A MAP has revealed the locations where Dobbies garden centres are shutting in 2025. Eight branches are closing this year, including in Rugby, Stapleton and Leicester, as well as Morpeth, Havant and Aylesbury. It comes after the gardening specialist closed 16 stores as part of a restructuring plan late last year. The eight branches confirmed to be closing this year, which The Sun exclusively revealed, have already started shutting. Four stores in Rugby, Stapleton, Morpeth and Havant all shut on January 19, while a fifth closed in Hare Hatch on January 31. A store in Leicester pulled down its shutters for the final time on February 14 while two others in Northampton and Aylesbury are shutting, but don't have closure dates confirmed yet. The Sun has asked Dobbies if closure dates for these branches have been confirmed and we'll update this story when we've heard back. Which Dobbies stores have already closed? The courts signed off a major restructuring plan for Dobbies in December last year. As part of that plan, the retailer shut a total of 10 larger sites, with two stores taken over by other gardening chains. Here is the list of 10 Dobbies stores which shut last year: Altrincham - December 17Gloucester - December 15Gosforth - December 19Harlestone Heath - December 17Huntingdon - no date givenInverness - December 23King’s Lynn - December 15Pennine - December 15Reading - December 23Stratford-upon-Avon on - December 23 The 10 closures came following six Little Dobbies locations shutting in November. This is the full list of Little Dobbies stores that closed: BristolRichmondCheltenhamEdinburgh StockbridgeChiswickWestbourne Grove DIY and garden centre retailers struggle Dobbies is not the only DIY or garden centre retailer struggling across the UK. High inflation coupled with a squeeze on consumers' finances has meant people have less money to spend in the shops. Major chain Homebase fell into administration in November, putting all its then 133 UK stores at risk. CDS Superstores, which owns The Range and Wilko brands, stepped in and said it would take over up to 70 of these stores. Last month, CDS confirmed it would reopen 50 of these 70 sites before the end of April. But it means a number of Homebase stores are still at risk of closure, while others have been earmarked to shut. Meanwhile, last Spring, Kingfisher, which owns B&Q and Screwfix, revealed its annual profits had slumped by more than a quarter. The company reported a 25.1% drop in underlying pre-tax profits to £568million for the year to January 31, 2024. The high street more broadly has struggled as well, due to high inflation and combined and the trend towards online shopping. Recent data from the Centre for Retail Research revealed over 13,000 shops closed in 2024. Meanwhile, it expects this figure to rise to more than 17,000 across the whole of 2025. The centre's prediction comes ahead of two major blows to the retail sector coming this spring. Employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) will rise from 13.8% to 15% and the threshold at which they're paid lowered to £5,000. Meanwhile, the national minimum wage is also going up, putting further pressure on businesses.