Costa Coffee on Marlborough High Street, Wiltshire, has closed after the majority of its “talented team members” were relocated to other branches. This follows a long list of Costa closures this year
Another Costa Coffee outlet has shut up shop, adding to a growing list of over a dozen branches that have closed in the past year. The local community expressed their sadness as the Costa on Marlborough High Street in Wiltshire ceased trading last month.
Local sources report that the premises have been cleared out inside and out, with all traces of Costa branding removed. No official explanation has been provided for the closure of the popular Marlborough High Street coffee shop.
A Costa spokesperson confirmed the store stopped serving customers on July 17, 2025. This comes after UK households issued warning if they have Nescafé coffee in kitchen.
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The spokesperson informed the Gazette and Herald: “The majority of our talented team members have relocated to Costa Coffee stores in surrounding areas”. Residents mourned the loss of their local café, with one regular branding it a “terrible loss” for Marlborough and another marking it as “such a shame”, calling the shop “a great coffee spot,” reports the Express.
The challenges facing Britain’s high streets are well-known, with retailers grappling with competition from online shopping, steep rental prices, the rise of wage costs and subdued consumer spending.
Alarmingly, recent British Retail Consortium-Sensormatic figures indicate that one in seven UK shops is now vacant. The data also revealed that the anticipated summer retail boost has not occurred for the second year running, with overall UK footfall in July down by 0.4 percent compared to the previous year, and visits to high streets decreasing by 1.7 percent.
Costa Coffee, which is the largest coffee chain in the UK, was snapped up by Coca-Cola in a £3.9 billion deal in 2019. The brand boasts over 2,700 outlets in the UK and Ireland, along with international locations. However, recent years have seen a reported slump in sales, resulting in the closure of several branches.
This could also come down to the two-year boycott against attacks in Gaza, which saw a decrease in consumerism for brands like McDonalds, Starbucks and Zara.
The Standard has listed the following Costa Coffee shops that have closed since September 2024:
Costa Coffee closures
- Shell Highworth Service Station
- Stockton High Street
- Lyndhurst, New Forest
- Bridlington, Yorkshire
- Packhorse Road, Buckinghamshire
- King Street, Maidstone, Kent
- Whitstable High Street, Kent
- Chiswick High Road, London
- Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh
- Rottingdean, Brighton and Cove
- Erdington High Street, Birmingham
- Cheltenham House of Fraser
- Stockton Heath, Warrington
- High Street West, Uppingham
- Fleet Walk, Burnley
- Alexandra Retail Park, Tunstall
- Marlborough High Street, Wiltshire
