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Another day, another piece of bad news for the British high street. 2025 has seen a bunch more household names shut up physical outlets across the country, from Homebase, Dobbies and WH Smith to Lloyds and NatWest banks.
Also caught up in the closures is New Look. In the wake of bouts of closures in 2018 and 2023, the clothing and fashion retailer has reportedly closed around 600 outlets in the past seven years. New Look has been a high street retailer since the 1960s, selling womenswear, menswear and children’s clothing, and it continues to be a major player in the UK’s clothing market.
RECOMMENDED: Here’s the full list of high street stores closing in 2025.
New Look recently said it would be winding down its operations in the Republic of Ireland, closing dozens of stores and making nearly 350 employees redundant. UK closures are apparently due to factors like ‘the landlord’s request’ or because the site has become ‘unviable’. Here’s everything we know about New Look closures in the UK this year, from those locations that have already shut to those still yet to shutter.
Which New Look stores are closing and when?
Here are the New Look stores have already closed in 2025, along with the date each one shut.
- Carillon Court Shopping Centre Loughborough (January 21)
- Wickford, Essex (January 24)
- Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf (February 22)
- St Austell, Cornwall (March 4)
- Valley Retail World Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (March 9)
- Preston (March 20)
- Bexleyheath, London (April 19)
- Willow Place, Corby (June 1)
- Birmingham, Northfield shopping centre (June 8)
- Devizes, Wiltshire (June 21)
- Hamilton, South Lanarkshire (July 1)
- Neath, Wales (August 6)
- Brunswick Centre, Scarborough (September 17)
- The Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent (October 14)
One more New Look store will close in 2025:
- Hinckley (Closing December 9)
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