The closing date has been revealed for a Cricklewood supermarket that is set to be bulldozed to make way for a major new development.
The Co-op store at 1–13 Cricklewood Lane will close its doors on November 21, with the entire block then set to be demolished.
A sign in the shop window confirms the closure date, marking the end of the supermarket’s run on the site.
What is planned for the site?
Under the plans, the block of shops, flats and offices next to the B&Q will be torn down and replaced with two six-storey blocks and a nine-storey tower.
The site was bought in January 2024 by Wittington Investments (Properties) Ltd for £16.8 million, with the development plans drawn up in tandem with Soco (Cricklewood) Ltd.
The latest plans lodged with Barnet Council include replacing the pub and shops at ground-floor level and building 331 shared-living residential units, with communal facilities and amenity spaces.
The application describes “three blocks of between six and nine storeys connected by a two-storey central building, 331 shared living residential units with ancillary communal facilities and amenity spaces”.
A site with history
The supermarket sits next door to the Lucky 7 Irish pub, which closed in August after more than 30 years in a former shop, to make way for the same development.
The site itself has a long history. Number 3 Cricklewood Lane was once the Queens Hall Cinema, opened in 1920 and taken over by Denman/Gaumont British Theatres in March 1928, who refurbished it as a 1,900-seat cinema.
It was renamed the Gaumont in 1949 but closed by the Rank Organisation in January 1960 and demolished to make way for a supermarket. Over the years the site has been a KwikSave, a Somerfield and, since 2017, a Co-op — which will serve its final customer next month.
Where shoppers can go
Shoppers will not be left without options. There are alternative Co-op stores on Cricklewood Broadway and further along Cricklewood Lane.
The development reflects the ongoing transformation of Cricklewood, with older retail blocks giving way to mixed-use schemes combining homes and commercial space.
For more on changes to London’s high streets, see our coverage of Walthamstow developments and Camberwell’s new pub.
