MORE than 29 Wilko shops are set to close their doors for good today as the retailer marks the end of an era.
The much-loved retailer will cease to be a fixture on the British high street by the end of this week, as shoppers rush to grab the remaining few deals on shelves.
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Many stores have already shut down and the last remaining ones will close their doors on Sunday, October 8.
Customers have posted the great deals going in the remaining stores, with some locations offering a stunning 40 to 80% off.
One customer shared: “Get yourselves to Norwich Wilko store… lights £5, floating shelves £3, dog stuff 75p. All sorts of shampoos, shaving gels are 50p to £1.50.
“Loads of bargains to be had quick.”
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The Norwich branch is set to close its doors at the end of day today, meaning the deals won’t last.
Wilko was founded in 1930 and the chain has remained in the ownership of the Wilkinsons family since then.
Sadly the popular discounter collapsed on August 10 after failing to find a buyer for the business.
Administrators did agree a sale of the retailer’s brand name and website to The Range so the brand name will live on.
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The website is set to reopen in October after all of the stores have shut.
Poundland also bought up 71 Wilko stores and said the former workers would be first in line for new jobs.
Rival discounter B&M also bought up 51 Wilko stores in a £13million deal.
All of the remaining stores have been slowly shutting up shop with the final wave of closures coming this week.
Below we reveal all of the Wilko closures happening this week.
Which Wilko stores are closing this week?
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:
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- 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
