Full list of 52 Wilko stores set to close next week REVEALED… is YOUR local shop shutting?

Wilko administrators have revealed the 52 locations across Britain where Wilko stores are due to be closed. 

It was confirmed that 24 branches will shut for good on September 12 and the remaining 28 will close two days later.

This will lead to around 1,332 job losses.

Administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have confirmed redundancies elsewhere in the company.

There will be another 299 job losses at two Wilko warehouses and 17 redundancies at its support centre.

Thousands of people are at the risk of losing their job because of the high-street store going administration

Edward Williams, joint administrator at PwC, said: ‘In the absence of viable offers for the whole business, very sadly store closures and redundancies of team members from those stores are now necessary. The loss of these stores will be felt not only by the team members who served them with such dedication, including through the uncertainty of recent weeks, but also the communities which they have been a part of.

‘We are enormously grateful for the support of team members during this difficult period and remain committed to doing all we can to help affected staff, assisting them with processing redundancy claims and working with relevant parties to help secure new employment as quickly as possible.’

PwC also thanked the staff for their support and said it ‘remains committed’ to helping those affected. 

Administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have confirmed redundancies elsewhere in the company. (Pictured, empty shelves in a Wilko Store in Maidenhead, Berkshire)

It comes after B&M Bargains agreed to buy 51 locations in a £13million deal.

GMB Union suggested that workers at the 51 shops won’t automatically transfer to the new owner as the deal is only for stores that are expected to be rebranded as B&M.

But B&M’s last-ditch purchase is expected to have saved a substantial number of employees from the axe.  

Wilko, which sells everything from hardware goods to cleaning products, toys and gardening equipment, went into administration last month.

Wilko has been a stalwart on UK high streets since it first opened its doors as a hardware store in 1930.

The store filled the gap left by the demise of Woolworths in 2008, but has since failed to keep up with the sales of fellow cost-cutting chains such as Home Bargains and Poundland.

On September 12, Wilko stores will close in:

• Acton
• Aldershot
• Barking
• Bishop Auckland
• Bletchley FF
• Brownhills
• Camberley
• Cardiff Bay Retail Park
• Falmouth
• Harpurhey
• Irvine
• Liverpool Edge Lane
• Llandudno
• Lowestoft
• Morley
• Nelson
• Port Talbot
• Putney
• Stafford
• Tunbridge Wells
• Wakefield
• Weston-super-Mare
• Westwood Cross
• Winsford

On September 14, the rest of the stores will close in:

• Ashford
• Avonmeads
• Banbury
• Barrow in Furness
• Basildon
• Belle Vale
• Burnley (Relocation)
• Clydebank
• Cortonwood
• Dagenham
• Dewsbury
• Eccles
• Folkestone
• Great Yarmouth
• Hammersmith
• Huddersfield
• Morriston
• New Malden
• North Shields
• Queen Street Cardiff
• Rhyl
• Southampton-West Quay
• St Austell
• Stockport
• Truro
• Uttoxeter
• Walsall
• Woking