Which Wilko stores are at risk of closing down?

HUNDREDS of Wilko stores could be shutting their doors as the retailer is on the brink of collapsing.

The high street has been hit hard in recent years due to the growth of online shopping, especially during the cost of living crisis.

Wilko announced it wasfiling for a notice of intent to appoint administratorsCredit: Getty

Wilko has filed for a notice of intent to appoint administrators.

The discount chain has 400 shops and employs about 12,000 people.

If Wilko does file for administration this means all control of the business is passed to an appointed administrator – who has to be a licensed insolvency practitioner.

Find out if which Wilko stores could be at risk of closing…

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Which Wilko stores could be at risk of closing?

Here is the full list of towns and cities with Wilko shops in the UK:

Aberdare
Abergavenny
Accrington
Acocks Green
Acton
Aldershot
Alfreton
Alnwick
Altrincham
Ammanford
Andover
Arnold
Ashford
Ashington
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Aylesbury
Ayr
Banbury
Barking
Barnsley (3 stores)
Barnstaple
Barrow In Furness
Barry
Basildon
Basingstoke
Bedford (2)
Bedminster
Belper
Beverley
Bexleyheath
Bicester
Biggleswade
Birkenhead
Birmingham (3)
Bishop Auckland
Bishops Stortford
Blackburn
Blackpool
Blackwood
Bletchley
Blyth
Bognor Regis
Bolton (2)
Bordon
Boston
Bournemouth (2)
Bradford
Brentwood
Bridgend
Bridgwater
Brigg
Brighouse
Bristol (3)
Bromley
Brownhills
Burgess Hill
Burnley
Burton Upon Trent
Bury
Bury St Edmunds
Camberley
Cambridge
Canterbury
Cardiff (3)
Carlisle
Carmarthen
Castle Douglas
Chatham
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Chepstow
Chester
Chester Le Street
Chesterfield
Chippenham
Clacton On Sea
Cleethorpes
Cleveleys
Clowne
Clydebank
Coalville
Cockermouth
Colchester
Corby
Coventry (2)
Cowley
Cramlington
Crawley
Crewe
Cwmbran
Dagenham
Darlington
Dartford
Denton
Derby (3)
Dereham
Devizes
Dewsbury
Didcot
Doncaster (2)
Driffield
Droitwich
Dudley
Dunstable
Durham
East Ham
Eastbourne (2)
Eccles
Edinburgh
Ellesmere Port
Ely
Epsom
Exeter
Falkirk
Falmouth
Fareham
Farnborough
Ferndown
Folkestone
Gainsborough
Gateshead (2)
Gillingham
Gloucester
Gravesend
Grays (2)
Great Malvern
Great Yarmouth (2)
Greenock
Greenwich
Grimsby (2)
Halesowen
Halifax
Hamilton
Hanley
Harlow
Harrow
Hartlepool
Havant
Haverfordwest
Hayes
Hemel Hempstead
Hereford
High Wycombe
Hinckley
Hitchin
Holyhead
Horsham
Hounslow
Hucknall
Huddersfield
Hull (2)
Huntingdon
Huyton
Ilford
Ilkeston
Ipswich
Irvine
Jarrow
Kenilworth
Kent (2)
Kettering
Kidderminster
Kings Lynn
Kingston Upon Thames
Kingston Upon Hull
Kingswood
Knowle
Lancaster
Leamington Spa
Leeds (7)
Leek
Leicester (5)
Leigh
Leighton Buzzard
Letchworth
Lewisham
Lichfield
Lincoln
Liverpool (3)
Livingston
Llandudno
Llanelli
London (9)
Long Eaton
Loughborough
Louth
Lowestoft
Luton
Maidenhead
Maidstone
Manchester (4)
Mansfield
Market Drayton
Market Harborough
Matlock
Melton Mowbray
Merthyr Tydfil
Middlesbrough
Middlesex
Mildenhall
Milton Keynes
Morriston
Motherwell
Neath
Nelson
Newark
Newbury
Newcastle
Newcastle Under Lyme
Newcastle Upon Tyne (3)
Newport
Newton Abbot
Newton Aycliffe
Newton-Le-Willows
North Shields
Northallerton
Northampton (3)
Northfield
Norwich
Nottingham (9)
Nuneaton
Oakham
Orpington
Oswestry
Pembroke Dock
Penge
Perry Barr
Peterborough (2)
Peterlee
Plymouth
Pontefract
Pontypool
Poole
Port Talbot
Porthmadog
Portsmouth
Preston (2)
Pwllheli
Rainham
Ramsgate
Reading
Redcar
Redditch
Redhill
Redruth
Retford
Rhyl
Ripley
Romford
Rotherham
Rowley Regis
Royal Kingston Upon Thames
Rugby
Rugeley
Runcorn
Rushden
Sale
Salford
Scarborough
Scunthorpe
Seaham
Selby
Sheffield (6)
Shipley
Shirley
Shrewsbury
Sittingbourne
Skegness
Skelmersdale
Slough
Solihull
South Shields
Southampton
Southend On Sea
Southport
Spalding
St Albans
St Austell
St Helens
Stafford
Stamford
Stevenage
Stockport
Stockton On Tees
Stoke-On-Trent
Stourbridge
Stratford
Strood
Stroud
Sunderland
Sutton
Sutton-In-Ashfield
Swanley
Swansea
Swindon (2)
Tamworth (2)
Taunton
Telford (2)
Thetford
Tipton
Torquay
Trowbridge
Truro
Uttoxeter
Uxbridge
Wakefield (2)
Wallasey
Walsall (2)
Walthamstow
Walton On Thames
Warrington
Washington
Waterlooville
Watford
Wellingborough
Wembley
West Drayton
West Ealing
Weston-Super-Mare
Weymouth
Whitehaven
Widnes
Wigan
Wimbledon
Winsford
Woking
Wolverhampton
Wood Green
Woolwich
Worcester
Workington
Worksop (2)
Worthing
Wrexham
Wythenshawe
Yeovil
York

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It isn’t 100% certain that Wilko will need to pull the plug on any of its shops across the country.

All sites will continue to operate as normal for now, and even if administrators are brought in, the stores could still keep going if the company is bought by someone else.