Is Wilko closing? Full list of stores shutting for good

WILKO stores will soon become a distant memory on the British high street after more than 90 years.

The beloved retailer tumbled into administration in August before a flurry of potential buyers expressed an interest.

But sadly, a buyer for the whole business couldn't be found and it has since been announced all 400 shops will close by October.

It will see thousands of Wilko employees made redundant.

Administrators have agreed the sale of the retailer’s brand name and website to The Range, so the name will live on elsewhere.

The closure dates for all remaining stores have now been confirmed.

In September, PwC confirmed they had agreed the sale of the retailer’s brand name to The Range in a £5million deal.

The deal will see the Wilko website reopen in October after all shops shut for good, and the brand name will also live on.

As part of the agreement, which also includes Wilko's intellectual property, 36 jobs have been saved as the employees transfer over to the discounter.

In September, Poundland swooped in to snap up 71 Wilko stores and said former workers would be first in line for new jobs.

The discount chain said that it will rebrand the stores and have them ready for Christmas trading. 

Administrators have already agreed to a roughly £13million deal to sell up to 51 Wilko stores to rival B&M.

Each of the 122 stores bought by the discount chains will be rebranded under their new owner's name.

Below we reveal the full list of stores and their closure dates.

Which Wilko stores are closing?

The stores listed below closed on Tuesday, September 12:

• Acton
• Aldershot
• Barking
• Bishop Auckland
• Bletchley FF
• Brownhills
• Camberley
• Cardiff Bay Retail Park
• Falmouth
• Harpurhey
• Irvine
• Liverpool Edge Lane
• Llandudno
• Lowestoft
• Morley
• Nelson
• Port Talbot
• Putney
• Stafford
• Tunbridge Wells
• Wakefield
• Weston-super-Mare
• Westwood Cross
• Winsford

The stores listed below closed on Thursday, September 14:

• Ashford
• Avonmeads
• Banbury
• Barrow in Furness
• Basildon
• Belle Vale
• Burnley (Relocation)
• Clydebank
• Cortonwood
• Dagenham
• Dewsbury
• Eccles
• Folkestone
• Great Yarmouth
• Hammersmith
• Huddersfield
• Morriston
• New Malden
• North Shields
• Queen Street Cardiff
• Rhyl
• Southampton-West Quay
• St Austell
• Stockport
• Truro
• Uttoxeter
• Walsall
• Woking

The stores listed below closed on Sunday, September 17:

• Accrington
• Ashington
• Blackwood
• Bognor Regis
• Bradford
• Bury St Edmunds
• Coalville
• Crawley
• Droylsden
• Ellesmere Port
• Falkirk
• Ferndown
• Hanley
• Humberstone
• Huyton
• Kensington High Street
• Kings Heath
• Lakeside
• Leigh
• Letchworth
• Maidenhead
• Market Harborough
• Melton Mowbray
• Newport
• Orpington
• Pontefract
• Pontypool
• Redruth
• Rugeley
• Shirley
• Southport
• Sovereign Harbour
• Torquay
• Wimbledon
• Wombwell
• Woodhouse Lane - Leeds
• Worcester
• Workington

These stores listed below closed on Tuesday, September 19:

• Aberdare
• Alfreton
• Ashby
• Barnstaple
• Belper
• Beverley
• BlackheathBrigg
• Byker, Chepstow
• Clifton Nottingham
• Colindale
• Devizes
• Didcot
• Earlestown
• East Ham
• Great Bridge
• Greenbridge
• Grimsby
• Hessle Road - Hull
• Jarrow
• Kimberley
• Leighton Buzzard
• Long Eaton
• Maesteg
• Matlock
• Middleton
• Newton Abbot
• Redcar
• Ripley
• Seaham
• Sherwood
• Stamford
• Stevenage
• Swanley
• Tamworth
• Wrexham
• Wythenshawe

The stores listed below closed on Thursday, September 21:

