Branch Numbers
Fleet when 101 before relocation
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Banstead as 112 before relocation
Epsom as 102 before relocation
Slough as 105 before relocation and subsequent closure
Tilehurst as 116 before its 'relocation' to Reading
Re-issued Waitrose branch numbers
By Terry Hammond
In the mid 1960’s branches with 2 digit branch numbers were converted to 3 and this list includes those no longer trading, relocated branches and their new numbers after 1966.
101 was Fleet, relocated as 196 in 1990, re-used by Bishops Stortford 1993
102 was Epsom, relocated as 104 in 1983, re-used by Buckhurst Hill 1986
103 was Hounslow, number re-used for Peterborough in 1982
104 was Staines, re-used by Epsom
105 was Slough, relocated as 106 in 1990 then closed in 1995, number re-used for Gillingham 1992
106 was Chiswick, closed 1988, became 760 in 2008 at a new location
107 was Dorking, new branch currently under construction
108 was Watford, closed in 1987, re-used by St Ives in 1990
109 was Barnet, closed in 1989, re-used by Longfield in 1992
110 was Guildford, closed in 1973, re-used by Crowborough in 1974
111 was Henley, relocated in 1994
112 was Banstead, relocated in 1990 as 202, re-used by Holloway Road in 1993)
113 was Kenton, closed in 1996
115 was Dunstable, closed in 1984, re-used by the 2nd Milton Keynes in 1988
116 was Tilehurst, relocated to Reading in 1995
117 was Berkhamsted relocated in as 223 in 1996
118 was Westcliff on Sea, closed 1967 (tbc), re-used by Dibden in 1975
119 was Southend, closed in 1972, re-used by Brent Cross in 1976
120 was Sheldon, closed in 1983, re-used by Dorchester in 1986
121 was Southchurch (closed in 1982, re-used by Esher in 1984
122 was Cranham, closed in 1969, re-used by Hall Green in 1973
123 was Gloucester Road (relocated as 230 in 1988, re-used by Burgess Hill in 1991)
126 was Godalming, relocated as 216 in 1994
127 was Golders Green, closed in 1967, re-used by Cirencester from 1973, relocated as 220 in 1995
128 was Romsey, relocated as 671 in 203
130 was Chesham, relocated as 192 in 1989, number re-used by Chelmsford until closure in 1998
131 was Witney, relocated as 142 in 1986
132 was Kidderminster, closed in 2005, relocated as Droitwich 672 in 2005
133 was Cowplain, relocated as 239 in Waterlooville in 1998
134 was Wokingham, relocated as 221 in 1996
135 was Canford Heath, closed in 1982
136 was Evington, relocated as Oadby 847 in 2010
138 was Hayes, closed in 1999
139 was Lymington, relocated as 796 in 2006
140 was Andover, relocated as 168 in 1990, re-used by Bury St Edmunds 1993
142 was Washwood Heath, closed in 1983, re-used by Witney 1986
143 was Woodley, relocated as 180 in 1983, re-used by Harrow Weald in 1986
145 was Wallingford, relocated as 675 in 2005
146 was Marlow, relocated as 465 in 2011
159 was Birch Hill, relocated as Sandhurst 799 in 2008
147 was Horley, relocated as 233 1999
168 was Milton Keynes, relocated as 115 in 1988, re-used by Andover in 1990
169 was Windsor, finally relocated as 772 in 2007
172 was Chichester, relocated as 208 in 1992
207 originally set aside for a proposed Amersham in the 1990’s, now 578, but 207 re-used for Bloomsbury
650 was West Quay, Southampton, closed in 2006 and relocated as Portswood 720
679 was Southport, relocated as Formby 749 in 2006
730 was Durham, relocated as Eldon Square 461 in 2009