A major UK charity retailer is set to close 190 shops across the country in what it describes as a 'first wave' of closures. Cancer Research UK will shut around 90 stores by the end of May, with an additional 100 expected to close by April 2027. Following these closures, only 320 'high-performing' locations will remain operational.
Financial Context
The charity stated that retail has 'played a critical role in our mission – delivering over £225m in contribution over the last 10 years.' However, Michelle Mitchell, CEO of Cancer Research UK, warned: 'Without action, we predict many of our shops will become unprofitable.' She added: 'This news will be difficult. Our decisions have been taken after serious consideration. We’re committed to supporting everyone affected by these changes, and will provide clear information and support throughout the process.'
Full List of Stores Closing by April 2027
The following 190 locations are scheduled for closure:
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- Aberdeen, 19 Rosemount Viaduct, AB25 1NE
- Airdrie, 5 Bank Street, ML6 6AF
- Armagh, 61 Scotch Street, BT61 7DF
- Arundel, 8 High Street, BN18 9AB
- Ashbourne, 3 Market Place, DE6 1EU
- Ashby, 36A-38A Market Street, LE65 1AN
- Aylesbury, 28 High Street, HP20 1SF
- Balham, 168 Balham High Road, SW12 9BW
- Ballymena, 49 Ballymoney Street, BT43 6AN
- Banbury, 9 Parsons Street, OX16 5LW
- Barkingside, 3/19 High Street, IG6 2AA
- Barnstaple, Gammon Walk, EX31 1DJ
- Beeston, 52 High Road, NG9 2JP
- Belfast, 593 Lisburn Road, BT9 7GS
- Belfast Bloomfield, 17 Bloomfield Avenue, BT4 1RX
- Bideford, 3 High Street, EX39 2AA
- Biggleswade, 24 High Street, SG18 0JL
- Birkenhead, Borough Pavement, CH41 2XX
- Birmingham, 245 High Street, Erdington, B23 6SS
- Birmingham, 67 High Street, Harborne, B17 9NS
- Bodmin, 6 Fore Street, PL31 2HQ
- Bognor, 1-2 Clock Walk, P021 1SG
- Bolton, 6 Newport Street, BL1 1NB
- Bradford, 34-36 Ivegate, BD1 1SW
- Braintree, 31 Bank Street, CM7 1UG
- Bramhall, 7 Bramhall Lane South, SK7 1AL
- Brentwood, 87 High Street, CM14 4RR
- Broadwater, 33 Broadwater Street West, Worthing, BN14 9BT
- Bromsgrove, 134-136 High Street, B61 8ES
- Brownhills, 45 High Street, WS8 6HH
- Burton On Trent, 25 Station St, DE14 1AU
- Castleford, 54D Carlton Street, WF10 1AH
- Cheadle, 11 High Street, Staffordshire, ST10 1AA
- Cheadle, 88-90 High Street, Cheshire, SK8 1AE
- Chesham, 34 High Street, HP5 1EP
- Chingford, 55 Old Church Road, E4 6SJ
- Clapham, 83 St Johns Road, SW11 1QY
- Clevedon, 1 Station Road, BS21 6NH
- Clydebank, 23 Sylvania Way South, G81 2UA
- Coatbridge, 20-22 Main Street, ML5 3AE
- Cotteridge, 20 Watford Road, Birmingham, B30 1JA
- Crewe, 10 Market Street, CW1 2EG
- Derby, 15 Babington Lane, DE1 1TA
- Derby, 826 Osmaston Road, Allenton, DE24 9AA
- Dewsbury, 22 Longcauseway, WF12 8EN
- Dudley, 258 Castle Street, DY1 1LQ
- Dumfries, 114-116 Friars Vennel, DG1 2RE
- Dungannon, 33 Market Square, BT70 1JD
- East Barnet, 276 East Barnet Road, EN4 8TD
