Wilko reveals exact date remaining 111 stores will close for good in October – see the full list
WILKO is to shut the doors of its last remaining stores on Sunday October 8 as the collapse of the historic retailer comes to a close.
The hardware and furnishings retailer tumbled into administration last month after it came under pressure from weak consumer spending and debts to suppliers.
The retailer will shut its final 111 stores in early October as part of the final phase of closures, administrators for PwC said.
But B&M and Poundland have purchased a handful of stores which could reopen in the future.
The Range last week snapped up the Wilko brand, including the name and website, in a £5million deal with administrators.
Now, a message on the Wilko website is promising customers that home delivery is “returning soon”.
Wilko was originally founded by James Kemsey Wilkinson in Leicester in 1930 and employed 12,500 workers before its collapse.
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 collapsed retailer is already in the process of closing the doors on a total of 86 shops this week, with all remaining sites to close by early October.
Within the past two weeks the chain has shut 90 locations across the country.
On September 12, 24 Wilko stores closed for good and on Thursday September 14, another 28 stores shut up shop.
Both of Wilko’s warehouses, called distribution centres, also closed on September 15.
A further 38 stores pulled down the shutters one last time on September 17.
Another round of 38 shops closed Tuesday, followed by 48 more branches shutting their doors on yesterday.
The firm will then close 37 stores after trading on Sunday, September 24.
Another 37 shops will then close for good on Tuesday, September 26.
And 37 more stores will shut forever on Thursday, September 28.
The boss of a popular homeware giant hinted yesterday 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.