Wilko: Letchworth and Stevenage stores to close next week

Administrators at PwC have confirmed that 124 stores will shut between Sunday (September 17) and Thursday (September 21).

All 400 Wilko stores across the UK are set to close by early October.

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Letchworth is among the stores that are due to close this Sunday.

Thirty-eight other stores will close their doors for good on the day.

Wilko's Stevenage outlet is among a further 38 that will shut next Tuesday (September 19).

Wilko also has branches in the Watford, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead and Hitchin areas of Hertfordshire.

According to PA, redundancies now look likely for all 12,500 staff at the business.

Letchworth's Wilko store will shut this Sunday (September 17). (Image: Google Maps)The Stevenage store will close on Tuesday (September 19). (Image: Georgia Barrow / Newsquest)