- East Dereham, 9 High Street, NR19 1DZ
- East Ham, 154 High Street North, E6 2HT
- Edinburgh, 9-10 Ormiston Terrace, Corstorphine, EH12 7SJ
- Edinburgh, 11 South Clerk Street, EH8 9JD
- Enniskillen, 25 Townhall Street, BT74 7BD
- Epping, 197 High Street, CM16 4BL
- Exeter, 145 Sidwell Street, EX4 6RT
- Fakenham, 26 Market Place, NR21 9BS
- Falkirk, 18 Vicar Street, FK1 1JL
- Finaghy, 129 Upper Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT10 OLH
- Fort William, 8 Tweeddale Buildings, High Street, PH33 6EU
- Fraserburgh, 12 Broad Street, AB43 9AH
- Fulham, 350 North End Road, SW6 1NB
- Galashiels, 55 High Street, TD1 1RZ
- Gillingham, 90 High Street, ME7 1AX
- Glasgow, 420-424 Victoria Road, G42 8YZ
- Glasgow, 269 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3HQ
- Glossop, 5 High Street West, SK13 8AL
- Gloucester, 12 The Oxbode, GL1 1RZ
- Gosport, 98 High Street, PO12 1DS
- Gravesend, 34 New Road, DA11 0AB
- Greenock, 32 West Blackhall Street, PA15 1UE
- Guernsey, 37 Le Pollet, GY1 1ZG
- Halesowen, 79 High Street, B63 3BQ
- Harrogate, 24A Oxford Street, HG1 1PU
- Harrogate, 7 Beulah Street, HG1 1QQ
- Hazel Grove, 129B-C London Road, Stockport, SK74HH
- Headington, 114 London Road, OX3 9AX
- Headington, 79C-81A London Road, OX3 9AA
- Heathfield, Pelham House, High Street, TN21 8HS
- Hemel Hempstead, 101 Marlowes, HP1 1LF
- High Wycombe, 8 Church Street, HP11 2DE
- Hitchin, 16 High Street, SG5 1AT
- Hornchurch, 8 Station Lane, RM12 6NJ
- Huddersfield, 5 Ramsden Street, HD1 2SX
- Inverness, 1 Drummond Street, IV1 1QDJ
- Jersey, 56/57 Halkett Place, JE2 4WG
- Kelso, 20 Bridge Street, TD5 7JD
- Kenilworth, 56-58 Warwick Road, CV8 1HH
- Keswick, 24 Main Street, CA12 5JD
- Kettering, 26 High Street, NN16 8ST
- Kings Lynn, 61 High Street, PE30 1AY
- Lancaster, 54-54A Market Street, LA1 1HS
- Leeds, 28 L&S Lane, LS1 6LB
- Leek, 14 Derby Street, ST13 5AB
- Leicester, 2 Horsefair Street, LE1 5BN
- Lincoln, 254 High Street, E20 1QJ
- Lisburn, 4 Smithfield Square, BT28 1AD
- Louth, 20 Market Place, LN11 9PD
- Lowestoft, Unit 1, 112 London Road North, NR32 1HA
- Ludlow, 3 Castle Street, SY8 1AS
- Macclesfield, 70 Mill Street, SK11 6NH
- Maidenhead, 101 High Street, SL6 1JX
- Maidstone, 19 Gabriels Hill, ME15 6HR
- Market Drayton, 27 High Street, TF9 1QF
- Market Harborough, 6 Coventry Road, LE16 9BZ
- Melton Mowbray, 6 South Parade, LE13 OPU
- Mere Green, 280 Lichfield Road, Four Oaks, B74 2UG
- Merthyr Tydfil, 14 Graham Way, CF47 8BT
- Mill Hill, 37 The Broadway, NW7 3DA
- Moreton, 242 Hoylake Road, CH46 6AD
- Motherwell, 75 Brandon Parade South, ML1 1RB
- Musselburgh, 102-4 High Street, EH21 7EA
- Neath, Old Market Street, SA11 3NA
- Newark, 26 Stodman Street, NG24 1AW
- Newbury, 27 Market Place, RG14 5AA
- Newcastle Under Lyme, 19 Ironmarket, ST5 1RF
- Newton Abbot, 18 Queen Street, TQ12 2EF
- Northallerton, 140 High Street, DL7 8PE
- Northampton, 3 The Parade, NN1 2EA
- Northampton, 8 Sheep Street, NN1 2LU
