A look at the old Blockbuster Video Express in Billingham town centre, Teesside.
The former Blockbuster Video Express in Billingham is one of the last remaining Blockbuster storefronts that is almost fully intact in the UK.
It's always interesting seeing ghost signs for lost brands and even better when those ghost signs are so fresh looking.
Blockbuster in the UK
Blockbuster ceased operations in the UK in December 2013. At the start of that year there were 528 Blockbuster locations in the UK. The number dwindled until October when only 264 shops remained. The remaining stores closed on the 16th December.
Blockbuster around the world
At its peak in 2004 there were more than 9,000 Blockbuster stores operating around the world. There is now just one remaining store open. It's in Bend, Oregon, USA.
Blockbuster visits
We've visited a number of former Blockbuster locations, including:
- Fallowfield, Manchester
- Colne, Lancashire
- Chester, Cheshire
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Hastings, East Sussex
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire
- Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
- Marple, Greater Manchester
- Oldham, Greater Manchester
- Prescot, Lancashire
- Telford, Shropshire
- Chorley, Lancashire
- Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Leigh, Greater Manchester
- Great Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester
- Wythenshawe, Manchester
- Billingham, Teesside
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