River Island currently has more than 220 stores across the UK and Ireland and employs around 5,500 people.
However, the high street fashion chain revealed back in August that it was preparing to close 33 stores as part of a restructuring plan (which was approved by the High Court).
The restructuring plan is aimed at preventing River Island from collapsing into administration, and comes after a decline in footfall and sales.
UK high street shops that no longer exist
Along with the closures, River Island will also pay reduced rent at a further 71 shops.
Full list of 33 River Island stores closing in the UK
The full list of River Island stores set to close in the UK before the end of January 2026 is:
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- Bangor Bloomfield, Northern Ireland
- Barnstaple, Devon
- Beckton, Greater London
- Brighton, East Sussex
- Burton-Upon-Trent, Derbyshire
- Cumbernauld, Scotland
- Didcot, Oxfordshire
- Edinburgh Princes Street, Scotland
- Falkirk, Scotland
- Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- Grimsby, Lincolnshire
- Hanley, Staffordshire
- Hartlepool, County Durham
- Hereford, Herefordshire
- Kilmarnock, Scotland
- Kirkcaldy, Scotland
- Leeds Birstall Park, West Yorkshire
- Lisburn, Northern Ireland
- Northwich, Cheshire
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Perth, Scotland
- Poole, Dorset
- Rochdale, Greater Manchester
- St Helens, Merseyside
- Stockton On Tees, County Durham
- Surrey Quays, Greater London
- Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire
- Taunton, Somerset
- Workington, Cumbria
- Wrexham, Wales
Two other River Island stores closed back in September:
- Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth
- Omagh, Northern Ireland
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River Island chief executive Ben Lewis said: “River Island is a much-loved retailer, with a decades-long history on the British high street.
“However, the well-documented migration of shoppers from the high street to online has left the business with a large portfolio of stores that is no longer aligned to our customers’ needs.
“The sharp rise in the cost of doing business over the last few years has only added to the financial burden.”
