{"id":29386,"date":"2026-05-05T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/29386\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:14:11","slug":"all-the-london-high-street-chains-closing-stores-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/29386\/","title":{"rendered":"All the London High Street chains closing stores in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WEST<\/p>\n

The British high street<\/a> continues to struggle in 2026, with a number of major retailers<\/a> closing stores for good.<\/p>\n

Rising costs, shoppers moving online and increases to National Insurance contributions and the minimum wage<\/a> have meant several staples of the high street are suffering.<\/p>\n

Pizzeria chain Franco Manca<\/a> confirmed on Tuesday that they will push ahead with the closure of 16 of its restaurants, including nine in London. <\/p>\n

The Standard has compiled a full list of announced upcoming closures in London in 2026.<\/p>\n

Last month, parent firm The Fulham Shore said it planned to shut a number of Franco Manca<\/a> sites as part of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) process, which will also hit around 225 jobs. <\/p>\n

Now the closures will go ahead after a restructuring plan was approved by creditors.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Franco Manca<\/p>\n

Local Library<\/p>\n

The pizza brand currently runs 70 restaurants<\/a> prior to the closures but said it has been knocked by \u201cdisproportionately high\u201d UK taxes and a lack of business rates relief for restaurants.<\/p>\n

The affected restaurants were \u201cno longer sustainable\u201d as a result.<\/p>\n

List of Franco Manca restaurants to close in London<\/p>\n

Battersea Broadway Market Brixton Bromley Chiswick Kilburn New Oxford Street Tottenham Court Road Stoke Newington <\/p>\n

The banking giant is set to close 37 branches across the country over the coming months, with 13 of those in or around the capital.<\/p>\n

Most of these closures are to take place in May and June this year, with other dates confirmed through February 2027.<\/p>\n

\"Protesters<\/p>\n

NatWest<\/p>\n

PA Archive<\/p>\n

Most will be replaced by banking hubs, allowing customers to use in-person services while significantly downsizing.<\/p>\n

The bank<\/a> is hoping to redeploy many of its workers to avoid job cuts when making the transition.<\/p>\n

List of Natwest branches to close in London<\/p>\n

Barnet: May 11 Eastcote: May 11 Brentwood: May 13 Loughton: May 18 Tooting: May 18 Hornchurch: May 21 Orpington: May 27 Waltham Cross: May 28 Fulham Broadway: June 18 Liverpool Street Station: June 17 Palmers Green, London: June 1 Southall: June 4 Regent Street: September 30 <\/p>\n

In February, Lloyds Banking Group,<\/a> which includes Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland confirmed that 95 branches would close across the UK. <\/p>\n

The banking group will still have 610 branches remaining after the closures, but 53 Lloyds, 31 Halifax, and 11 Bank of Scotland sites will shut.<\/p>\n

The closures will all take place between May 2026 and March 2027 – with eight Lloyds and four Halifax branches in London shutting for good.<\/p>\n

List of Lloyds branches to close in London<\/p>\n

City of London, Cheapside Golders Green Camberwell Fitzrovia London Bridge Streatham London Victoria West End <\/p>\n

List of Halifax branches to close in London<\/p>\n

Croydon Hammersmith Pentonville London, Surrey Docks <\/p>\n

Shoe retailer Russell and Bromley <\/a>went into administration earlier this year, and while no store closures have yet been announced, there are closing down sales at a number of their locations. <\/p>\n

Next bought the business in January, but only secured three locations, with the future of the other 33 stores uncertain.<\/p>\n

List of Russell and Bromley stores at risk in London<\/p>\n

Brent Cross Brompton Canary Wharf Covent Garden Hampstead Jermyn Street Paddington Regent Street Richmond Stratford Westfield White City <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The British high street continues to struggle in 2026, with a number of major retailers closing stores for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[12830,4154,27,7955,12829],"class_list":{"0":"post-29386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-franco-manca","9":"tag-high-street","10":"tag-london","11":"tag-natwest","12":"tag-retailers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116523571228551106","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}