Full list of Carpetright stores at risk of closure as company faces collapse

12.07.2024 18:22

«Metro UK»

Carpetright is on the brink of going under and 272 stores in the UK are at risk of being shut down for good (Picture: Getty Images)

Carpetright is set to collapse into administration putting all 272 of its stores across the UK and Republic of Ireland at risk of closure.

One of Britain’s biggest flooring retailers confirmed today it had filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

If the company- founded by Lord Philip Harris of Peckham in 1988 – was to go under, it could result in at least 1,850 job losses and even as many as 3,000.

Going into administration will give Carpetright 10 days of protection while continuing the hunt for a buyer after the business was put up for sale earlier this week.

The cost of living crisis is thought to be the main contributing factor to the slump of Carpetright, which has seen sales severely impacted, as well as the knock-on effect of the Covid pandemic.

A cyber attack in April and strong competition from rivals is also blamed for a drop in trade.

Full list of Carpetright stores at risk of closure in the UK and Ireland

Carpetright stores all over the UK are at risk and as many as 3,000 jobs could be lost (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A total of 272 stores are now at risk of closure in the UK.

Of those, 223 are in England, 24 in Scotland, 13 in Wales, two in Northern Ireland, two in the Channel Islands and seven in the Republic of Ireland.

Take a look below at all the stores which now face being shut down. The list is broken down by country and county.

England

Bedfordshire

Bedford
Dunstable

Berkshire

Bracknell
Newbury
Reading Gate Retail Park
Slough
Wokingham

Bolton

Middlebrook Retail Park, within Furniture Village

Bristol

Cribbs Causeway
Longwell Green

Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury
Gerrards Cross
High Wycombe – Bellfield Road
High Wycombe – Loudwater
Milton Keynes

Cambridgeshire

Cambridge
Huntingdon
Newmarket
Peterborough
Wisbech

Cheshire

Altrincham
Chester
Crewe
Warrington – Alban Retail Park
Warrington – Pinners Brow Retail Park

Cornwall

Redruth
Truro

County Durham

Durham
Hartlepool
Stockton-on-Tees

Cumbria

Barrow-in-Furness
Carlisle
Kendal
Whitehaven

Derbyshire

Chesterfield
Derby

Devon

Barnstaple
Exeter
Newton ABbot
Plymouth
Torquay

Dorset

Christchurch
Dorchester
Poole
Weymouth

East Sussex

Brighton
Eastbourne
Hastings
Hove
Newhaven

Essex

Basildon
Braintree
Chelmsford – Chelmer Village Retail Park
Chelmsford – Clock Tower Retail Park, within Furniture Village
Clacton-on-Sea
Colchester
Harlow
Harwich
Rayleigh
Romford – Chadwell Heath
Romford – Gallows Corner
Romford – Rom Valley Retail Park
Southend-on-Sea
West Thurrock

Gloucestershire

Cheltenham

Hampshire

Andover
Fareham
Farnborough
Havant
Portsmouth
Southampton – Hedge End
Southampton – Nursling
Waterlooville
Winchester

Herefordshire

Hereford Retail Park

Hertfordshire

Hemel Hempstead
Letchworth
Stevenage
Watford
Welwyn Garden City

Humberside

Hull – Clough Road Retail Park
Hull – St Andrews Quay

Isle of Wight

Gunbille Trading Estate – Taylor Road

Kent

Ashford
Bromley
Canterbury
Dartford
Gillingham
Gravesend
Maidstone
Orpington
Sevenoaks
Sittingbourne
Tonbridge
Tunbridge Wells
West Wickham

Lancashire

Blackburn
Blackpool
Lancaster
Preston

Leicestershire

Leicester
Market Harborough

Lincolnshire

Lincoln
Stamford

Lord Philip Harris of Peckham founded Carpetright in 1988 (Picture: Reuters)

London

Beckton
Camberwell – Walworth
Camden
Charlton
Clapham
Colindale
Croydon
Ealing
East Sheen
Edmonton
Friern Barnet
Hammersmith
Holloway
New Malden
Southwark
Staples Corner
Streatham
West Drayton
Whetstone
Wimbledon

Manchester

Ashton-under-Lyne
Bolton
Cheadle
Manchester – Trafford Park
Manchester – White City, within Furniture Village
Rochdale
Stockport