- Northwich, 19A Witton Street, CW9 5DE
- Northwood, 38 Green Lane, HA6 2QB
- Nottingham, 7 Friar Lane, NG1 6BS
- Oldham, 22 High Street, OL1 1JA
- Otley, 4 Kirkgate, LS21 3HJ
- Paddock Wood, 5 Commercial Road, TN12 6EN
- Paisley, 43 Causeyside Street, PA1 1YL
- Palmers Green, 353 Green Lanes, N13 4JG
- Peebles, 52 High Street, EH45 8SW
- Penrith, 10 Angel Lane, CA117BP
- Perth, 27 Scott Street, PH1 5TQ
- Peterborough, 22 Westgate, PE1 2SY
- Peterhead, 5 Drummers Corner, AB42 1ZP
- Plymouth, 73F Mutley Plain, PL4 6JJ
- Port Talbot, 109 Station Road, SA13 1NR
- Rawtenstall, 46 Bank Street, BB4 8DY
- Redditch, 4 Market Place, B98 8AA
- Redruth, 71 Fore Street, TR15 2AF
- Retford, 25 Carolgate, DN22 6BZ
- Ripon, 26 Market Place West, HG4 1BN
- Romford, 102 South Street, RM1 1RX
- Ross On Wye, 11 Market Place, HR9 5NU
- Rotherham, 74 Effingham Street, S65 1AL
- Rothesay, 101 Montague Street, PA20 OHW
- Ruislip, 87 High Street, HA4 8JB
- Rushden, 22 High Street, NN10 0PW
- Scunthorpe, 97 High Street, DN15 6LY
- Selby, 40A Gowthorpe, YO8 4ET
- Sevenoaks, 137 High Street, TN13 1UX
- Sheffield, 411 Ecclesall Road, S11 8PG
- Shipley, 22 Market Square, BD18 3QJ
- Shrewsbury, 9 High Street, SY1 1SP
- Sidmouth, 19 Fore Street, EX10 8AL
- Sittingbourne, 23 The Forum Shopping Centre, ME10 3DL
- Skipton, 91 Caroline Square, BD23 1DA
- Slough, 8 Park Street, SL1 1PD
- South Harrow, 310 Northolt Road, HA2 8EE
- Southampton, The Broadway, Portswood, SO17 2NH
- Southend On Sea, 5 Warrior House, Southchurch Road, SS1 2LZ
- Southport, 565 Lord Street, PR9 OBB
- Spalding, 28 Hall Place, PE11 1SG
- St Ives, 6 High Street, TR26 1RR
- Stalybridge, 44A Grosvenor Road, SK15 1RR
- Stanmore, 24 The Broadway, HA7 4DW
- Stirling, 76 Murray Place, FK8 2BX
- Stockport, 26 Princes Street, SK1 1SE
- Stoke, 44 Devonport Road, Plymouth, PL3 4DH
- Stratford Upon Avon, 26 Wood Street, CV37 6JF
- Sudbury, 21 Market Hill, CO10 2EA
- Surbiton, 26 Victoria Road, KT6 4JZ
- Sutton In Ashfield, 97 Outram Street, NG17 4BG
- Swansea, 19 Union Street, SA1 3EH
- Swindon, 28 Havelock Street, SN1 1SD
- Taunton, 7 North Street, TA1 1LH
- Tenby, Brecknock House, 4 Tudor Square, SA70 7AD
- Tenterden, 17 High Street, TN30 6BN
- Thurso, 7 High Street, KW14 8AG
- Tiverton, 15 Bampton Street, EX16 6AA
- Truro, 4 River Street, TR1 2SQ
- Ulverston, 4 King Street, LA12 7DY
- Urmston, 16 Station Road, M41 9JN
- Warrington, 37 Sankey Street, WA1 1XG
- Welling, 26C Bellegrove Road, DA16 3PU
- Welwyn Garden City, 20 Howardsgate, AL8 6BQ
- West Bromwich, 203 High Street, B70 7QZ
- Weymouth, 29 St Mary Street, DT4 8PN
- Whitby, 70 Baxtergate, YO21 1BL
- Whitton, 93 High Street, TW2 7LD
- Wick, 36 Bridge Street, KW1 4NG
- Widnes, 69-71 Widnes Road, WA8 6AZ
- Wigston, 6 Bell Street, LE18 1AD
- Wilmslow, 21 Water Lane, SK9 5AE
- Wishaw, 32 Main Street, ML2 7AF
- Woodbridge, 4A The Thoroughfare, IP12 1AG
- Worcester, 27A The Cross, WR1 3PZ
- Workington, 26-32 Murray Road, CA14 2AG
- Yeovil, 32 Middle Street, BA20 1LY
