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Boxing Day 2025: What’s Open and Closed Across UK Retail

With many chains closed, shoppers must check local hours.

Overview

  • Confirmed closures today include Aldi, Home Bargains, John Lewis, M&S, Lidl, Next, Poundland, The Range, B&Q, Homebase, Wickes and most Iceland stores.
  • Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and many Co-op branches are trading on reduced hours, commonly around 9am–6pm for larger stores and longer for convenience formats.
  • Waitrose is mostly shut, with a small number of branches fulfilling Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat orders only.
  • Opening times vary by region and format, with notable exceptions such as Lidl sites inside the M25 and in Scotland operating limited hours while many other areas remain closed.
  • Primark is open with store-by-store reduced hours, and several retailers have deferred in‑store sales to 27 December while running online deals today, including Next and The Range.