Lidl lists 70 South West locations it plans to open stores in

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Lidl has published plans to open 140 stores across the country over the next two years, with over half of its preferred new site locations in the South West.

The supermarket, which has over 860 stores and 13 distribution centres across the UK, has opened over 20 new stores since the start of this year of a planned 50, creating 2,000 jobs.

Lidl says it has committed to investing £1.3bn in its store expansion over 2021 and 2022, as it seeks to reach a target of 1,000 UK stores by 2023.

The European grocery chain has now published a list of places it would like to develop or relocate its new stores, with it prioritising town centre, edge-of-centre, retail park and metropolitan locations this year.

Christian Härtnagel, Lidl GB chief executive said: “We are calling on developers and landlords up and down the country to help find potential sites for us to build Lidl stores, which demonstrates the continued ambition we have to further expand our store portfolio across the nation.

“Despite the challenges of the past year, we still managed to meet our ambitious target of opening, on average, one new store per week across Great Britain.

“We are looking forward to opening more stores throughout the country and welcoming new colleagues in the coming months and years, so that more communities can access high quality food at the lowest prices on the market.”

Lidl said all of its proposed new stores would feature bakery sections and environmentally sustainable features, such as solar panels to provide renewable energy and electric vehicle charging points.

Here is the full list of South West locations where Lidl has expressed an interest in developing a new store.

Bath, North and East Somerset

Bath – East

Bath – South

Bridgwater – South,

Clevedon

Keynsham,

Frome (relocation)

Nailsea

Shepton Mallet,

Weston-Super-Mare – Central

Bristol

Bedminster

Bradley Stoke

Clifton

Downend / Staple Hill

Emersons Green

Fishponds

Stoke Bishop

Westbury on Trym

Whitchurch

Devon, Cornwall, South and West Somerset

Axminster

Brixham

Camborne

Cranbrook

Crediton

Crewkerne (relocation)

Cullompton

Dawlish

Exeter – Central

Exeter – North

Exeter – South East

Exmouth – Central

Falmouth

Ivybridge

Kingsbridge

Liskeard

Newton Abbot

Okehampton (relocation)

Paignton – Central (relocation)

Paignton – North

Plymouth – Mutley/Greenbank

Redruth

Seaton

Sherborne

Sidmouth (relocation)

St Austell – West

St Ives

Taunton – North

Torpoint

Torquay – South

Totnes

Truro – East

Wadebridge (relocation)

Wellington

Dorset

Bournemouth – Boscombe (relocation)

Bournemouth – Kinson / Moordown

Bournemouth – Town Centre (relocation)

Poole – Centre / Parkstone

Poole – Corfe Mullen

Salisbury – North.

Salisbury – West

Shaftesbury

Swanage

Wareham

Wimborne

Gloucestershire

Cheltenham – South East

Cheltenham – South West

Dursley

Midsomer Norton

Moreton-in-Marsh

Nailsworth

Tewkesbury

Thornbury

Wiltshire

Bradford on Avon

Corsham

Marlborough

Royal Wootton Bassett

Swindon – South

Swindon – West

Trowbridge – South