WREXHAM'S Wilko store is safe for now as administrators reveal the locations of 52 stores set to close.

The latest announcement comes after it failed to secure a rescue deal for the whole business.

PwC, who was appointed to oversee the insolvency last month, said it remains in talks with parties interested in buying the remaining parts of the business.

On Tuesday, rival retailer B&M bought up to 51 other Wilko stores in a deal worth up to £13 million.

Administrators added that “it is possible that further store closures may regrettably be necessary”, depending on talks with remaining suitors.

But, as its list of locations set to close is revealed, Wrexham's store at the Island Green retail park has not been named.

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Edward Williams, joint administrator, said: “In the absence of viable offers for the whole business, very sadly store closures and redundancies of team members from those stores are now necessary.

“The loss of these stores will be felt not only by the team members who served them with such dedication, including through the uncertainty of recent weeks, but also the communities which they have been a part of.”

The stores being closed are below. Any stores not included in the below lists are 'open and trading until further notice'.

The following stores will close on Tuesday, September 12: Acton, Aldershot, Barking, Bishop Auckland, Bletchley FF, Brownhills, Camberley, Cardiff Bay Retail Park, Falmouth, Harpurhey, Irvine, Liverpool Edge Lane, Llandudno, Lowestoft, Morley, Nelson, Port Talbot, Putney, Stafford, Tunbridge Wells, Wakefield, Weston-super-Mare, Westwood Cross, Winsford.

The following stores will close on Thursday, September 14: Ashford, Avonmeads, Banbury, Barrow in Furness, Basildon, Belle Vale, Burnley (Relocation), Clydebank, Cortonwood, Dagenham, Dewsbury, Eccles, Folkestone, Great Yarmouth, Hammersmith, Huddersfield, Morriston, New Malden, North Shields, Queen Street Cardiff, Rhyl, Southampton-West Quay, St Austell, Stockport, Truro, Uttoxeter, Walsall, Woking.