Mounting cost pressures and shifting footfall trends are forcing household brands to close their doors throughout October and at the start of November 2026. Stationery chain TG Jones has been among the hardest-hit name on Britain’s high streets this October, shuttering branches from York to Stratford-upon-Avon. The brand announced a sweeping 150-store restructuring scheme that is stripping in-store Post Office counters from town centres. Meanwhile, discount giant B&M is preparing to axe a sprawling 20,000-square-foot store in Liverpool within days, leaving Merseyside bargain hunters forced to go elsewhere.
At the same time, fashion and homeware favourite TK Maxx will leave its long-standing site in Worthing’s Montague Centre next week. But it’s not all doom and gloom, as the retailer will move into a nearby vacant former Poundland unit. Addressing the wave of 2026 closures, Professor Joshua Bamfield, director of the Centre for Retail Research, said: “The problems of changed customer shopping habits, inflation, rising energy costs, rents and business rates have continued and forced many retailers to cut back even more strongly.”
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Which stores closed in October 2026?
TG Jones
The stationery retailer shut 22 sites this month, including:
Bishop’s Stortford South Street, Hertfordshire: October 3
Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: October 3
Inverness High Street, Scotland: October 6
Belle Vue Terrace, Malvern, Worcestershire: October 6
Pydar Street, Truro, Cornwall: October 6
Maldon High Street, Essex: October 9
Market Place, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire: October 10
The Broadway, Bradford, Yorkshire: October 11
Wickford High Street, Essex: October 12
Bridgnorth High Street, Shropshire: October 13
Hythe High Street, Kent: October 13
Bridge Street, Pinner, London: October 14
Coney Street, York: October 14
Rickmansworth High Street, Hertfordshire: October 17
Marlborough High Street, Wiltshire: October 17
West Wickham High Street, London: October 19
High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire: October 20
Moor Street, Ormskirk, Lancashire: October 21
Orpington High Street, London: October 28
Victoria Square, Droitwich, Worcestershire: October 31
Billericay High Street, Essex: Unconfirmed date
Derby Street, Leek, Staffordshire: Unconfirmed date
A planned programme of 23 standalone Lloyds Bank branches also shut their doors in October across England and Wales. The closures spanned Rochdale on October 1 through to Braintree on October 29.
Quirky stationery giant Typo bid farewell to a single shop in Eldon Square, Newcastle this month on October 9. It came after the Parent company Cotton On Group announced a full withdrawal from the UK by early 2027.
Typo locations in Westfield Stratford, Bluewater, Cambridge, Meadowhall, Canterbury, and the Gateshead Metrocentre remain temporarily open for trade through the autumn and Christmas period before closing ahead of the 2027 exit deadline.
B&M
The discount store on County Road, Walton, Liverpool, is closing down on Friday, November 6, due to local estate consolidation. No jobs are expected to be lost, with staff to be relocated to nearby sites.
TK Maxx
TK Maxx in the Montague Centre, Worthing, West Sussex, will close on Sunday, November 8, 2026, to relocate four days later to a former Poundland unit on Montague Street.
