Boots will complete its process of closing hundreds of stores across the country this summer – including a host of sites in the North East.

Twenty-three Boots locations from Blyth down to Catterick Garrison, and dozens of towns in between, are on the list for the chop.

The high street brand’s parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance previously said in June 2023 that Boots would be closing down 300 pharmacy outlets in the UK within the year.

The Pharmaceutical Journal reports that all of those closures will be completed by the end of Summer 2024.

The closures are part of a money-saving scheme to save around £618 million, it was reported last year.

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Currently, across the UK there are more than 2,100 Boots stores still open, but Walgreens Boots Alliance shared in their financial statement for the last quarter that they would shut 650 Boots stores in the UK for cost-cutting measures.

Among those closed are the Boots store and pharmacy on High Row in Darlington which closed last November.

A spokesperson previously said: “Evolving the store estate in this way allows Boots to concentrate its team members where they are needed and focus investment more acutely in individual stores with the ambition of consistently delivering an excellent and reliable service in a fresh and up-to-date environment.”

Here's the full list of closures:

  • 121-125 Shields Road, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 1DN
  • 15 The Viewly Centre, Hemlington, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS8 9JH
  • 293/295 Chillingham Road, Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE6 5LL
  • 17 Blackhills Road, Horden, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 4DW
  • 479 Durham Road, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5EX
  • Community Hosp & Health Ctr, Thoroton Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 1DX
  • Hartlepool Community Hc, Park Road, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS24 7PW
  • 23 High Row, Darlington, DL3 7QW
  • 514 Plessey Road, Newsham, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 4AA
  • 1 Seaside Lane, Easington Colliery, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 3PF
  • Ravensworth Road, Dunston, Gateshead , NE11 9FJ
  • 16 Front Street, Winlaton, Tyne & Wear, NE21 4RE

     

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  • 77 Front Street, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 5PU
  • 12 Wrightson House, Mitchell Avenue, Thornaby, Stockton-On-Tees, Cleveland, TS17 9EP
  • Alderman Jack Cohen H Ctr, Springwell Road, Sunderland, SR3 4HG
  • Unit 10 Cruddas Park Shopping Ctr, Westmorland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 7RW
  • Unit 4 The Boulevard, Longbenton, Tyne & Wear, NE12 8GA
  • Unit 4, Booth Street, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 9BF
  • Tanfield View Surgery, Scott St, Tanfield, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 8AD
  • Nelson Health Centre, Cecil Street, North Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE29 0DZ