A MAJOR coffee chain, with over 2,000 branches, has announced the closure of yet another store.
The branch is set to close in just days, leaving coffee drinkers devastated.
is the latest high street name to shut up a shop with locals in Lyme Regis gutted as the popular café prepares to pour its last cup.
The branch, based on Broad Street in the heart of the seaside town, is set to close for good next week after more than a decade serving flat whites, cappuccinos and caramel lattes to locals and tourists alike.
Baristas will be clocking off for the final time on Thursday, April 24 – with regulars describing the shock move as “very upsetting”;.
Costa took over the site back in 2012 from estate agents Fortnam, Smith and Bennett and quickly became a go-to spot for everything from weekend coffees to cosy catch-ups.
A spokesperson for the coffee giant confirmed the decision, saying: “We can confirm that our store in Lyme Regis will be closing its doors for trade on 24 April.”;
Locals have taken to to share their disappointment.
One user said: “It's such a disapointment, i can't believe it”.
Another added: “Such a shame to lose another store”.
A third chimed in: “The high street is just not what it used to be, so sad”.
It follows a string of closures for Costa Coffee.
Just this week Costa shut its .
You can see the full list of closures below:
Shell Highworth Service Station – closed April 20, 2025
Stockton High Street – closing end of May 2025
Lyndhurst, New Forest – closed
Bridlington, Yorkshire – closed
Packhorse Road, Buckinghamshire
King Street, Maidstone, Kent
Chiswick High Road, London
Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh
Rottingdean, Brighton and Cove
Erdington High Street, Birmingham
Cheltenham (inside House of Fraser)
Stockton Heath, Warrington
High Street West, Uppingham
Fleet Walk, Burnley
Alexandra Retail Park, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent
The follows a string of high street closures in the West town.
shut its Broad Street store last February and celeb chef Mark Hix’s restaurant The Oyster & Fish House also packed up in December, blaming rising costs.
Beach & Badger café on Marine Parade also called it a day last year and now trades under a new name – The Terrace.
One local wrote on social media: “It is always sad when any has to close, especially when it affects local and livelihoods.”;
It’s not yet clear what will move into the empty unit but with another big name gone, locals say the high street just won’t be the same.
Other shops leaving the high street
Its not just food chains and coffee shops that are shutting up shop.
, one of Britain's oldest department stores, has after more than 140 years.
The company will shut its branch in Poole's Dolphin Centre on May 31.
The sale includes fashion, furniture, gifts and cosmetics, being sold for up to 70% off.
Beales chief executive Tony Brown blamed the “devastating impact” of the rise in and the higher for the store closure.
Meanwhile, due to excessive costs.
The gift shop became a local icon after it opened in the 1990s.
Meanwhile, high street fashion chain has as it scales back its UK footprint.
It is understood to be shutting nearly 100 stores – equivalent to around a quarter of its 364 shops.
Stores in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, St Austell, and Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf have launched closing down sales.
Reports suggest that the company has been forced to accelerate the pace of due to tax changes in the .
