There are more than 500 Starbucks cafés across the UK serving Brits their caffeine fix. So, unless you live out in the middle of nowhere, you likely don’t have to travel very far to get your hands on a pumpkin spice latte, white mocha caramel macchiato or matcha green tea cream frappuccino.
But now, you may have to find a new local Starbs – because 10 Starbucks branches have shut down in the UK over the past month, including six in London.
The coffee shop giant announced that the stores would all be shut by the end of October, citing challenging trading conditions. Here’s the lowdown.
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Why are Starbucks sites shutting down?
The closures come after Starbucks carried out a review of its global portfolio ‘with the goal of ensuring that our stores are correctly located, generating appropriate levels of foot traffic and operating in the right formats’.
Starbucks said that the sites chosen for closure are places that haven’t been able to ‘create the physical environment customers’ desire and where profitability isn’t sustainable. It does still intend to meet its target of opening 80 new stores across the UK this financial year, though.
Full list of Starbucks sites that have closed October 2025
These are all the UK Starbucks branches that have pulled the plug this month.
- Ilford, London (225-227 High Road) – closed Thursday, October 2
- Brunel Retail Park, Whitley – closed Wednesday, October 16
- Leyton Mills Retail Park, London – closed Sunday, October 19
- London Bridge Station – closed Monday, October 20
- Balham, London – closed Sunday, October 26
- Exchange Place, Glasgow – closed Sunday, October 26
- Kings Lynn, Norfolk – closed Sunday, October 26
- Muswell Hill Broadway, London – closed Sunday, October 26
- Holburn Junction, Aberdeen – closed Sunday, October 26
- Holland Park, London – closed Sunday, October 26
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