Top 8+ major chains closing stores in 2025

It's a sad time for the iconic British high street. As more consumers purchase goods from the comfort of their sofa (thanks to the rise of online shopping), more and more physical stores are feeling the pinch. Some are affected so much that they're being forced to close. From almost 30 Poundland stores to a nostalgic (for millennials, anyway) fashion line, here are nine major UK chains that have closed or will be closing stores in 2025 (Picture: Getty Images)

Poundland - July 2025

• Dudley – closed July 18
• Telford – closed July 19
• Newquay – closing July 30
• Cowes, Isle of Wight – closing July 30 (Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

Poundland - August 10, 2025

• Ammanford
• Birmingham Fort
• Cardiff Valegate
• Cramlington
• Leicester
• Long Eaton
• Port Glasgow
• Seaham
• Shrewsbury
• Tunbridge Wells (Picture: PA)

Poundland - August 17, 2025

• Bedford
• Bidston Moss
• Broxburn
• Craigavon
• Dartmouth
• East Dulwich
• Falmouth
• Hull St Andrews
• Newtonabbey
• Perth
• Poole
• Sunderland
• Stafford
• Thornaby
• Worcester (Picture: ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock)

New Look UK

• New Look, Neath, Wales - closing August 6
• New Look, Hamilton, Scotland - closed July 1
• New Look, Birmingham, Northfield shopping centre - closed June 8
• New Look, Willow Place, Corby - closed June 1
• New Look Bexleyheath, London - closed April 19
• New Look, Preston - closed March 20
• New Look, Valley Retail World in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear - closed March 9
• St Austell branch in Cornwall - closed March 4
• New Look, Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales - closed February 22
• New Look, Wickford, Essex - closed January 24
• New Look, Carillon Court Shopping Centre, Loughborough - closed January 21.
• New Look, Devizes, Wiltshire - closed June 21 (Picture: Getty Images)

WHSmith

• Halstead, Essex – closed April
• Diss, Norfolk – closed April
• Newport, Wales – closed April
• Haverhill, Suffolk – closed April 26
• Woolwich, London – closed April
• Bedford – closed July 5
• Orpington, Greater London – no date given yet
• Oldham, Greater Manchester – closed May 3
• Stockton, County Durham – closed May 17
• West Mall, Frenchgate Centre, Doncaster – closed May 3 (Picture: EPA)

Hobbycraft - June 21, 2025

• Bagshot, Surrey
• Basildon, Essex
• Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
• Imperial Retail Park, Bristol
• Canterbury, Kent
• Cirencester, Gloucestershire
• Dunstable, Bedfordshire
• Epping Forest, Essex
• Lakeside Shopping Centre, Essex (Picture: Getty Images)

Select - April 2025

• Runcorn
• Ashton-under-Lyne
• Preston
• Thornby
• Middlesbrough
• Hull Hessle
• Scunthorpe
• Peterlee
• Scarborough
• Hatfield
• Wellingborough
• Witham
• Bristol Broadmead
• Bristol Broadwalk Shopping Centre
• Torquay
• Newport
• Southampton
• Chippenham
• Port Talbot
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Worksop
• South Shields
• Coalville
• Crewe
• Bletchley
• Hartlepool (Picture: Getty Images)

Homebase - March 2025

• 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 (Picture: Getty Images)

Beaverbrooks

• East Kilbride – closed March 16
• Dundee – closed March 16
• Birmingham Fort – closed March 23
• High Wycombe – closed March 23
• Huddersfield – closed April 5
• Croydon – closed April 6
• Sutton Coldfield – closed April 6 (Picture: Keith Mayhew/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Dobbies Garden Centre

• Rugby – closed January 19, 2025 (transferred to a new garden centre operator)
• Stapleton – closed January 19, 2025
• Morpeth – closed January 19, 2025 (transferred to a new garden centre operator)
• Havant – closed January 19, 2025 (transferred to a new garden centre operator)
• Hare Hatch – closed January 31, 2025
• Leicester – closed February 14, 2025
• Aylesbury – closed February 2025 (transferred to a new garden centre operator)
• Northampton – closed March 2, 2025 (transferred to a new garden centre operator) (Picture: Getty Images)