Lidl announces plans to open hundreds of new UK stores – full list

Discount supermarket chain Lidl has unveiled plans to open hundreds of new stores across the nation as part of its plans for expansion. The list includes a whopping 1,168 locations across all regions of the country including 83 in Yorkshire, 66 in Scotland, 83 in central England, 91 in south London and 42 in south-mid Wales.

The locations include high street stores, standalone stores, mixed-use and shopping centre stores as well as sites in retail parks and metropolitan shops in London and around the M25.

The extensive list of locations is only a potential list of sites. Lidl claims only a small number of these sites will be developed and opened as stores, according to The Scottish Sun.

However, Lidl is hoping to have 1,100 stores in the UK by the end of 2025 which would create 4,000 new jobs.

The retail giant’s new shops are required to have both space for parking and easy access for pedestrians. For standalone shops, they’re looking for plots of 1.5 acres and up to four acres for mixed-use sites.

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The site should fit 100 dedicated parking spaces and should accommodate 18,000 and 26,500 sq ft.

Members of the public who help find sites for new development could get a finder’s fee of 1.5 percent of the total freehold purchase price, or 10 percent of the first year’s rent for leaseholds.

Last year, Lidl opened 50 new shops and has opened 15 more in the last three months.

The discount chain employs more than 29,500 members of staff and has a whopping 13 distribution centres in England, Scotland and Wales.

