounslow, London, TW4 7DNRuislip 212 Whitby Road, Ruislip, London, HA4 9DYNorthwood Hills 32 Joel Street, Northwood Hills, London, HA6 1PFSouth Harrow 283 Northolt Road, South Harrow, London, HA2 8HXTaunton St. James Medical Centre, St. James Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1JPTaunton 1 Coopers Mill, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6NXWincanton 29-31 High Street, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9JUWellington Wellington Medical Centre, Mantle Street, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8BDGlastonbury 39 High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9DSHucknall The Health Centre, Curtis Street, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 7JENottingham 541 Aspley Lane, Aspley, Nottingham, NG8 5RWKirby In Ashfield 48 Lowmoor Road, Kirby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7BGNottingham Mary Potter Centre, Gregory Boulevard, Hyson Green, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 5HYNottingham 19 Carlton Square, Carlton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 3BPRedruth Pool Health Centre, Station Road, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3DUCamborne 10 Commercial Street, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 8JYSt Austell 25 Polkyth Parade, Carlyon Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 4RDPar 4 Fernlea Villas, Middleway, St Blazey, Par, Cornwall, PL24 2JGBodmin Unit 5, Bell Lane, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2JLHayle 44-46 Fore Street, Copperhouse, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 4DYThame The Health Centre, East Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3JZThatcham Thatcham Health Centre, Bath Road, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 3HDTilehurst 32 Meadway Precinct, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4AAWolverhampton 2 Blackhalve Lane, The Scotlands, Wolverhampton, WV11 1BQBilston The Health Centre, Prouds Lane, Bilston, Wolverhampton, WV14 6PWWolverhampton 8 Trysull Road, Bradmore, Wolverhampton, WV3 7HTBrierley Hill Off Squires Court, Withymoor Village, Brierley Hill, DY5 3RJCastlecroft 92 Windmill Lane, Castlecroft, Wolverhampton, WV3 8HGMarch Riverside Medical Centre, 23 Marylebone Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 8BGBretton The Bretton Health Centre, Rightwell East, Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 8DTCambridge 68 Chesterton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1EPWisbech 8 De Havilland Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 3ANHartcliffe Unit 5, Peterson Avenue, Hartcliffe, Bristol, BS13 0BEWeston-Super-Mare 16 St Andrews Parade, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon, BS23 3SSBristol 98 High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, BS16 5HLWestbury On Trym 37 Southmead Rd, Westbury On Trym, Bristol, BS10 5DWSouthbourne Beaufort Road Surgery, 21 Beaufort Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 5AJPortland 54 Fortuneswell, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1LZLyme Regis 45 Broad St, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3QFWestham 26 Abbotsbury Rd, Westham, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 0AEMoordown 960 Wimborne Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 2DGNew Addington 1 Central Parade, New Addington, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 0JBHampton 28B Priory Road, Hampton, London, TW12 2NTCheam 2 Station Way, Cheam, Sutton, Surrey, SM3 8SWCarshalton 370 Middleton Road, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 1HAWhitton 100 High Street Whitton, London, TW2 7LNHampton 29 Tangley Park Road, Hampton, London, TW12 3YHPutney 383 Upper Richmond Rd, Putney, London, SW15 5QJLeeds 49-51 The Merrion Centre, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 8PJWakefield 82 Upper Warrengate, Peterson Road, Wakefield, WF1 4JZShipley 37 Market Square, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3QJEastmoor 64a Windhill Road, Eastmoor, Wakefield, WF1 4SDMirfield Mirfield Health Centre, Doctor Lane, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 8DULeeds 12-14 Kirkgate Market Ctr, Vicar Lane, Leeds, LS1 7JHKeighley 12 Main Street, Cross Hills, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 8TBHalton 204 Selby Road, Halton, Leeds, LS15 0LFBradford 845 Barkerend Road, Bradford, BD3 8QJHeaton 202 Haworth Road, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 6NJWakefield Lupset Medical Centre, George-A-Green Court, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 8FEGreengates Unit 3, New Line Retail Pk, Greengates, Bradford, BD10 9APLeeds 1 Moseley Place, Leeds, LS6 2RYLeeds 1 Moor Road, Hunslet Carr, Leeds, LS10 2JJRothwell Rothwell Health Centre, Stone Brig Lane, Rothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 0UEShipley 2 Oakminster House, The Grove, Baildon, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD17 6LRNuneaton 11-15 All Saints Square, Bedworth, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV12 8LPCoventry 94 Moseley Avenue, Coventry, CV6 1HQRugby Unit 15 Market Mall, Clock Towers Shopping Ctr, Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 2JRCoventry 163 Daventry Road, Coventry, CV3 5HDCoventry 116-118 Jardine Crescent, The Hill, Coventry, CV4 9PPCaterham Eothen House, Eothen Close, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6JUWest Byfleet 103 High Road, Byfleet, West Byfleet, Surrey, KT14 7QXThames Ditton 14 High Street, Thames Ditton, Surrey, KT7 0RYCranleigh 2 Mida House, Village Way, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AFShepperton 9 High Street, Shepperton, Surrey, TW17 9AJWoking York House Medical Centre, Heathside Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 7XLWoking 34 Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 7QQEsher 107A Hare Lane Claygate, Esher, Surrey, KT10 0QXGuildford 4 Kingfisher Parade, Merrow Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7EWCongleton 14-16 Bridge Street, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 1AYLitherland 35 Seaforth Road, Seaforth, Litherland, Liverpool, L21 3TXHoole 4 Faulkner Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3BDLiverpool 44 Castle Street , Liverpool, L2 7LALiverpool 6 Smithdown Place, Liverpool, L15 9EHFazakerley Unit 5, 46 Landford Ave Fazakerley, Liverpool, L9 6BRLiverpool 12-14 Childwall Abbey Rd, Liverpool, L16 0JNLiverpool 1A Greenbankad, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 3NQLiverpool 68/70 London Road, Liverpool, L3 5NFBirkenhead 30 Hoylake Road, Birkenhead, CH41 7BXWirral Commonfield Road Surgery, 156 Commonfield Road, Wirral, CH49 7LPRuncorn 21 High Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1APRuncorn Hallwood Health Ctr Pharm, Hospital Way, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2UTLiverpool 1A Greenbank Road, Liverpool, L18 1HG
Cineworld
Cineworld recently announced plans to close six UK sites in the coming months as part of a major restructuring plan.
The affected locations include:
GlasgowBedfordHinckleyLoughboroughYateSwindon.
A spokesperson for Cineworld explained: “We are implementing a restructuring plan that will provide our company with a strong platform to return our business to profitability, attract further investment from the group, and ensure a sustainable long-term future for Cineworld in the UK.”
This move comes as the cinema chain seeks to adapt to changing market conditions and consumer preferences in the entertainment industry.
Retail expert Nick Drewe, founder of Wethrift, commented on the store closures: “The combined effects of COVID-19 and Brexit have placed significant strain on the UK retail sector. The ongoing cost of living crisis has led consumers to reduce spending on non-essentials, particularly luxury items.”
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Tesco
The supermarket chain has announced the temporary closure of its superstore in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, from October 2024 to autumn 2025.
This closure is part of a renovation plan to refresh the store’s appearance and customer experience.
A Tesco spokesperson stated: “Our superstore will reopen in autumn 2025 with a refreshed look and feel, which we’re excited to share with customers.”
Unlike the permanent closures affecting Boots and Cineworld, Tesco’s move appears to be a strategic decision to invest in and modernise its existing retail space, demonstrating a commitment to maintaining its physical presence on the high street.