Savvy shoppers know that if you’re looking for a bargain on your grocery bill, Aldi’s the best place to go.
Luckily, the discount retailer has announced plans to open 16 new stores across the UK in the coming months, revealing the full list of locations as part of its ongoing push to bring the total number of UK stores to 1,500. The German-owned retailer already has more than 1,080 sites across the country and has been growing steadily for years, with this latest round of openings backed by a £370 million investment in new stores for 2026 alone.
The new stores are spread across England and Wales.
The locations cover a wide geographical spread, with new stores planned for London, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, Wales, Yorkshire, and several other areas. London gets four new additions across Orpington, Hoxton, Watford, and Marble Arch, while the West Midlands picks up two new stores in Balsall Common and Sutton Coldfield. Greater Manchester also gets two, in Hattersley and Wigan.
Wales features twice on the list with stores planned for Newport and Port Talbot, and the south of England is well represented too with new sites in Ashford in Kent, Rayleigh in Essex, and Sudbury in Suffolk. Bishops Cleeve near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, Malton in North Yorkshire, and Newport on the Isle of Wight complete the picture.
The expansion is part of a long-term plan to reach 1,500 UK stores.
Aldi set out its ambition to grow to 1,500 UK sites some time ago and has been working toward that target consistently. At the start of 2026 the company said it hoped to open around 40 new stores across the year, which means this batch of 16 represents a large chunk of that annual target in one announcement. The £370 million being invested in new stores this year is one of the larger single-year commitments the retailer has made to UK expansion.
For context, growing from around 1,080 stores to 1,500 means adding roughly 40% more locations to the existing network, which is a substantial undertaking even spread across several years. Aldi has been one of the fastest-growing supermarket chains in the UK for well over a decade, driven largely by its reputation for keeping prices low without majorly compromising on quality.
Aldi says the expansion is about making affordable food more accessible.
The company frames its continued growth in terms of access rather than just commercial ambition. Jonathan Neale, managing director of national real estate at Aldi UK, said the investment is intended to bring affordable, high-quality food to more communities across the country. He also highlighted the employment side of the expansion, pointing to the company’s pay rates for store colleagues as part of the local economic benefit each new store brings to its area.
That framing reflects a broader change in how discount supermarkets position themselves in the UK market. Aldi and its main competitor Lidl have moved away from being seen purely as budget options and have spent years building a reputation for quality that sits alongside the low prices, which has helped them attract shoppers well beyond the cost-conscious demographic they originally served.
Cost of living pressures have made this kind of expansion well-timed.
Household budget pressures have pushed more UK shoppers toward discount supermarkets over the past few years, and Aldi has been one of the clearest beneficiaries of that shift. Opening more stores means reaching communities that don’t currently have easy access to one, which in practical terms means more households being able to shop there regularly rather than making a special trip. Proximity matters enormously in supermarket shopping habits, and every new store tends to pull in a local customer base that simply wasn’t there before.
The areas on the new list include a mix of urban locations where Aldi is filling gaps in its existing coverage, and smaller towns where the arrival of a discount supermarket can have a meaningful effect on local food costs for residents. Port Talbot, Malton, Sudbury, and Bishops Cleeve in particular sit in that second category, and for shoppers in those areas the announcement is likely to be genuinely welcome news.
The full list of all 16 new Aldi locations.
Hattersley, Greater Manchester
Newport, Isle of Wight
Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Newport, South Wales
Orpington, London
Hoxton, London
Ashford, Kent
Watford, London
Rayleigh, Essex
Balsall Common, West Midlands
Marble Arch, London
Malton, North Yorkshire
Port Talbot, Wales
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Wigan, Greater Manchester
Sudbury, Suffolk
