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===Department stores=== {{colbegin|colwidth=27em}} * [[Basildon]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Basildon: Debenhams to buy Allders |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5427800.basildon-debenhams-to-buy-allders/ |website=Gazette |access-date=20 May 2020 |language=en |date=10 February 2005}}</ref><ref name="AlldersAllStores">{{cite web |title=More Allders stores to close |url=https://www.theretailbulletin.com/general-merchandise/more-allders-stores-to-close-22-03-2005/ |website=Retail Bulletin |access-date=20 May 2020 |language=en |date=22 March 2005}}</ref> (opened 1985; now Debenhams) Closed 2021. * [[Basingstoke]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (former Owen Owen; now Primark) * [[Bromley]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Fear Allders set to close |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/564012.fear-allders-set-to-close/ |website=News Shopper |access-date=12 July 2020 |language=en |date=26 January 2005}}</ref> 162 High Street (formerly Medhursts / F Medhurst; now Primark) * [[Camberley]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (formerly Pages / James Page; now partly occupied by British Heart Foundation) * [[Cardiff]]<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date=30 June 2005 |title=Debenhams to buy eight Allders stores |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/debenhams-to-buy-eight-allders-stores-1057674 |access-date=12 July 2020 |website=Manchester Evening News}}</ref> (formerly Mackross; site redeveloped as [[Queens Arcade]]) * [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]]<ref name="Allders Aylesford Chatham" /><ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (opened November 1979; became Debenhams, closed 15 January 2020) * [[Battersea|Clapham Junction]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (formerly [[Arding & Hobbs]]; building divided and subsequently occupied by Debenhams and T K Maxx with a section of the Ilminster Gardens range redeveloped for residential use; Debenhams closed 23 March 2020) * [[Coventry]]<ref name="Discount chain buys up Allders">{{cite web |title=Discount chain buys up Allders |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/discount-chain-buys-up-allders-3137494 |website=Coventry Telegraph |access-date=12 July 2020 |date=15 February 2005}}</ref> (former Owen Owen; now Primark<ref name="Discount chain buys up Allders"/>) * [[Croydon]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Shop shutting doors for last time |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19685319 |website=BBC News |access-date=12 July 2020 |date=22 September 2012}}</ref> (flagship store, traded until September 2012; building since occupied by [[Croydon Village Outlet]], closed 2019<ref name=Tara/>) * [[Eltham]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mills |first1=Lauren |title=Kaufman prepares to leave Allders |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2720503/Kaufman-prepares-to-leave-Allders.html |website=Telegraph |access-date=12 July 2020 |date=2 June 2001}}</ref> (formerly Hinds; building since occupied by [[Sports Direct]], [[Carpetright]], [[Peacocks (Clothing)|Peacocks]] and [[Bathstore]]) * [[Horsham]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (building since occupied by [[Beales (department store)|Beales]], 2006β2019; now [[Dunelm Group|Dunelm]]) * [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} (formerly Willis Ludlow / Willis Brothers; now Primark) * [[Ilford]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (former Owen Owen; now Debenhams) * [[Ipswich]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Allders to close in three weeks |url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/allders-to-close-in-three-weeks-1-103308 |website=Ipswich Star |access-date=12 July 2020 |language=en |date=5 March 2005}}</ref> (former Owen Owen; became [[T J Hughes]], since redeveloped for [[TK Maxx|T K Maxx]] and Empire Cinema) * [[Lakeside Shopping Centre|Lakeside]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (former Bentalls; now Primark) * [[Leeds]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Allders store closing its doors |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/4570725.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=12 July 2020 |date=22 May 2005}}</ref> (former Lewis's; building repurposed as office and retail space for tenants including [[Sainsbury's]], [[Argos (retailer)|Argos]], [[TK Maxx|T K Maxx]] and [[Clas Ohlson]]) * [[Leicester]]<ref name="Department store's final farewell">{{cite web |title=Department store's final farewell |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4365699.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=12 July 2020 |date=20 March 2005}}</ref> (former [[C&A]]; now Primark<ref name="Department store's final farewell"/>) * [[London]], [[Oxford Street]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Allders to close 10 stores as group is broken up |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/feb/07/2 |website=The Guardian |access-date=12 July 2020 |language=en |date=7 February 2005}}</ref> (former C&A flagship store; originally the 489β497 Oxford Street branch of [[Gamages]]; now Primark) * [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], John Farnon * [[Nottingham]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (former Nottingham Co-operative Society department store; became T K Maxx; now vacant) * [[Oxford]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Allders fate is still uncertain |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6558324.allders-fate-still-uncertain/ |website=Oxford Mail |access-date=12 July 2020 |language=en |date=19 March 2005}}</ref> (opened 1996). Originally G R Cooper, bought by [[Selfridges]] in 1966. Original store demolished 1973 as part of [[Westgate, Oxford|Westgate]] development and replaced with new store. Rebranded Lewis's in 1989. Later Primark 2006-2016 when they relocated to a larger unit in the extended part of the centre; original store partially demolished in 2016, now smaller units<ref name="UKHandMade">{{cite web |title=Selfridges (Oxford) Ltd β a very brief history |url=https://ukmade.wordpress.com/tag/department-stores/ |website=UKMade |date=29 March 2015 |access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> * [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]] former Co-op Department Store * [[Portsmouth]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (formerly Landport Drapery Bazaar; now Debenhams) * [[Redditch]]{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} (former Owen Owen; now Primark) * [[Romford]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (became Boundary Mill Stores; now [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]] and [[The Range (retailer)|The Range]]) * [[Slough]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (former Owen Owen; originally Suters; became Debenhams, closed 23 March 2020) * [[Southport]]{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} (now The Range) * [[Sutton, London|Sutton]],{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} High Street (formerly Shinners; closed 1992 on relocation to St Nicholas Shopping Centre; main building demolished with redeveloped site partly occupied by [[Woolworths (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]] 1994β2008 and now [[Waterstones]]; former furniture building now occupied by [[Wilko (retailer)|Wilko]]; Hill Road building now occupied by [[Wetherspoons]]). This store featured in the second episode of the ITV comedy series ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' from 1990, where in the episode titled "[[The Return of Mr. Bean]]", [[Mr. Bean (character)|Mr. Bean]] shops in the department store, with the name Allders clearly seen throughout.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0651853/|title="Mr. Bean" the Return of Mr. Bean (TV Episode 1990) - IMDb|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> * [[Sutton, London|Sutton]],<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> St Nicholas Shopping Centre (opened 1992 on relocation from High Street; now Debenhams) * [[Woking]]<ref name="AlldersAllStores" /> (opened 1992; now Debenhams) {{colend}}
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