Lidl is on the hunt for new locations. After more than a million shoppers apparently switched to the discount store from other supermarkets in 2022, it’s set its ambitions high and revealed a long list of areas in the running to get new stores.
Named the country’s fastest-growing supermarket, Lidl already has 950 sites across the UK, but it plans to expand to reach a whopping 1,100 by the end of 2025, creating 4,000 new jobs. It has opened 15 new branches since January and aims to eventually have a Lidl accessible to every British household.
Though the list of potential areas for its new sites is eye-wateringly long, a much smaller number will actually be chosen. The prospective locations include high-street stores, standalone stores, and mixed-use and shopping-centre stores in England, Scotland and Wales. Got any ideas for specific locations? The supermarket will apparently offer a ‘finder’s fee’ for any successful suggestions.
Here are the all the places apparently in the running for a brand-new Lidl (brace yourselves):
Scotland
- Aberdeen – Garthdee
- Ayr South
- Banchory
- Bishopbriggs
- Bonnyrigg
- Broughty Ferry
- Clarkston
- Clydebank – North
- Cumbernauld – multiple
- Denny – Falkirk
- Dumfries
- Dunblane
- Dunfermline – multiple
- Edinburgh – multiple
- Ellon
- Glasgow – multiple
- Helensburgh
- Inverness – South
- Irvine
- Kirkcaldy North/East
- Largs
- Linlithgow
- Livingston
- Milngavie
- Moodiesburn
- Newton Mearns
- Paisley – multiple
- Peebles
- Perth – North
- Polmont – Falkirk East
- Renfrew
- St Andrews
- Stenhousemuir
- Stonehaven
- Westhill
North East England, Cumbria
- Barrow – multiple
- Benton
- Berwick
- Boldon
- Carlisle – multiple
- Chester-le-Street
- Cramlington
- Darlington – multiple
- Eston
- Filey
- Gateshead – multiple
- Jarrow
- Keswick
- Marske/Saltburn
- Middlesbrough – multiple
- Newcastle – multiple
- Newton Aycliffe
- North Shields
- Penrith
- Ponteland
- Prudhoe
- Redcar
- Scarborough – North
- Seaham
- Sedgefield
- Shiremoor
- South Shields – Marsden
- Stanley
- Stockton – multiple
- Stokesley
- Sunderland – multiple
- Tynemouth
- Ulverston
- Whitehaven
- Whitley Bay
- Windermere
Yorkshire, Humberside
- Barnsley – multiple
- Bradford – multiple
- Bridlington
- Cleckheaton
- Cleethorpes
- Cottingham
- Doncaster – multiple
- Dronfield
- Goldthorpe/Thurnscoe
- Harrogate
- Huddersfield – Fartown
- Hull – multiple
- Ilkley
- Keighley
- Leeds – multiple
- Market Rasen
- Market Weighton
- Otley
- Penistone
- Pontefract
- Ripon
- Rotherham – multiple
- Scunthorpe – West
- Sheffield – multiple
- Skipton
- Staveley
- Tadcaster
- Totley
- Wakefield – multiple
- Waltham/New Waltham
- Wetherby
- Worksop
- York – multiple
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
South and West Somerset, Devon and Cornwall
- Axminster
- Brixham
- Camborne
- 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
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
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