High street store closures including WHSmith and Poundland – is your local closing?

It is feared more than 17,000 stores will shut this year as brands face higher costs from this April going forward, after 13,479 retail stores closed in the UK in 2024

Well-known highstreet brands including WHSmith, Poundland and Sports Direct are set to shut several stores over the next few weeks.

WHSmith has been slowly closing shops over the recent months, but this week it was announced the stationery retailer agreed to sell its 480 UK high street stores to investment firm Modella Capital. The deal valued £76million, with shops set to eventually rebrand as TGJones, meaning the famous WHSmith name will disappear after 233 years from town centres.

In 2024, a staggering 13,479 retail stores shut their doors in the UK, marking a 28% increase from 2023, as per The Centre for Retail Research. This equates to roughly 37 stores closing daily.

With retailers bracing for higher costs from this April due to increased employer National Insurance contributions and a rise in minimum wage, over 17,000 stores are predicted to close this year.

Our map reveals that more than 200 shops and banks have already ceased operations in 2025, including high-street favourites like New Look, Select Fashion, Monki and Quiz Clothing. Over 60 bank branches have also closed their doors in 2025, with Lloyds, Halifax, Barclays and Bank of Scotland among them.

WHSmith

• Halstead, Essex (April)
• Halesowen, West Midlands (April)
• Diss, Norfolk (April)
• Newport, Isle of Wight (April)
• Woolwich, London (April)
• Haverhill, Suffolk (April 26)
• Stockton, County Durham (May)
• Oldham, Greater Manchester (May)
• West Mall, Frenchgate Centre Doncaster (May 31)
• Orpington, Greater London (No date given yet)
• Fosse Park, Leicestershire
• Pontypridd, South Wales
• Rustington, West Sussex
• Scarborough, North Yorkshire
• Penzance, Cornwall
• Denton, Greater Manchester
• Wrexham, North Wales
• Longwater, Norwich, Norfolk
• Ely, Cambridgeshire
• Pontllanfraith, South Wales
• Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire
• Nantwich, Cheshire
• Pinhoe Road, Exeter, Devon
• Pepper Hill – Northfleet, Kent
• Marshall Lake, Solihull, West Midlands
• Rhyl, North Wales
• Lincoln, Lincolnshire
• Bridgemead, Swindon, Wiltshire
• Larkfield, Aylesford, Kent
• Whitchurch Bargates, Shropshire
• Sedlescombe Road, Hastings, East Sussex
• Barnstaple, Devon
• Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
• Kings Lynn Hardwick, Norfolk
• Truro, Cornwall
• Warren Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk
• Godalming, Surrey
• Hereford, Herefordshire
• Chichester, West Sussex
• Bognor Regis, West Sussex
• Newport, South Wales
• Talbot Heath, Dorset
• Rugby, Warwickshire
• Cannock, Staffordshire
• Leek, Staffordshire
• Winterstoke Road, Bristol
• Hazel Grove, Stockport, Greater Manchester
• Morecambe, Lancashire
• Darlington, County Durham
• Monks Cross, Huntington, North Yorkshire
• Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon
• Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex
• Durham, County Durham
• Bamber Bridge, Lancashire
• Weedon Road, Northampton, East Midlands
• Hempstead Valley, Kent
• Hedge End, Hampshire
• Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
• Thanet Westwood Cross, Kent
• Stanway, Colchester, Essex
• Castle Point, Essex
• Isle of Wight
• Keighley, West Yorkshire
• Swadlincote, Derbyshire
• Leicester North, East Midlands
• Wakefield Marsh Way, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• Torquay, Devon
• Waterlooville, Hampshire
• Macclesfield, Cheshire
• Harrogate, North Yorkshire
• Cheadle, Greater Manchester

Poundland

• Broadstairs, Kent (end of June)

Morrisons (convenience stores)

• Bath, Moorland Road
• Exeter, 51 Sidwell Street
• Goring-By-Sea, Strand Parade
• Gorleston, Lowestoft Road
• Great Barr, Queslett Road
• Haxby Village
• Peebles, 3-5 Old Town
• Poole, Waterloo Estate
• Romsey, The Cornmarket
• Selsdon, Featherbed Lane
• Shenfield, 214 Hutton Road
• Stewarton, Lainshaw Street
• Tonbridge Higham, Lane Est
• Whickham, Oakfield Road
• Woking, Westfield Road
• Wokingham, 40 Peach Street
• Worle

Morrisons

• Bradford Thornbury
• Paisley Falside Rd
• London Queensbury
• Portsmouth
• Great Park
• Banchory North Deeside Rd
• Failsworth Poplar Street
• Blackburn Railway Road
• Leeds Swinnow Rd
• London Wood Green
• Kirkham Poulton St
• Lutterworth Bitteswell Rd
• Stirchley
• Leeds Horsforth
• London Erith
• Crowborough
• Bellshill John St
• Dumbarton Glasgow Rd
• East Kilbride Lindsayfield
• East Kilbride Stewartfield
• Glasgow Newlands
• Largs Irvine Rd
• Troon Academy St
• Wishaw Kirk Rd
• Newcastle UT Cowgate
• Northampton Kettering Road
• Bromsgrove Buntsford Ind Pk
• Solihull Warwick Rd
• Brecon Free St
• Caernarfon North Rd
• Hadleigh
• London - Harrow - Hatch End
• High Wycombe Temple End
• Leighton Buzzard Lake St
• London Stratford
• Sidcup Westwood Lane
• Welwyn Garden City Black Fan Rd
• Warminster Weymouth St
• Oxted Station Yard
• Reigate Bell St
• Borehamwood
• Weybridge - Monument Hill
• Bathgate
• Erskine Bridgewater SC
• Gorleston Blackwell Road
• Connah’s Quay
• Mansfield Woodhouse
• Elland
• Gloucester - Metz Way
• Watford - Ascot Road
• Littlehampton - Wick
• Helensburgh

Scope

• Amersham
• Bangor
• Barking
• Beckenham
• Bexhill
• Bishop Auckland
• Bridgwater
• Castleford
• Christchurch
• Cambourne
• Devizes
• Dewsbury
• Eastbourne
• Ely
• Gillingham HS
• Halstead
• Haywards Heath
• Hertford
• Hinckley
• Kendal
• Lewisham
• Llandudno
• March
• Mitcham
• Morley
• New Milton
• Nuneaton
• Oadby
• Orpington
• Parkstone
• Petersfield
• Rochdale
• Scarborough
• Scunthorpe
• Shirley (Southampton)
• Skipton
• Stourbridge
• Wednesbury
• Welling

Sports Direct

• Cambridge, Newmarket Road (April 18)