Greater Manchester, East Lancs, Calderdale, High Peak

Ashton-under-Lyne – North

Barnoldswick

Bolton – multiple

Burnley – West

Bury – multiple

Buxton

Elland

Great Harwood

Halifax – multiple

Hebden Bridge

Heywood

Manchester – multiple

New Mills

Oldham – multiple

Rochdale – South

Stalybridge

Stockport – multiple

Wigan – Atherton

Wigan – multiple

North Wales, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire West

Abergele

Bamber Bridge

Birkdale/Ainsdale

Blackpool – multiple

Caernarfon

Carnforth

Chester – multiple

Chorley

Crosby

Ellesmere Port – multiple

Fleetwood

Flint

Formby

Frodsham/Helsby

Huyton

Kirkby

Kirkham

Lancaster – South

Liverpool – multiple

Llandudno

Lytham St. Annes

Morecambe – North

Penwortham

Prescot

Preston – multiple

Rainhill

Rhyl

Runcorn

Warrington – multiple

Widnes – multiple

Winsford

Wirrall – multiple

Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire East

Alderley Edge

Alsager

Ashbourne

Bakewell

Belper

Biddulph

Bridgnorth

Cheadle, Staffordshire

Congleton

Crewe – multiple

Derby – multiple

Handforth

Heanor

Holmes Chapel

Hucknall

Ilkeston

Kimberley/Giltbrook/Eastwood

Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Knutsford

Ludlow

Macclesfield – North

Mansfield – multiple

Matlock

Nantwich

Newcastle-under-Lyme – multiple

Nottingham – multiple

Poynton

Radcliffe-on-Trent

Sandbach

Shrewsbury – multiple

Somercotes

South Normanton

Stafford – multiple

Stoke-on-Trent – multiple

Stone

Swadlincote – multiple

Telford – multiple

Tollerton

Wilmslow

South-Mid Wales

Abergavenny

Barry

Blackwood

Brecon

Bridgend

Builth Wells

Burry Port

Caerphilly North

Caldicot

Cardiff – multiple

Ebbw Vale

Hereford – multiple

Ledbury

Leominster

Llandrindod Wells

Llanelli

Llantrisant/Church Village

Llantwit Major/Cowbridge

Maesteg

Merthyr Tydfil

Newport – multiple

Penarth

Pencoed/Bridgend East

Pontypool

Pyle

Ross on Wye

Swansea – multiple

Talbot Green

Tenby

Ystradgynlais

Central England

Atherstone

Banbury – multiple

Bedworth

Bicester

Birmingham – multiple

Brackley

Burntwood

Cannock

Codsall

Coventry – multiple

Daventry

Dudley

Kenilworth

Kidderminster

Kidlington

Leamington Spa – North

Lye

Northampton – multiple

Nuneaton – South

Oldbury

Olton

Penkridge

Pershore

Redditch – South

Rugby – multiple

Sedgley

Solihull

Sutton Coldfield – multiple

Tamworth – multiple

Towcester

Walsall – multiple

Wednesbury

Wolverhampton – multiple

Worcester – multiple

East England

Alysham

Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Basildon – multiple

Bedford – multiple

Billericay

Braintree – East

Bury St Edmunds – multiple

Cambridge – multiple

Chelmsford – multiple

Coalville – South

Colchester – multiple

Corby – East

Desborough

Diss

Earl Shilton

Ely

Grantham

Great Dunmow

Great Yarmouth – South

Hadleigh

Halesworth

Hinckley – North

Holbeach

Holt

Horncastle

Ipswich – multiple

Kettering – South

Leicester – multiple

Lincoln – multiple

Loughborough – West

Louth

Lowestoft – multiple

Market Deeping

Mildenhall

Mountsorrel

Newmarket

Norwich – multiple

Ollerton

Peterborough – multiple

Rothwell

Saxmundham

Shepshed

Soham

South Woodham Ferrers

Southend – multiple

St Ives

Sudbury

Swaffham

Wellingborough – North/West

Whittlesey

Wickford

Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, North & East Somerset, Mendips

Bath – multiple

Bradford on Avon

Bridgwater – South

Bristol – multiple

Cheddar

Cheltenham – South West

Corsham

Gloucester – East

Keynsham

Marlborough

Moreton-in-Marsh

Nailsea

Nailsworth

Royal Wootton Bassett

Shepton Mallet

Swindon – South

Swindon – West

Tewkesbury

Trowbridge – South

Weston-super-Mare – Central

Wroughton

Yatton

Northern Home Counties

Abingdon – North

Amersham

Ampthill

Aylesbury – multiple

Aylesbury – West

Beaconsfield

Bishop’s Stortford – multiple

Brentwood – East

Broxbourne

Buntingford

Chesham

Cheshunt

Chipping Ongar

Chorleywood

Corringham – Stanford-le-Hope

Didcot

Epping

Faringdon

Flitwick

Gerrards Cross

Grays

Harlow – multiple

Harpenden

Hatfield – multiple

Hemel Hempstead – multiple

Henley on Thames

Hertford

High Wycombe – multiple

Hitchin

Hoddesdon

Leighton Buzzard – multiple

Letchworth

London Colney

Luton – multiple

Milton Keynes – multiple

Oxford – multiple

Potters Bar

Royston

Sandy

Shefford

St Albans – multiple

Stevenage – multiple

Thame

Tilbury

Tring

Ware

Welwyn Garden City – multiple

Kent, East Sussex, East Surrey

Ashford – multiple

Battle

Bexhill – South

Brighton – multiple

Broadstairs

Burgess Hill – South

Canterbury – West

Chatham

Cranbrook

Crawley – multiple

Deal

Dover – Central

Eastbourne – multiple

Faversham

Gillingham – multiple

Hailsham

Hastings – multiple

Haywards Heath

Heathfield

Hythe

Isle of Sheppey

Lewes

Maidstone – multiple

Margate

Oxted

Paddock Wood

Peacehaven

Rainham

Ramsgate

South and West Somerset, Devon and Cornwall

Axminster

Brixham

Camborne

Cranbrook

Crediton

Cullompton

Dawlish

Exeter – multiple

Exmouth – Central

Falmouth

Ivybridge

Kingsbridge

Liskeard

Newton Abbot

Paignton – North

Plymouth – Mutley/Greenbank

Redruth

Seaton

Sherborne

St Austell – West

St Ives

Taunton – North

Torpoint

Torquay – South

Totnes

Truro – East

Central South England

Ascot/Sunningdale

Bagshot

Basingstoke – Central

Bournemouth – multiple

Bracknell – multiple

Chandlers Ford

Cranleigh

Egham/Virginia Water

Emsworth

Fareham – multiple

Fleet

Godalming

Guildford – multiple

Haslemere

Hook

Horsham – multiple

Lancing

Lymington

Midhurst

Pagham

Poole – multiple

Portsmouth – multiple

Reading – multiple

Romsey

Rustington

Ryde (IOW)

Salisbury – multiple

Slough – multiple

Southampton – multiple

Swanage

Thatcham

Twyford

Wareham

Lidl is also planning to open hundreds of potential sites in London as well as relocations.