A popular garden centre in Reading is set to close after Christmas.

Dobbies Garden Centre, in Hyde End Road, Shinfield, has been earmarked for closure. However, no date has yet been set.

The garden centre chain previously announced it would close 17 stores before the end of the year, including 11 larger sites and six of its smaller Little Dobbies stores, as part of a major restructuring plan. 

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Dobbies previously said the closures would affect 465 employees. The gardening centre chain employs roughly 3,600 people and before the closures, had 77 stores across the UK. The restructuring plan is still subject to court approval.

A spokesperson for Dobbies previously said: "Subject to the restructuring plan being successfully approved, we expect the affected sites to cease trading by the end of the year.

"Thereafter, Dobbies will operate 60 stores and continue to play a key role in the market, working constructively with stakeholders and suppliers, and having an active and committed role in the communities in which it’s based."

Along with Reading, the other stores earmarked for closure are Hunting, Iverness and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Other stores with closure dates include:

Dobbies – Pennine - December 15

Dobbies – Kings Lynn - December 15

Dobbies - Gloucester - December 15

Dobbies – Harlestone Heath - December 17

Dobbies – Altrincham - December 17

Dobbies – Gosforth - December 19/20