Lidl names the 1,074 UK neighbourhoods where it plans to build new shops - full list

By Holly Allton

Food and drink writer

Published 29th Apr 2025, 14:06 BST

Updated 29th Apr 2025, 14:07 BST

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Lidl is looking to expand its store locations 🛒

Lidl has shared the locations it is looking to open new stores
More than 1,000 areas across the UK have been identified as key neighbourhoods for the supermarket
Lidl is looking to expand in 17 key regions across the country

Lidl is one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK in regards to popularity, with many customers praising its middle aisle offers and affordable pricing.

The budget supermarket has been named the second cheapest in the UK this month according to Which? - behind only Aldi.

An average shop with 79 items cost £134.40 with a Lidl Plus card, or £134.43 without, compared to £133.73 at Aldi and £176.41 at the UK’s most expensive supermarket, Waitrose.

Lidl has named the locations it plans to build new stores. — Lidl has named the locations it plans to build new stores. | mimpki - stock.adobe.com

Lidl has named the locations it plans to build new stores. — Lidl has named the locations it plans to build new stores. | mimpki - stock.adobe.com

While Lidl currently has 980 stores across the UK, bosses have revealed the areas of the UK where it is looking to expand into.

It has also shared the potential of target areas, and how the areas align with Lidl’s growth strategy - you can find out more on the Lidl website.

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Here are the 1,074 areas of the UK where Lidl wants to build new stores.

Scotland

North East England and Cumbria

Yorkshire and Humberside

Greater Manchester, East Lancs, Calderdale and High Peak

North Wales, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire West

Nottingham, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire East

South-Mid Wales

Central England

East England

Bristol, Gloucester, Wiltshire, North & East Somerset and Mendips

Bath - Central
Bath - East
Bath - SouthBradford on Avon
Bristol - Bradley Stoke
Bristol - City Centre
Bristol - Clifton
Bristol - Downend / Staple Hill
Bristol - Knowle
Bristol - Stoke Bishop
Bristol - Westbury on Trym
Bristol - Whitchurch
Cheddar
Cheltenham - South West
Corsham
Gloucester - East
Keynsham
Marlborough
Moreton-in-Marsh
Nailsea
Nailsworth
Shepton Mallet
Swindon - East
Swindon - South
Swindon - South East
Swindon - West
Tewkesbury
Trowbridge - South
Weston-super-Mare
Wroughton
Yatton

Northern Home Counties

London North West

London North East

London South

South and West Somerset, Devon and Cornwall

Axminster
Braunton
Brixham
Camborne
Cranbrook
Cullompton
Dawlish
Exeter - North
Exmouth - Central
Falmouth
Ivybridge
Kingsbridge
Liskeard
Newton Abbot
Plymouth - Mutley/Greenbank
Redruth
Seaton
Sherborne
Sherford
St Austell - West
St Ives
Taunton - North
Torpoint
Torquay - South
Totnes
Truro - East

Central South England

Kent, East Sussex and East Surrey

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