A leading retailer in Peterborough city centre has announced that the store is to close permanently.

Value fashion retailer Peacocks, which occupies a major unit at 55 Bridge Street,. is to shut its doors for the final time on August 2.

Huge notices have been pasted across the double frontage of the store announce the pending closure.

It simply states: “Closing down. 2 August”

Retailer Peacocks has announced that its store in Bridge Street, Peterborough, will close permanently on August 2 this year

placeholder image — Retailer Peacocks has announced that its store in Bridge Street, Peterborough, will close permanently on August 2 this year

The notice also reminds customers that their nearest Peacocks store is in Spalding.

A representative of the retailer confirmed the closure but would not comment further.

The number of staff working in the store has not been disclosed.

Peacocks in Peterborough survived a closure threat four years ago after the company was bought out of administration.

Its closure in August will leave another large hole in the retail offering in Bridge Street..

The Peacocks shop is opposite the former TK Maxx and New Look store which has stood empty for four years. There are two other empty units close to the Town Hall plus the former T Levels premises at the junction of Bridge Street and Bourges Boulevard is vacant.