River Island in Festival Place, Basingstoke, not closing

River Island confirmed that it will close 33 of its stores across the UK after receiving court approval for a major restructuring.

The high street fashion chain’s restructuring plan was approved by a high court judge on August 8, amid fears that the company could collapse into administration without the overhaul.

Basingstoke residents need not fear, however, as the branch in Festival Place will remain open, after a list of closing stores was published.

Lawyers for River Island told the court that the company “simply has not been able to reverse” a trend of financial difficulty.

The Basingstoke branch, inside the town's flagship shopping centre, has not been earmarked for closure.

Here is a confirmed list of stores that will leave the high street and shopping centres by January 2026.

• Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

• Bangor Bloomfield, Northern Ireland

• Barnstaple, Devon

• Beckton, Greater London

• Brighton, East Sussex

• Burton-Upon-Trent, Derbyshire

• Cumbernauld, Scotland

• Didcot, Oxfordshire

• Edinburgh Princes Street, Scotland

• Falkirk, Scotland

• Gloucester, Gloucestershire

• Great Yarmouth

• Grimsby, Lincolnshire

• Hanley, Staffordshire

• Hartlepool, County Durham

• Hereford, Herefordshire

• Kilmarnock, Scotland

• Kirkcaldy, Scotland

• Leeds Birstall Park, West Yorkshire

• Lisburn, Northern Ireland

• Northwich, Cheshire

• Norwich, Norfolk

• Oxford, Oxfordshire

• Perth, Scotland

• Poole, Dorset

• Rochdale, Greater Manchester

• St Helens, Merseyside

• Stockton On Tees, County Durham

• Surrey Quays, Greater London

• Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire

• Taunton, Somerset

• Workington, Cumbria

• Wrexham, Wales