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Signs above the windows read: “CLOSING. While stocks last.”

The branch at Colchester Retail Park on Sheepen Road is the only GO Outdoors store in the Essex town.

GO Outdoors is one of the UK’s leading retailers of quality outdoor gear.

The store, which first started as a single store in Sheffield in 1969, now claims to be the “UK’s largest outdoor retailer”, with more than 120 stores nationwide and stocking more than 600 brands.

According to its website, the retailer caters to “fishermen to campers, climbers, bikers, horseback riders, hikers, runners and more.”

Customers can choose “good”, “better” and “best” versions of products and benefit from the membership card service for additional discounts.

GO Outdoors was acquired by sports-fashion retailer JD Sports in 2017.

The chain is now part of JD Sports’ outdoor portfolio, along with Blacks and Nationals.

GO Outdoors is the latest outdoor brand to close branches.

The Daily Express reported in May that another major outdoor brand was preparing to close a branch in a UK city.

Trespass, which has 230 stores across the UK, said it will close its store in Eastgate Shopping Center in Inverness, Scotland.

The reported planned closing date was unknown, but signs appeared informing customers that the branch would be closing soon.

In January, the Daily Express reported that popular British outdoor brand Alpkit had entered administration after reporting a loss of £1.46 million in 2024.

The brand said the “extremely regrettable” move came after experiencing “incredible challenges over the last three years”.