Map shows full list of Homebase stores reopening - including three on Friday

Three branches of the major DIY chain, , are set to reopen under a new name on Good Friday, April 18. The former Homebase stores, which closed earlier this year, will resume trading as The Range with garden centres by Homebase in time for the rush.

Three revived shops will open on Friday in Sevenoaks, Kent; Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire; and Portlaoise, Ireland. Four more stores will follow a week after on Friday 25 April, in Haverfordwest, Wales; Drakehouse Park, Sheffield; Rayleigh Weir, Essex; and Nutgrove, Dublin. The DIY and garden retailer fell into administration in November last year, which it owed to a decline in both consumer confidence and post-pandemic spending.

to save around 70 stores.

took over five branches, and the former Homebase sites in Altrincham, Basingstoke, Biggleswade, Leamington Spa and Worcester are due to be converted into B&Q stores this spring.

Up until now, 36 former Homebase stores have reopened under new The Range branding, including three last week.

Two others openings are scheduled for next month, with Market Harborough, Leicestershire, set to open on May 2 and Clitheroe, Lancashire, set for May 16.

Full list of former Homebase stores that have already been converted into The Range outlets:

• Pollokshaws, Glasgow - opened January 17
• Christchurch, Bournemouth - opened January 17
• Kings Heath, Birmingham - opened January 17
• Newton Abbot - opened January 24
• Felixstowe - opened January 24
• Blyth - opened January 24
• Stroud - opened January 31
• Putney Road, Leicester - opened January 31
• Blandford Forum - opened January 31
• Penge - opened February 7
• Woking opened February 7
• Leighton Buzzard - opened February 7
• Staines - opened February 14
• Ashbourne - opened February 14
• East Dereham - opened February 14
• Huntingdon opened February 21
• Reigate opened February 21
• Bicester - opened February 21
• Admiral Park, Eastbourne - opened February 28
• Morecambe - opened February 28
• Oxford - opened February 28
• Bodmin - opened March 7
• Loudwater - opened March 7
• Selby - opened March 7
• Craigleith Park, Edinburgh - opened March 21
• Horsham - opened March 21
• Ruislip - opened March 21
• Maidenhead - opened March 28
• Harrogate - opened March 28
• Sligo, ROI - opened April 4
• Drogheda, ROI - opened April 4
• Winchester - opened April 4
• Balloo Park, Bangor, NI - opened April 4
• Sittingbourne - opened April 11
• Frome - opened April 11
• Newmarket - opened April 11