Focus DIY - Store list with closing dates (please contribute)

anewman

In light of recent posts, including http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=604910 it seems likely that going to a Focus DIY store near it's closing date is a good time to go to purchase goods. Holding out till the last minute may well mean they no longer have something you want for sale, but if you're in luck you could be quids in.

If you know of any closing dates, please reply to this thread with store and exact closing date and I will try maintain the list in this first post.

If they have loads and loads of one partcular product in a particular store (like 2 aisles full of paving tiles), this information may also be useful to keep next to the store location.

Hopefully this can be useful.

Thanks to sweep9 for the following warning.

BIG WARNING!!! - Even though closing date says 1/12, it may close the day before (ie. Horwich on the paperwork says Sat 24/11 but it closed on the Friday 23/11)

Note none of the dates are guaranteed as they all seem to change.

Reported closing Date

Andover - 29/12/2007
Barnsley (No Frills) - 6/01/2008
Blackburn (Bank Top) - 28/01/2008
Bracknell - 17/12/2007
Dumfries - 1/12/2007
Evesham - 13/12/2007
Flint - 21/12/2007
Glossop, Derbyshire - 16/12/2007
Kidderminster, Worcestershire - 23/12/2007
Liskeard, Cornwall - 1/12/2007
Mansfield - 21/12/2007
Scvnthorpe - 24/12/2007
Shipley, West Yorkshire - Closure date was reported to be 23/12/2007, although it has now apparently pulled off the closure list
Stockport, Cheadle Heath - 5/12/2007
Willerby (Hull) 1/12/2007
Yeovil 1/12/2007

Reported approximate closure dates

Bedford, Ashburnham Rd - by end of march
Brislington, Bristol - 12/2007 - 01/2008
Bromley, Kent - 01/2008
Cardiff, Newport Road 01/2008
Lincoln - Closure date was reported to be soon, although it has now apparently pulled off the closure list
Paisley - 01/2008
Peterborough - by either 01/2008 or 03/2008
Poole, Dorset - 01/2008
Rochdale - by end of 01/2008
Telford - 01/2008
Towcester, Northamptonshire - 1/12/2007 or 8/12/2007 - currently not much left
Truro, Cornwall - late 01/2008

Unknown date but believed to be closing

Airdrie
Banbury
Blackpool
Bolton
Cannock
Carlisle
Colchester
Colchester
Doncaster
Hanley, Stoke-On-Trent
Hereford
Kilmarnock
Macclesfield
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Mansfield
Nottingham, Perry Road
Nottingham, Netherfield
Oswestry, Shropshire
Plumstead, London
Plymouth
Rotherham
South Ruislip, Gtr London
St Albans
Stafford
Swindon, Wiltshire
Tamworth, Staffordshire
Waterlooville, Hampshire
Weston Super Mare
Widnes
Woking, Surrey

Reported to be closed

Bedford St Johns
Bodmin
Bulwell
Cardiff, Ty Glas Road, Llanishen - 1/12/2007
Castleford
Eastbourne, East Sussex
Horwich, Bolton
Keighley
Walton, Liverpool
Warwick - 1/12/2007
Penrith

It's probably worth going earlier to scout out, check what the store has and have a "mission" plan for when you go to fill your trolley before everyone else gets their stuff. If you had the time, you could spend the whole day there, fill a trolley and wait and see if they start anouncing mega bargains over the tannoy, as it gets closer to final closing time. You'll already have the trolley filled and go to the checkouts as everyone else runs off to fill their boots, pushing everyone out of the way. If there's no bargains you could, ahem, accidentally leave the filled trolley, not a nice job to leave the staff, but think about it in context with the rest of the mayhem that will have occurred that day. There is a report on HotUKDeals that stock is not to be transferred between stores where possible, so chances are most stores will be desperate to clear goods out when closing day comes.

Many thanks to everyone for helping bring the list together.

globalds

I asked an assistant in Telford Branch today ..He said January ,but didn't give a day .HTH

markyfun

Went to Warwick today and SA said they were closing Sat 1st Dec.

