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Lidl’s expansion across London continues apace. Not content with already operating more than 120 stores within the M25, the budget supermarket chain has unveiled massive plans to spend millions on new outposts in the capital.
Today (April 28), Lidl has revealed that it will spend half a billion pounds – yep, billion with a ‘b’ – expanding in the UK. The brand also published its site requirements brochure for 2025, which includes a full list of target locations across the UK. Over 200 of those desired locations are here in the capital.
That’s right, if Lidl gets its way the supermarket could nearly triple its London footprint. In three maps – ‘London South’, ‘London Northeast’ and ‘London Northwest’ – Lidl has revealed that it has a whopping 235 London neighbourhoods in its sights for new stores, and that it wants to relocate a further five of its outposts.
It should be noted that these are target locations and not confirmed openings, meaning that the brand is actively looking to open a new supermarket but nothing is set in stone. The list of targets is also similar to the one Lidl published around this time last year.
Could your local area be getting a new Lidl supermarket? Here’s what you need to know.
London neighbourhoods that could get a new Lidl supermarket
Full list of London locations that Lidl has in its sights for new stores.
- Addiscombe
- Addlestone
- Aldgate
- Angel
- Archway
- Ashtead
- Aveley / Purfleet
- Balham
- Banstead
- Barnes
- Barnet - East Barnet
- Barnet - Friern Barnet
- Barnet - High Barnet / Chipping Barnet
- Barnet - New Barnet
- Barkingside
- Battersea
- Beckenham
- Belsize Park
- Bethnal Green
- Bexley
- Bickley
- Biggin Hill
- Blackfen
- Blackhorse Road
- Bounds Green
- Bow
- Brockley
- Broadgate
- Bromley - South
- Bushey
- Caledonian Road
- Camberwell
- Camden
- Canonbury
- Chalk Farm
- Charing Cross / Covent Garden
- Chelsea
- Cheam
- Chertsey
- Chessington - East
- Chessington - North
- Chingford - North
- Chingford - South
- Chislehurst
- Chiswick
- Clapham Common
- Clapham - North
- Clapham - Old Town
- Clapham - South
- Clapton
- Clerkenwell
- Cobham
- Cockfosters
- Colindale
- Collier Row
- Coulsdon
- Crayford
- Cricklewood
- Crouch End
- Dagenham - East
- Dagenham - South
- Dalston
- Dartford - North
- Debden
- Deptford - High Street
- Downham
- Dulwich
- Ealing - Ealing Broadway
- Ealing - South Ealing
- Earlsfield
- Earl's Court
- East Dulwich
- East Sheen / Mortlake
- Eastcote
- Elephant & Castle
- Elmers End
- Elm Park
- Enfield
- Esher
- Ewell
- Finchley - East Finchley
- Finchley - Finchley Central
- Finchley - North Finchley
- Forest Hill
- Fulham
- Gallows Corner
- Gants Hill
- Golders Green / Temple Fortune
- Great Cambridge Road
- Greenwich
- Grove Park
- Hackney - Central
- Haggerston
- Ham / Kingston - North
- Hampstead
- Hampton / Hampton Hill
- Hanworth
- Harlesden / Stonebridge
- Harrow - North Harrow
- Harrow - South Harrow
- Hayes
- Hendon
- Herne Hill
- Highams Park
- Highbury
- Highgate
- Hillingdon
- Holborn
- Homerton
- Isle of Dogs
- Isleworth
- Kensal Rise
- Kensal Town
- Kensington - Kensington High Street
- Kensington - South Kensington
- Kentish Town
- Kenton
- Kilburn
- Kingston - Town Centre
- Kings Cross
- Kingsland
- Kingsbury / Queensbury
- Kidbrooke
- Knightsbridge
- Lea Bridge
- Lee
- Lewisham - High Street
- Lewisham - North
- Leyton
- Leytonstone
- London Bridge / Borough
- Lower Morden
- Manor Park
- Marylebone
- Mill Hill
- Moorgate / Barbican
- Molesey
- Muswell Hill
- Neasden
- New Cross
- Nine Elms
- North Acton / Park Royal
- North Bellingham
- North Bermondsey
- North Cheam
- North Hornchurch
- North Romford
- North Sheen / Kew
- Northumberland Heath
- Northwood
- Notting Hill
- Orpington
- Osterley
- Paddington / Bayswater
- Palmers Green
- Peckham - Rye Lane
- Penge
- Petts Wood
- Pimlico
- Plaistow
- Plaistow - South
- Plumstead
- Ponders End
- Purley
- Radlett
- Rainham
- Raynes Park
- Richmond - Town Centre
- Rickmansworth
- Roehampton
- Ruislip
- Selsdon
- Seven Sisters
- Shepperton
- Shirley
- Shooters Hill
- Shoreditch
- Sidcup
- Silvertown
- Soho / Mayfair
- South Norwood
- South Tottenham
- Southall
- Southfields
- Paul’s
- Staines - West
- Stamford Hill
- Stoke Newington
- Stratford
- Streatham Hill
- Sunbury
- Surbiton
- Sutton
- Swanley
- Swiss Cottage
- Tadworth
- Teddington
- Thames Ditton
- Tolworth
- Tottenham
- Tulse Hill
- Twickenham
- Upminster
- Uxbridge
- Vauxhall
- Victoria / Westminster
- Walthamstow - Wood Street
- Wanstead
- Wandsworth
- Wandsworth - York Road
- Wapping
- Waterloo
- Watford - Garston
- Watford - North
- Watford - West / Croxley Green
- Wealdstone
- West Drayton
- West Ham
- West Hampstead
- West Hounslow
- West Norwood
- West Thamesmead
- Wembley - Wembley Central
- Weybridge
- Whetstone
- White City
- White Hart Lane
- Whipps Cross
- Whyteleafe / Kenley
- Willesden
- Wimbledon
- Wimbledon Chase
- Winchmore Hill
- Woolwich Road
- Worcester Park
London neighbourhoods where Lidl wants to relocate its supermarket
Here’s where Lidl plans to move its store, rather than build a new one.
- Edmonton Green
- Finsbury Park
- Ilford
- Sydenham
- Wembley – Wembley Park
What’s been said about Lidl’s expansion plans?
Discussing the potential new supermarket locations, Richard Taylor, Lidl GB’s chief development officer, said: ‘This level of investment is a clear sign of our ambition. As we enter our fourth decade in Great Britain and hurtle towards a thousand stores, there are still so many parts of the country crying out for convenient access to a Lidl store.
‘That’s why we welcome the measures proposed in the Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill – they recognise the urgent need to remove barriers to development and support the kind of growth we at Lidl are working towards.’
‘Our latest site requirements brochure reinforces the scale of our ambition for the future. New Lidl stores mean new jobs, new opportunities for British suppliers, and continued investment into local economies. We’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing supermarkets in the country, and with this investment, we’re taking another big step in our journey.’
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