Last week, Time Out reported that flooring retailer Carpetright was on the brink of collapse. The retail chain went into administration and now the company has confirmed that more than 200 stores across the UK will indeed be shutting up shop.
Rival furnishings brand Tapi made a rescue deal to buy 54 Carpetright stores, two warehouses and its intellectual property. The deal will save 308 jobs but still hasn’t been enough to save the majority of the business.
A Tapi spokesperson said: ‘As we looked into the details of the situation, we quickly established that saving the entire business was unviable.’ Apparently, the remaining 1,500 Carpetright employees will be made redundant in the next few weeks.
The news comes just after fellow British retailer Boots confirmed a huge wave of closures over the summer. So, here’s the full list of the 213 Carpetright stores and Furniture Villages (FV) set to shut over the coming days.
Carpetright store closures
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeen – Bridge Of Don
- Aberystwyth
- Abingdon
- Altrincham
- Andover
- Ashford
- Ashington
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Aylesbury
- Ayr
- Banbury
- Barnstaple
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Bath
- Bedford
- Belfast – Boucher Road
- Belfast – Newtownabbey
- Berwick
- BlackburnBlackpool
- Blyth
- Bolton
- Bolton (FV)
- Bracknell
- Braintree
- Brentford
- Bridgend
- Brighton
- Bristol – Cribbs
- Bristol Eagleswood Hub
- Bromley
- Burton upon Trent
- Bury St Edmunds
- Caerphilly
- Cambridge
- Cannock – Orbital
- Canterbury
- Cardiff – Culverhouse Cross
- Cardiff – Newport Road
- Carlisle
- Chadwell Heath
- Chelmsford
- Chelmsford (FV)
- Cheltenham
- Chester
- Christchurch
- Colchester
- Colindale
- Coventry – Alvis
- Crawley
- Crawley (FV)
- Crewe
- Croydon (FV)
- Cwmbran
- Dartford
- Derby
- Devizes
- Dorchester
- Dundee
- Dunfermline
- Dunstable
- Durham
- East Dereham
- East Grinstead
- East Kilbride
- Eastbourne
- Edinburgh – Newcraighall
- Edinburgh – Straiton
- Edmonton
- Elgin
- Enfield (FV)
- Evesham
- Exeter
- Falkirk
- Fareham
- Farnham
- Feltham
- Frome
- Gateshead
- Gerrards Cross
- Gillingham
- Glasgow GWR
- Glastonbury
- Glenrothes
- Gravesend
- Guernsey
- Guildford (FV)
- Guiseley
- Hanley
- Harlow
- Hartlepool
- Harwich
- Hastings
- Havant
- Haverfordwest
- Hazel Grove
- High Wycombe – Bellfield Rd
- Horsham
- Hull – Clough Road
- Hull – St Andrews Quay
- Huntingdon
- Inverness
- Ipswich – Euro
- Irvine
- Isle of Wight
- Jersey
- Keighley
- Kendal
- Kettering
- Kingston (FV)
- Kirkcaldy
- Leeds Birstall (FV)
- Leicester
- Letchworth
- Lincoln
- Liverpool – Aintree
- Livingston
- Llandudno
- Llanidloes – Hafren Furnishers
- London – Beckton
- London – Charlton
- London – Ealing Common
- London – Hammersmith
- London – Old Kent Road
- London – Staples Corner
- London – Streatham
- London – Walworth
- Lowestoft
- Manchester – Trafford Park
- Manchester (FV)
- Market Harborough
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Milton Keynes
- Newhaven
- Newport
- Newton Abbot
- Northallerton (within Barkers)
- Northampton
- Northampton (FV)
- Norwich – Sweet Briar
- Nottingham – Arnold
- Nottingham – Castle Meadow
- Nuneaton
- Oldbury
- Orpington
- Oswestry
- Oxford
- Oxford 2
- Paisley
- Perth
- Poole – Wessex Gate
- Portsmouth
- Preston
- Rayleigh
- Reading – Reading Gate
- Redditch
- Reigate
- Rochdale
- Romford – Gallows Corner
- Romford – Rom Valley
- Rugby
- Salisbury
- Sevenoaks
- Sheffield – Atkinsons Dept
- Sheffield – Drakehouse
- Sheffield – Meadowhall
- Shrewsbury
- Sittingbourne
- Slough
- Solihull
- South Ruislip
- Southampton – Nursling
- Southend
- Staines
- Stamford
- Stevenage
- Stirling
- Stockton Storeys
- Sudbury
- Sutton
- Swansea – Llansamlet
- Tamwort
- Taunton
- Telford (FV)
- Thetford
- Tonbridge
- Torquay
- Tunbridge Wells
- Uddingston
- Wakefield
- Wallasey
- Walton-on-Thames
- Warrington – Alban
- Warrington – Pinners Brow
- Washington Hub
- Waterlooville
- Watford
- Wednesbury (FV)
- Wellingborough
- Welwyn Garden City
- West Drayton
- West Thurrock
- Whitehaven
- Winchester
- Wisbech
- Wokingham
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- Worksop
- Wrexham
- York – Clifton Moor
- York (FV)
When are the stores closing?
It’s been reported that all 213 stores will be permanently closing within the next few weeks, though exact dates haven’t been revealed.
UK shop closures
From Costa to Boots and Wetherspoons, you can see the full list of UK high street closures in 2024 here.
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