Most stuff reduced by 50%

Crystaltipps_2

I went to the Nottingham store today and asked. The SA said they would probably be closing around Christmas, but that they never know until the last minute.

sweep9

The full list of stores is:-

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]AIRDRIE [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 8 HOGG STREET AIRDRIE RETAIL PARK AIRDRIE STRATHCLYDE ML6 9JH[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ANDOVER [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SHEPHERDS SPRING LANE ANDOVER HAMPSHIRE SP10 1DL[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BANBURY [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 1 BANBURY CROSS RETAIL PARK LOCKHEAD CLOSE BANBURY OX16 1LX[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BANK TOP [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BANK TOP THROSTLE STREET BLACKBURN LANCASHIRE BB2 1TQ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BEDFORD[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ASBURNHAM ROAD BEDFORD BEDFORDSHIRE MK40 1DF[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BEDFORD [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ST JOHNS CENTRE ROPE WALK BEDFORD BEDFORDSHIRE MK42 OXE
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BLACKPOOL[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]VICARAGE LANE MARTON BLACKPOOL LANCASHIRE FY4 4XW[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BLACKPOOL [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PARKINSON WAY WATERLOO ROAD BLACKPOOL LANCASHIRE FY4 2AZ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BODMIN [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BODMIN RETAIL PARK LAUNCESTON ROAD BODMIN CORNWALL PL31 2AP[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BOLTON [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MANCHESTER ROAD BOLTON LANCASHIRE BL2 1EQ
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BRACKNELL [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]THE PEEL CENTRE SKIMPEDHILL LANE BRACKNELL BERKS RG12 1ER[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BRISLINGTON [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] BATH ROAD BRISLINGTON BRISTOL BS4 3LP[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BROMLEY[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 149 HOMESDALE ROAD BROMLEY KENT BR1 2UE[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BULWELL [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 1 SPRINGFIELD RETAIL PARK HUCKNALL LANE BULWELL NOTTINGHAM NG6 8AJ
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CANNOCK [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]LINKWAY RETAIL PARK LONGFORD ISLAND WATLING STREET CANNOCK WS11 1TD[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CARDIFF[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]374 NEWPORT ROAD CARDIFF CF23 9AE[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CARDIFF[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] TY GLAS ROAD LLANISHEN CARDIFF CF14 5EB[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CARLISLE [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ST NICHOLAS GATE RETAIL PARK LONDON ROAD CARLISLE CA1 2EA[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CASTLEFORD [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ALBION ROAD CASTLEFORD WEST YORKSHIRE WF10 1QX - CLOSED
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]COLCHESTER [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TURNERS RISE RETAIL PARK COLCHESTER ESSEX CO4 5TU[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]DONCASTER [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WHEATLEY HALL CENTRE WHEATLEY HALL ROAD DONCASTER DN2 4PE[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]DUMFRIES [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 1 COLLEGE MAINS RETAIL PARK DUMFRIES DG2 0NU[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]EASTBOURNE [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1-3 MARSHALL ROAD EASTBOURNE EAST SUSSEX BN23 6QJ - CLOSED
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]EVESHAM [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]FOUR POOLS RETAIL PARK THE LINK EVESHAM WORCESTERSHIRE WR11 1DJ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]FLINT [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]FLINTSHIRE RETAIL PARK HOLYWELL ROAD FLINT CH6 5RR[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]FORMBY[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] STEPHENSON WAY FORMBY LIVERPOOL L37 8EG[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]GLOSSOP [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 3 WREN NEST RETAIL PARK GLOSSOP BROOK ROAD GLOSSOP DERBYSHIRE SK13 8GN[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]HANLEY(F) [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]COBRIDGE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LEEK NEW ROAD COBRIDGE STOKE-ON-TRENT ST6 2LA[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]HEREFORD [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WIDEMARSH STREET HEREFORD HEREFORDSHIRE HR4 9EW[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]HORWICH [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]75-77 THE LINKWAY MIDDLEBROOK RETAIL PARK HORWICH BOLTON BL6 6JA - CLOSED
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]KEIGHLEY [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]31 CAVENDISH STREET KEIGHLEY WEST YORKSHIRE BD21 3DG - CLOSED
