Marks and Spencer announces store changes including closures - full list of affected areas

Marks and Spencer recently announced the closure of 11 of its cafes as part of a store restructure. The retailer has more than 300 food shops across the country, and many have cafes in them. However, the closures will only affect less than 4% of the supermarket's stores. Some of the affected locations include Anlaby, in Hull, and Martlesham Heath, in Ipswich.

A spokesperson said: "As we look to modernise our food business and offer the best of M&S Food to more people, more often, we're investing in our store estate to give our customers the widest possible product range. This includes opening brand-new coffee shops offering delicious food and barista-made fairtrade coffee, including at our brand-new Bristol Cabot Circus store. In some of our small Food stores, where customers want a greater range of M&S Food, our transformation also involves repurposing cafe space across 11 small food stores, out of over 300 M&S cafes, coffee shops and coffee-to-go locations."

This comes as M&S recently closed its Wolverhampton city centre store on Dudley Street. The iconic store, which opened in 1929, permanently closed down on September 27.

However, as part of the new transformation plan, Marks and Spencer will open more food halls, including six new food stores before Christmas, which will create 200 jobs.

The retailer opened a brand new market-style Foodhall on Southampton Street, in Covent Garden, on October 15, and re-opened two Foodhalls in Temple Fortune and Wimbledon after major transformations. November will see two more new Foodhalls open at Clapham Common and Fulham Broadway, in South London.

Confirmed M&S closures in 2025:

• Wolverhampton store on Dudley Street - closed on September 27
• 11 in-store cafes across the country - including Anlaby, Hull, and Martlesham Heath, Ipswich

Confirmed new or transformed M&S stores in 2025:

• Cheltenham Centrum foodhall - opened April 9
• Warrington Riverside Outlet - opened July 3
• Tewkesbury Outlet - opened July 16
• Leytonstone foodhall - opened July 18
• Covent Garden foodhall - opened October 15
• Bristol Cabot Circus - opening November 13
• Clapham Common foodhall - opening November
• Fulham Broadway foodhall - opening November
• Putney High Street foodhall - date TBC
• Bath Southgate full-line store opening - date TBC
• Pudsey foodhall (transformed) - reopened June 18
• Ripon foodhall (transformed) - reopened July 24
• Kingston Park foodhall (transformed) - reopened August 6
• Merry Hill foodhall (transformed) - reopened August 8
• Brent Cross foodhall (transformed) - reopened August 11
• Orpington (transformed) - reopened August 21
• Pantheon Oxford Street foodhall (transformed) - reopened August 22
• Brooklands (transformed) - reopened September 24
• Aberdeen Union Square (transformed) - reopened October 8
• Wimbledon foodhall (transformed) - reopened October 13
• Temple Fortune foodhall (transformed) - reopened October 15
• Wheatley Doncaster (transformed) - reopening October 22
• Douglas - upcoming (transformed) - reopening November 26
• Craigavon Foodhall (transformed) - reopening November 28
• Merry Hill (transformed) - reopening November
• Chiswick (transformed) - reopening December