• Allestree
• Andover
• Bedford
• Beeston
• Bicester
• Bloxwich
• Bolton
• Bordon
• Bransholme
• Bridgend, Bury
• Carlton
• Clacton on Sea
• Cramlington
• Crewe
• Cwmbran
• Cyfarthfa
• Denton
• Driffield
• Droitwich
• Edmonton Green
• Farnborough
• Fort Kinnaird
• Fulham
• Gateshead
• Gorleston
• Grays
• Greenock
• Havant
• Hereford
• Hillsborough
• Holyhead
• Newton Aycliffe
• Northampton
• Orton
• Parc Trostre Llanelli
• Penge
• Peterlee
• Pwllheli
• Shrewsbury
• Slough
• Swindon
• Tamworth Retail Park
• Taunton
• Walton on Thames
• Wheatley Retail Park
• Wigan
• Wolverhampton
• Altrincham, Greater Manchester
• Ashton, Greater Manchester
• Barry, Wales
• Bridgwater, Somerset
• Cleveleys, Lancashire
• Cockermouth, Cumbria
• Crossgates, Leeds
• Darlington, County Durham
• Dartford, Kent
• Dereham, Norfolk
• Giltbrook, Nottingham
• Great Malvern, Worcestershire
• Haverfordwest, Wales
• Headingley, West Yorkshire
• High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
• Ilkeston, Derbyshire
• Killingworth, North Tyneside
• Lichfield, Staffordshire
• Louth, Lincolnshire
• Market Drayton, Shropshire
• Northfield, Birmingham
• Oakham, Rutland
• Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
• Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Ramsgate, Kent
• Skelmersdale, Lancashire
• Staines, Surrey
• Strood, Kent
• Stroud, Gloucestershire
• Thamesmead, Greater London
• Thetford, Norfolk
• Trowbridge, Wiltshire
• Walthamstow, Greater London
• Warrington, Lancashire
• Waterlooville, Hampshire
• Winton, Dorset
• Yiewsley, Greater London

The following stores will close for good on Monday, September 25:

• Altrincham, Greater Manchester
• Ashton, Greater Manchester
• Barry, Wales
• Bridgwater, Somerset
• Cleveleys, Lancashire
• Cockermouth, Cumbria
• Crossgates, Leeds
• Darlington, County Durham
• Dartford, Kent
• Dereham, Norfolk
• Giltbrook, Nottingham
• Great Malvern, Worcestershire
• Haverfordwest, Wales
• Headingley, West Yorkshire
• High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
• Ilkeston, Derbyshire
• Killingworth, North Tyneside
• Lichfield, Staffordshire
• Louth, Lincolnshire
• Market Drayton, Shropshire
• Northfield, Birmingham
• Oakham, Rutland
• Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
• Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Ramsgate, Kent
• Skelmersdale, Lancashire
• Staines, Surrey
• Strood, Kent
• Stroud, Gloucestershire
• Thamesmead, Greater London
• Thetford, Norfolk
• Trowbridge, Wiltshire
• Walthamstow, Greater London
• Warrington, Lancashire
• Waterlooville, Hampshire
• Winton, Dorset
• Yiewsley, Greater London

The following stores will close for good on Wednesday, September 27:

• Acocks Green, Birmingham, West Midlands
• Alnwick, Northumberland
• Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales
• Armley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
• Arnison-Durham, Durham, County Durham
• Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Blyth, Northumberland
• Boston, Lincolnshire, East Midlands
• Brentwood, Essex
• Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
• Chester Le Street, County Durham
• Gillingham, Kent
• Gloucester, Gloucestershire
• Greenwich, London
• Halesowen, Dudley, West Midlands
• Harlow, Essex
• Hartlepool, County Durham
• Kidderminster, Worcestershire
• Lewisham, London
• Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
• Meadowhall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• Motherwell, North Lanarkshire
• Newark, Nottinghamshire
• Nuneaton, Warwickshire
• Rainham, London
• Runcorn, Cheshire
• Six Acre Shopping Centre, Sale, Greater Manchester
• Salford, Greater Manchester
• South Shields, Tyne and Wear
• Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
• Thornaby, North Yorkshire
• Watford, Hertfordshire
• Wellington, Somerset
• Whitehaven, Cumbria
• Wigston, Leicestershire
• Worksop, Nottinghamshire
• Yeovil, Somerset

The following stores will close for good on Friday, September 29:

