B&Q: 155 Stores Now Open And Counting

After a trial which saw it initially open 14, then 61 of its UK branches, B&Q has now reopened a total of 155 branches across the UK.

Open branches are located in the following areas: 

England: Ashford; Ashton-Under-Lyne; Aylesbury; Barnsley (Dearne Valley); Basildon; Basingstoke; Birmingham - Erdington, Halesowen & Solihull; Blackburn; Blackpool; Bognor Regis; Bolton; Brighton; Bristol - Longwell Green & Hartcliffe; Burton upon Trent; Bury; Camborne; Cambridge; Cannock; Castleford (Glasshoughton); Chard; Chelmsford; Cheltenham; Chester; Chesterfield; Clacton-on-Sea; Colchester; Coventry - Alvis Retail Park & Brandon Road; Crawley; Crewe; Darlington; Dartford; Derby; Devizes; Doncaster; Dover; Eastleigh; Exeter; Fareham; Farnborough; Gillingham; Gloucester; Great Yarmouth; Grimsby; Halifax; Handforth; Havant; High Wycombe; Huddersfield; Hull - Ferry Lane & St Andrews Quay; Ipswich; Kings Lynn; Leeds - Beeston Ring Road & Killingbeck; Leicester; Leigh; Liverpool – Aintree & Liverpool Shopping Park; London – Acton, Beckton, Chiswick, Cricklewood, Croydon, Enfield, Greenwich, Leyton, New Malden, Peckham, Sutton & Yeading; Loughborough; Luton; Macclesfield; Manchester - Cheetham Hill & Trafford Park; Middlesbrough; Milton Keynes; Nelson; Newcastle (Scotswood); Northampton; Northwich; Norwich; Norwich Hall Road; Nottingham – Eastwood; Netherfield & Riverside; Oldham; Peterborough; Plymouth; Portsmouth; Preston (Bamber Bridge); Reading, Romford (Roneo Corner); Romford (Tangent Link); Scunthorpe; Sheffield (Queens Road); Shrewsbury; Slough; Southampton - Hedge End & Nursling; Southend; Speke; St.Helens; Stafford; Stevenage; Stockport; Stockton on Tees; Stoke-On-Trent (Meir Park); Stroud; Sunderland; Sutton in Ashfield; Tamworth; Taunton; Torquay; Tunbridge Wells; Tyne & Wear - North Shields & Washington; Wallasey; Warrington; Watford; Wednesbury; Wellingborough; West Thurrock; Wigan; Yeovil; York - Clifton Moor & Hull Road.

Northern Ireland: Belfast (Holywood Exchange); Lisburn (Sprucefield); Newtownabbey

Scotland: Aberdeen - Bridge Of Don & Garthdee Road; Bishopbriggs; Coatbridge; Dundee; East Kilbride; Edinburgh - Hermiston Gait & Newcraighall; Glasgow – Darnley, Great Western Rd & Parkhead; Inverness; Kirkcaldy; Paisley.

Wales: Caerphilly; Cardiff; Cardiff (Culverhouse Cross); Merthyr Tydfil; Newport; Swansea.

B&Q has made the following statement regarding safety measures and purchases: 

What safety measures are in place at your open stores?

Similar to shopping at supermarkets, we’ve introduced social distancing controls at our re-opened stores. We’re strictly limiting the number of customers in store at any one time, and so you may find you need to queue if you visit the store. To help remind everyone to respect each other’s personal space, we have two metre floor markers throughout the store and also perspex screens at our checkouts. 

At these re-opened stores, customers can purchase products that are available for takeaway in store on the day. However, services such as kitchen and bathroom design, paint mixing, timber cutting and key cutting are not available for the time being. We are accepting card, gift card and contact-less payments only.

Source : Insight DIY Team and B&Q

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