Administrators for Wilko have agreed to sell 71 of the collapsed retailer’s shops to Poundland owner Pepco.
These sites will be turned into Poundland shops and former Wilko staff will be given priority for the new jobs created when they open.
These are the 71 Wilko stores that are expected to become Poundland shops:
Aberdare, Wales
Alfreton, Derbyshire
Alnwick, Northumberland
Altrincham, Greater Manchester
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
Ashby, North Lincolnshire
Barking, London
Bedminster, Somerset
Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Bicester, Oxfordshire
Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire
Bletchley, Milton Keynes
Bolton, Greater Manchester
Brentwood, Essex
Brigg, North Lincolnshire
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Chepstow, Wales
Coalville, Leicestershire
Cramlington, Northumberland
Droitwich, Worcestershire
Eccles, Greater Manchester
Edmonton Green, Greater London
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Ferndown, Dorset
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Grays, Essex
Greenock, Inverclyde
Grimsby, North Lincolnshire
Havant, Hampshire
Hayes, Middlesex
Headingley, West Yorkshire
Hessle Road – Hull, East Yorkshire
Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Jarrow, South Tyneside
Killingworth, North Tyneside
Kimberley, Nottingham
Lee Circle, Leicester, East Midlands
Leek, Staffordshire
Leigh, Greater Manchester
Lichfield, Staffordshire
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Matlock, Derbyshire
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Nelson, Lancashire
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Orton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
Peterlee, County Durham
Pontefract, West Yorkshire
Pontypool, Wales
Redhill, Surrey
Redruth, Cornwall
Ripley, Derbyshire
Rugeley, Staffordshire
Sale, Greater Manchester
Seaham, County Durham
Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands
Shrewsbury Darwin Centre, Shropshire
South Shields, South Tyneside
Southport, Lancashire
Stafford, Staffordshire
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stockport, Greater Manchester
Thornaby, North Yorkshire
Wellington, Shropshire
Wembley, London
West Ealing, London
Wombwell, South Yorkshire
Worcester, Worcestershire
Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
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