Merseyside

Liverpool
Wallasey

Middlesex

Brentford
Enfield
Feltham
Ruislip
Staines
Teddington

Norfolk

Dereham
Norwich – Sprowston
Norwich – Sweet Briar Retail Park
Thetford

Northamptonshire

Kettering
Northampton – Riverside Retail Park, within Furniture Village
Northampton – Nene Valley Retail Park
Wellingborough

Northumberland

Ashington
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Blyth
Cramlington

North Yorkshire

Northallerton
York

Nottinghamshire

Mansfield
Nottingham – Arnold
Nottingham – Castle Meadow Retail Park
Worksop

Oxfordshire

Abingdon
Banbury
Oxford

Shropshire

Oswestry
Shrewsbury
Telford

Somerset

Bath
Frome
Glastonbury
Taunton
Weston-super-Mare
Yeovil

South Yorkshire

Sheffield – Atkinsons Dept Store
Sheffield – Drakehouse Retail Park
Sheffield – Meadowhall Retail Park

Staffordshire

Burton-on-Trent
Cannock
Stoke-on-Trent
Tamworth

Suffolk

Bury St Edmunds
Ipswich – Anglia Park
Ipswich – Euro Retail Park
Lowestoft
Sudbury

Surrey

Epsom
Farnham
Guildford
New Malden
Reigate
Sutton
Walton-on-Thames
Woking

Tyne and Wear

Gateshead – Gibside Way, within Furniture Village
Gateshead – Retail World, Team Valley Trading Estate
North Shields
Washington

Warwickshire

Nuneaton
Rugby

West Midlands

Coventry – Alvis Retail Park
Coventry – Airport Retail Park
Birmingham – Erdington
Oldbury
Solihull
Wednesbury – within Furniture Village
Wolverhampton

West Sussex

Chichester
Crawley – London Road
Crawley – County Oak Retail Park, within Furniture Village
East Grinstead
Haywards Heath
Horsham

West Yorkshire

Birstall
Keighley
Leeds
Leeds – Kirkstall
Wakefield

Wiltshire

Chippenham
Devizes
Salisbury
Swindon
Trowbridge

Worcestershire

Evesham
Redditch
Worcester

Yorkshire

York – Clifton Moor Retail Park, within Furniture Village

Carpetright is one of the biggest flooring companies in the UK (Picture: Carpetright.co.uk)

Scotland

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen – Kittybrewster Retail Park
Aberdeen – Bridge of Don

Ayrshire

Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries Retail Park

Dunbartonshire

Dumbarton

Fife

Dunfermline
Glenrothes
Kirkcaldy

Glasgow

Uddingston – Carpets & Flooring

Highland

Inverness

Lanarkshire

East Kilbride

Lothian

Edinburgh – Hermiston Gait
Edinburgh – Newcraighall
Livingston
Straiton

Moray

Elgin

Strathclyde

Bishopbriggs
Glasgow
Irvine
Paisley

Stirlingshire

Falkirk
Stirling

Tayshire

Perth

Tayside

Dundee

The CEO of the company which owns Carpetright says it remains ‘focused on securing external investment to ensure as few customers and colleagues are impacted as possible’ (Picture: Getty Images)

Wales

Aberystwyth, Dyfed
Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan
Caerphilly, South Wales
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Carmarthen, Dyfed
Culverhouse Cross, South Glamorgan
Cwmbran, Gwent
Haverfordwest, Dyfed
Llandudno, Clwyd
Llanidloes, Powys – Hafren Furnishers
Newport, Gwent
Swansea, West Glamorgan – Llansamlet Enterprise Park
Wrexham, Clwyd

Northern Ireland

Belfast, County Antrim
Newtownabbey, County Antrim

Republic of Ireland

Dublin – Leopardstown
Dublin – Liffey Valley
Dublin – Tallaght
Dublin – Swords
Kildare – Naas Retail Park
Kilkenny
Wexford

Channel Islands

Guernsey
Jersey

Kevin Barrett, CEO of Nestware Holdings, said: ‘We remain focussed on securing external investment to ensure as few customers and colleagues are impacted as possible.

‘They are our main priority and we are taking all appropriate action to make sure they are informed and supported through this process.

‘We have begun promising conversations with interested parties that are moving in the right direction, encouraging us that Carpetright has a viable future.’

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