Apple to Close Basingstoke Festival Place Store After 15 Years

Apple to close Basingstoke Festival Place store after 15 years

Apple will close its Basingstoke store in November 2026 after 15 years of trading.

UK loses Basingstoke Apple Store after 15 years

Apple UK is expanding one Apple Store but losing another, as Apple Festival Place closes for good in November 2026, and a nearby one expands in December.Apple Festival Place in Basingstoke UK is to close - image credit: Apple.Apple has been steadily working through a global five-year Apple Store plan that sees it opening new sites, moving existing ones or expanding others, and also closing some too. In a statement to AppleInsider, the company ha…

Apple reopening Oracle store in Reading, UK, as Basingstoke store closes

The Apple store in the Oracle Shopping Centre in Reading, UK, is reopening with a completely new design in December. Ahead of this, Apple Festival Place store in Basingstoke will be closing in November, leaving the company with 38 retail stores in the UK …

Apple Closing Basingstoke Store as Nearby Reading Location Expands

Apple today confirmed that its Apple Festival Place store in Basingstoke, England will permanently close in November 2026, while a nearby store in Reading undergoes a major expansion and will reopen with a new design in the following month (via 9to5Mac). Apple The Oracle will become the closest replacement at around 18 miles from the old Basingstoke location, with Apple WestQuay in Southampton roughly 30 miles away and Apple Bentall Centre about…