• Allenton, Derby, Derbyshire
• Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
• Bedminster, Bristol
• Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
• Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset
• Bull Ring, Birmingham, West Midlands
• Chippenham, Wiltshire
• Clowne, Derbyshire
• Corby, Northamptonshire
• Cowley, Oxfordshire
• Dudley, West Midlands
• Fareham, Hampshire
• Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
• Gravesend, Kent
• Hayes, Middlesex
• Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
• Hull, East Yorkshire
• Kenilworth, Warwickshire
• Kettering, Northamptonshire
• Kings Lynn, Norfolk
• Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
• Leek, Staffordshire
• Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
• Middlebrook, Bolton, Greater Manchester
• Mildenhall, Suffolk
• Newbury, Berkshire
• Northallerton, North Yorkshire
• Redditch, Worcestershire
• Redhill, Surrey
• Retford, Nottinghamshire
• Rugby, Warwickshire
• Rushden, Northamptonshire
• Spalding, Lincolnshire
• St Helens, Merseyside
• Syston, Leicestershire
• Wallasey, Merseyside
• Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

The following stores will shut on Tuesday, October 3:

• Hounslow, Greater London
• St Albans, Hertfordshire
• Dunstable, Bedfordshire
• Weston Favell, Northampton
• Bristol
• Lancaster, Lancashire
• Leeds Trinity, West Yorkshire
• Reading, Berkshire
• Poole, Dorset
• Lincoln, Lincolnshire
• Halifax, West Yorkshire
• Washington, Newcastle upon Tyne
• Hitchin, Hertfordshire
• Chatham, Kent
• Southend, Essex
• Metro Centre, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
• Epsom, Surrey
• Cannon Park, Coventry, Warwickshire
• Norwich, Norfolk
• Preston, Lancashire
• Canterbury, Kent
• Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
• Carlisle, Cumbria
• Barnsley, South Yorkshire
• Kingswood, Bristol
• Colchester, Essex
• Ilford, Greater London
• Maidstone, Kent
• Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

The following stores will shut on Thursday, October 5:

• Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire
• Tottenham Hale, Greater London
• Worthing, West Sussex
• Romford, Greater London
• Selly Oak, Birmingham
• Wembley, London
• Birstall, West Yorkshire
• Uxbridge, Greater London
• Burton, Staffordshire
• Lee Circle, Leicester, Leicestershire
• West Ealing, London
• Blackburn, Lancaster
• Bexleyheath, Greater London
• The Beacon Eastbourne, East Sussex
• Weymouth, Dorset
• Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
• Beaumont Leys, Leicester, Leicestershire
• Hinckley, Leicestershire
• Livingston, Scotland
• Chelmsford, Essex
• Riverside Shopping Centre, Northampton, East Midlands
• Sittingbourne, Kent
• Stourbridge, West Midlands
• Manchester, Greater Manchester
• Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
• Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire
• Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Clifton Moor, York, North Yorkshire
• Burgess Hill, West Sussex
• Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway
• Harrow, London
• Tooting, London
• Telford, Shropshire
• Ipswich, Suffolk
• St James Retail Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• Nottingham, Midlands
• Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
• Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
• Frenchgate Shopping Centre, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
• Clifton, Bristol

The following stores will shut on Sunday, October 8:

• Neath, Neath Port Talbot
• Bromley, London
• Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
• Cardiff, South Glamorgan
• Selby, North Yorkshire
• Arnold, Nottinghamshire
• Portsmouth, Hampshire
• Oswestry, Shropshire
• Chester, Cheshire
• Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
• Ayr, South Ayrshire
• Widnes, Cheshire
• Horsham, West Sussex
• Birkenhead, Merseyside
• Kingston Centre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
• Parkgate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
• Perry Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands
• Castleford, West Yorkshire
• Porthmadog, Caernarfonshire
• Brighouse, West Yorkshire
• Chelmsley Wood, West Midlands
• Swansea, Wales
• Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
• Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
• Silverlink, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
• Chesterfield, Derbyshire
• Sutton, Surrey
• Derby, Derbyshire
• Scarborough, North Yorkshire
• Crystal Peaks, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• Plymouth, Devon
• Ely, Cambridgeshire
• Loughborough, Leicestershire
• Liverpool, Merseyside
• Stratford, London
• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
• Coventry, West Midlands
• Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• Exeter, Devon
• Luton, Bedfordshire
• Wood Green, London

The boss of another popular homeware giant has hinted that it could take over Wilko stores as part of plans to open up to 20 new shops.

Dunelm has said it expects to acquire several former Wilko locations.

Meanwhile, Wilko staff have issued an urgent plea to shoppers before it shuts its doors for good.

Plus, another major supermarket has revealed it could take over Wilko sites as part of a huge expansion.