Apple’s first Bristol store is about to close permanently

Apple Bristol — picture credit score: Apple

Bristol within the UK is shortly to be down to a single Apple Store, as its first one constructed within the space is closing down due to retail redevelopment.

First opened in 2008 as Apple Cabot Circus, the store was renamed Apple Bristol in 2021. It was then robbed in 2022, although presumably not in protest.

Apple Bristol is an old-style small store, the type that Apple has been radically redeveloping. But this time, as noticed by MacRumors, redevelopment is inflicting its everlasting closure on August 9, 2025, as a result of the entire buying middle is to be reworked.

“At Apple, we’re at all times centered on offering an distinctive expertise for all of our prospects,” mentioned Apple in an announcement. “Due to the redevelopment plans at Cabot Circus Shopping Centre, which embrace the closure of the part the place our store is situated, Apple Bristol will close on August 9, 2025.”

We’ve liked serving the Bristol neighborhood for over 15 years, and our valued workforce members will proceed their roles at Apple,” continued the assertion.

Strictly talking, the closure implies that Apple customers in Bristol can have solely the Apple Cribbs Causeway store. That’s round 9 miles away by automotive.

In apply, although, there is additionally Apple Southgate. That’s in Bath, a special metropolis, however solely 13 miles from Apple Bristol.

Separately, Apple is rumored to be planning a store within the UK’s Oxford. The firm has additionally confirmed that it is transferring Apple Trafford Center, Manchester, to bigger premises.