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]KIDDERMINSTER[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] SPENNELLS VALLEY ROAD KIDDERMINSTER WORCESTERSHIRE DY10 1XS[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]KILMARNOCK [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 1 GLENCAIRN RETAIL PARK KILMARNOCK KA1 4AY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]LINCOLN [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]THE CARLTON CENTRE OUTER CIRCLE ROAD LINCOLN LN2 4QQ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]LISKEARD [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BUBBLELAND RETAIL UNIT MAUDLIN FARM OLD PLYMOUTH ROAD LISKEARD CORNWALL PL14 3PR[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MACCLESFIELD[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 1 LYME GREEN RETAIL PARK BRINDLEY WAY MACCLESFIELD SK11 0TB[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MANNINGS HEATH [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]25-39 YARROW ROAD MANNINGS HEATH POOLE DORSET BH17 7NY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MANSFIELD [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]134 CHESTERFIELD ROAD SOUTH MANSFIELD NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG19 7AP[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]NOTTINGHAM[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PERRY ROAD NOTTINGHAM NG5 1HH[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]NOTTINGHAM [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 2 VICTORIA RETAIL PARK NETHERFIELD NOTTINGHAM NOTTS NG4 2PE[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]OSWESTRY [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PENDA RETAIL PARK SALOP ROAD OSWESTRY SHROPSHIRE SY11 2RL[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PAISLEY [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 69 RENFREW RD PAISLEY RENFREWSHIRE PA3 4BX[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PENRITH [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ULLSWATER ROAD PENRITH CUMBRIA CA11 7JQ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PETERBOROUGH [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BOONGATE DEVELOPMENT EASTERN INDUSTRY PETERBOROUGH CAMBRIDGESHIRE PE1 5UY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PLUMSTEAD[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] KINGS HIGHWAY PLUMSTEAD LONDON SE18 2BD[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PLYMOUTH [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ERRILL RETAIL PARK PLYMOUTH ROAD PLYMPTON PLYMOUTH PL7 4JP[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ROCHDALE [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CENTRAL RETAIL PARK RICHARD STREET ROCHDALE LANCASHIRE OL11 1DZ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ROTHERHAM [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 1 PHASE 1 GREAT EASTERN WAY RETAIL PARK PARKGATE ROTHERHAM S62 6JQ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SOUTH RUISLIP [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 428a VICTORIA ROAD SOUTH RUISLIP GREATER LONDON HA4 0XL[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ST ALBANS [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 2 ALBAN PARK ESTATE HATFIELD ROAD ST ALBANS AL4 OJJ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]REDRUTH [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]POOL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE STATION ROAD REDRUTH CORNWALL TR15 3QJ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SHIPLEY [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]OTLEY ROAD BAILDON BRIDGE SHIPLEY WEST YORKSHIRE BD17 7TY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]STAFFORD [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]GREYFRIARS BUSINESS PARK STAFFORD ST16 2PE[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]STOCKPORT [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]STOCKPORT ROAD CHEADLE HEATH STOCKPORT CHESHIRE SK3 0TQ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SWINDON [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]GREENBRIDGE RETAIL PARK DRAKES WAY SWINDON WILTSHIRE SN3 3LF[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TAMWORTH [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 1 VENTURA RETAIL PARK BITTERSCOTE TAMWORTH STAFFS B78 3JD[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TAPLOW [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BATH ROAD TAPLOW NR MAIDENHEAD BERKSHIRE SL6 0NX[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TELFORD [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TOWN CENTRE TELFORD SHROPSHIRE TF3 4DQ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TOWCESTER[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] OLD TIFFIELD ROAD TOWCESTER NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NN12 7PF[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TRURO [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TRELISKE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TRURO CORNWALL TR1 3LP[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WALTON [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UTTING AVENUE WALTON LIVERPOOL L4 9XU - CLOSED[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
WARWICK [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]46-48 EMSCOTE ROAD WARWICK WARWICKSHIRE CV34 4PQ[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WATERLOOVILLE [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1 WELLINGTON RETAIL PARK 2 HAMBLEDON ROAD WATERLOOVILLE HAMPSHIRE PO7 7FG[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WESTON-SUPER-MARE [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 5 WINTERSTOKE ROAD WESTON SUPER MARE SOMERSET BS23 3UT[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WIDNES [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BOWERS RETAIL PARK EARLE ROAD WIDNES WA8 0TA[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WILLERBY [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WILLERBY SHOPPING PARK BEVERLEY ROAD WILLERBY KINGSTON UPON HULL HU10 6XA[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WOKING [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UNIT 1 LION RETAIL PARK 151 ORIENTAL ROAD WOKING SURREY GU22 8BD[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]YEOVIL [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WESTERN AVENUE HOUNDSTONE PARK YEOVIL BA22 8YJ

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crazyloon_2

Does anyone know when the BROMLEY branch is closing please? thanks

LuciferTDark

Peterborough branch will close by March next year. Hereford is also closing but I don't have a date for that one.

hflower74

Overheard SA saying Brislington Bristol would close Dec or Jan.

carol9uk

Does Anyone Know When The Cheadle Store Is Closing.

Thaks

dibdab3

carol9uk wrote: »

Does Anyone Know When The Cheadle Store Is Closing.

Thaks

Poole store closing in Jan.

stphnstevey

Will have to keep an eye on this!