DESPITE rumours, a huge supermarket chain have confirmed they have no intention of leaving Colwyn Bay.

Rumours have been circulating that Morrisons may be leaving the BayView Shopping Centre after a number of shops in the town closed for good. 

Poundland, in the BayView Shopping Centre, shut on January 5. The retailer said they were "unable to renew the lease".

Boots will be closing branches in both Colwyn Bay and Rhos-on-Sea this year. The company confirmed their pharmacy in Rhos will shut in March, with the Station Road store in Colwyn Bay set to close in April, as part of 300 Boots store closures across the UK.

However for now - Morrisons are going nowhere and have quashed suggestions that they are closing in March 2024.

A Morrisons spokesperson, who told the Pioneer that they "really value their customers in Colwyn Bay", said: "We have no current plans to close our Colwyn Bay store".

A resident had taken to a Facebook public group to ask if Morrisons were leaving the shopping centre due to increases in rents.

Another person commented that the supermarket had "thought about leaving" but had since come to an agreement with their rates.

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Another wrote that the supermarket chain had "apparently signed a new 20 year lease."

This has not been confirmed.

Concerns have been voiced about the amount of shops putting their shutters down for good in Colwyn Bay.

Costcutter closed in December 2023 as well as Subway.

Wood's, a card and gift shop that had been trading in the town for more than 20 years, closed in September 2023.

Then owner Neil Wood felt there was "little support" for independent shops like Wood's and that "crime, theft and  antisocial behaviour" was putting customers off the town. He said that footfall had dropped over the years and the town had become an "undesirable place to shop."

WHSmith in Colwyn Bay closed to customers for good in July 2021 after more than a century in the town.