49-50 Central Parade, New Addington, Surrey CR9 0AP Woolworths opened in New Addington in 1954, along a parade of shops in this South London town near Croydon. They traded here for 54 years. The store closed in January 2009. It did become a 99p store, which was taken over by Poundland.
Category: London
London Victoria Woolworths – Store 800
19-31 Wilton Road, Victoria, London SW1V 1LN The 800th Woolworths store opened in London Victoria in September 1953. It opened in Parnell House, next to the Apollo Theatre opposite Victoria Station. Source: Woolworths Museum Thanks to Woolworths History & Pictures we know it opened with 11,910 square feet of sales space. It was extended in…
Colindale Woolworths – Store 750
10 Varley Parade, The Hyde, Colindale, London NW9 6RR Woolworths opened on Varley Parade in Colindale in 1939. It was the third branch in the area, the others were Store 422 and Storee 430. This store was purpose-built as part of a parade of shops, with quite an eye-catching design. Source: Historic England After 50…
Highgate (Archway) Woolworths – Store 744
46 Junction Road, Highgate, London N19 5RD Woolworths opened in Archway, North London in 1939. It was very close to Archway London Underground station. I used to visit this Woolworths when I was at uni at Holloway Road, and I remember it was like walking into a time warp, especially the red and cream checked…
Whetstone Woolworths – Store 735
1338 High Road, Whetstone, London N20 9DU Woolworths opened in Whetstone, North London in 1938. It was built as part of a parade of shops, which seemed popular in the 1930s. The shops were a short walk from Totteridge & Whetstone tube station. Source: 1951club.wordpress.com This store closed in the early 1980s. Recently there has…
Finchley Woolworths – Store 727
105 Ballards Lane, Finchley, London N3 6JR This store opened in 1938, in a familiar Woolworth architectural style (see far left): Source: Francis Frith The store closed in February 1988. And here it is today, the top half unchanged and clearly recognisable – now Superdrug and what looks like a closed down bakery. Source: Property Link
East Acton Woolworths – Store 723
I have to start this post differently from the other posts because this store is the MOST IMPORTANT one… yes East Acton Woolworths is the reason we have this Woolworths blog!! It all started 7 years ago with a commute home along the A40. I’ll share an extract from my other blog, which explains how…
South Woodford Woolworths – Store 722
146 – 150 George Lane, South Woodford, London E18 1AY Woolworths opened in South Woodford in 1937, part of a parade of shops in this East London area. South Woodford London Underground Station was a 5 minute walk away. Source: Watts, D. If you look at this Facebook link, there are loads of memories here,…
Swiss Cottage Woolworths – Store 713
5 Harben Parade, Finchley Road, London NW3 6JR Woolworths opened in Swiss Cottage in 1938. It was part of a parade of shops. Source: Historic England The store closed in the 1970s/80s. Until recently there was an Argos in the old unit. Source: Camden New Journal Woolworths reopened in Swiss Cottage in 1999 at 117…
West Norwood Woolworths – Store 707
364-366 Norwood Road, West Norwood, London SE27 9AG Woolworths opened in West Norwood in 1937. This was the third store with ‘Norwood’ in the name – the others were South Norwood and Upper Norwood, although there were even more branches nearby in this area of South London. The store was purpose-built on a corner site,…
Cheapside Woolworths – Store 700
130/131 Cheapside, London EC2V 6BY Woolworths opened their 700th store in Cheapside, Central London. It was just a 2-minute walk from St Paul’s tube station. The store opened in an existing building, which you can see in the photo below. Source: trainsandstuff The store closed sometime after 1974. Although I don’t have an exact date,…
Southgate Woolworths – Store 699
70 – 72 Chase Side, Southgate, London N14 5PH Woolworths opened in Southgate, North London, in 1937. It looks like a purpose-built store in a parade of shops. It was just a 3 minute walk from Southgate tube station. You can see the store below in the centre. Source: Francis Frith The store closed February 1988….
Hampstead Woolworths – Store 681
68 – 69 High Street, Hampstead, London NW3 1QP Woolworths opened in Hampstead, North West London, in 1936. It was in an existing store on the High Street. Source: Historic England Sadly there was a fire in 1946. Source: media storehouse Source: alamy.com Woolworths traded from here just over 40 years. Former store manager John…
Becontree Woolworths – Store 671
748 – 752 Green Lane, Becontree, Dagenham RM8 1YT Woolworths opened in Becontree, on the east side of London, in 1936. Becontree was quite a new community at that time. Here’s some info from Wikipedia, “Becontree was largest public housing estate in the world (4 square miles). The Housing Act 1919 permitted the London County…
Stamford Hill Woolworths – Store 659
238 Stamford Hill, London N16 6TT In 1936 Woolworths opened in the North London area of Stamford Hill. At this time it was a “leafy suburb away from the hustle and bustle of the East End”. The road itself is called Stamford Hill (the A10), and the store was a 5-minute walk from Stamford Hill…
Hampstead Garden Suburb Woolworths – Store 657
39 – 41 Market Place, Falloden Way, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London NW11 In 1936 Woolworths opened in the Hampstead Garden Suburb on Falloden Way. The Garden Suburb is an elevated suburb of London, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green, that started being put together in 1907. So it was about…
Norbury Woolworths – Store 602
1491 – 1493 London Road, Norbury, London SW16 4AE Woolworths opened in Norbury, South London, in 1935. At this point they were nearing 100 London stores. Nearby there was Croydon (Stores 12 and 234), Tooting (Store 64) Streatham (Store 78), Balham (Store 305), Norwood (Stores 196 and 586) and Mitcham (Store 566). The Norbury branch…
South Norwood Woolworths – Store 589
85 – 87 High Street, South Norwood, London SE25 6EA Woolworths opened in South Norwood, London, in 1934. It was in an existing building near Norwood Junction railway station, but I have no other details. It may have started off as a small store and then extended into either 85 or 87 in later years….
Old Kent Road Woolworths – Store 572
325 – 327 Old Kent Road, London SE1 5JN Woolworths opened on the Old Kent Road in London in 1934. It was a purpose-built store with the classic red brick architecture and central pediment. You can see in on the right side of this photo. Source: Facebook This photo shows the full row of shops….
Forest Hill Woolworths – Store 547
26/28 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3HF Woolworths opened in Forest Hill, South East London, in 1934. It was quite close to Forest Hill train station, and it doesn’t look like a purpose-built store. [Edit: I now think it was purpose-built in a Georgian style – see post on Store 548]. It closed in…
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