South Clifton Woolworths – Store 791

16 – 18 Princess Victoria Street, South Clifton, Bristol BS8 4BP Woolworths opened in South Clifton in 1953. It was on Princess Victoria Street. It’s a mystery one as there are no photos of the building as a Woolworths. It closed before 1995 as it’s not on that store list. Today Harvey Jones and Farrow…

Southmead Woolworths – Store 788

11-13 Arnside Road, Southmead, Bristol BS10 6AT Woolworths opened in Southmead, a suburb of Bristol, in 1952. Source: Woolworths History and Photos They traded here for 37 years, closing on 21st January 1989. Today you’ll find an Iceland here. Source: Ballysundriven

Clifton Woolworths – Store 757

140a Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2RU Woolworths opened in Clifton in 1939. The store was purpose built on Whiteladies Road, which was an upmarket shopping area of Bristol with grand Georgian buildings. Source: Historic England Woolworths traded from here for just under 70 years, closing in December 2008. Today there is a Sainsburys Local…

Fishponds Woolworths – Store 719

794 Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol, Avon BS16 3TF Woolworths opened in Fishponds, a suburb of Bristol, in 1938. It was part of a parade of shops. They traded from this location until the end in December 2008. Source: Jazzerton Today you’ll find Sainsbury’s in the old Woolworths unit. Source: ballysundriven

Kingswood Woolworths – Store 603

52 – 54 Regent Street, Kingswood, Bristol BS15 8LF Woolworths opened in Kingswood, Bristol, in 1935. You can see it in the below photo. Source: Facebook This photo at first glance appears to be a 1940s photo, but it was actually taken in 1974. Source: Dowle, S. Stephen Dowle, who put his photo of Flickr,…

Bristol (Gloucester Road) Woolworths – Store 448

147 – 149 Gloucester Road, Bristol BS7 8BB Woolworths opened on Gloucester Road in Bristol in 1931. It took over the premises of a grocers. The building had been built in 1890 (source: Gloucester Road Story) Source: The Bishopston Society The store closed in 1978 and became a Kwik-Save. In 2002 it became a Peacocks,…

Bedminster Woolworths – Store 195

42 – 46 East Street, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 4HF Woolworths opened in Bedminster in 1925, with the Arcade Billiard Hall upstairs. I can’t find a photo of the original store. There is just this photo from when the store was closing at the end of 2008. It looks like a 1950s building from the look of…

Bristol Broadmead Woolworths – Store 10

87/91 Broadmead, Bristol BS1 3DU In 1911, Woolworths opened their tenth UK store in Bristol, located at Castle Street. It was a busy and bustling street as you can see from this 1930s postcard. Sadly this store was destroyed along with the whole of Castle Street in WW2. Source: 100thbirthday.co.uk In 1950, Bristol rebuilt the worn-torn…

Bristol – The Galleries – Store 1174

The Galleries, Broadmead, Bristol, Avon BS1 3XB In October 1991, a new shopping centre called ‘The Galleries’ opened in Bristol – and Woolworths occupied a corner on the ground floor. This Woolworths replaced the original store (Broadmead – Store 10) that was demolished to make way for building the shopping centre. Source: Myk, Flickr Although it was…