B&M Acton is open at The Oaks Shopping Centre, W3 6RE: 8am to 9pm Monday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm Sunday. Plus where the next nearest B&M stores are.
B&M has opened a store at The Oaks Shopping Centre in Acton. The doors opened at 9am on Saturday 24 October, according to B&M’s own announcement.
Updated 6 November: Ealing Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee granted the store an alcohol licence on 4 November, for off-sales from 7am to 11pm daily. Details below.
Updated 13 November: the council’s written decision, dated 11 November, is now published. It adds that B&M may open 7am to 10pm in December. Details below.
B&M says the unit was “previously occupied by Poundland”. It says the space was refurbished inside and out and is now an 8,626 sq ft store, and that the opening created 50 jobs.
Where it is and when it opens
B&M’s store finder lists the shop as Acton (939), The Oaks Shopping Centre, Acton, London W3 6RE. The finder heading gives the unit as Unit 7; the store description on the same page calls it Unit 4C.
| Day | Opening hours |
|---|---|
| Monday to Saturday | 8am to 9pm |
| Sunday | 11am to 5pm |
Hours from B&M’s store page, checked 5 November 2026.
The store sells groceries, health and beauty, homeware, electricals, DIY, toys and gifts, according to B&M. It has self-checkout tills, which B&M highlighted in its announcement. The store page also mentions alcohol and frozen food ranges.
The alcohol licence
B&M applied for a premises licence for the unit on 8 September 2026, under reference 26LIC12241PREM, to sell alcohol to take away from 7am to 11pm every day (hearing report). One resident who lives above The Oaks objected. The objection welcomed the store but raised antisocial behaviour around the shopping centre in the evenings, and asked for shorter alcohol hours or extra conditions.
The Licensing Sub-Committee heard the application on 4 November and granted it in full. The chair read the decision on the council’s webcast of the decision:
- alcohol off-sales from 7am to 11pm daily
- the mandatory conditions, plus conditions matching B&M’s own operating schedule
- no extra conditions and no cut in hours
The committee said the resident had clarified that the existing problems were “not attributable to B&M”. It pointed to the store’s CCTV, staff training, Challenge 25 and measures to discourage loitering, and found the application “acceptable on its individual merits” despite the site’s special policy area location.
The council’s written decision, dated 11 November, gives the full reasons. It says:
- B&M asked for 7am to 11pm “for trading flexibility”
- it plans normal opening of 8am to 9pm Monday to Saturday and 11am to 5pm on Sundays
- it may open 7am to 10pm during December, subject to Sunday trading rules
- those plans do not limit the licence, which allows alcohol sales across the full 7am to 11pm
- alcohol is ancillary to food, not chilled, discounted or advertised in the windows, and takes up no more than 10% of the trading area
The resident had said a 9pm finish would be acceptable. The committee found the evidence did not show a risk that justified fewer hours or extra conditions. Anyone who made a representation, and B&M, can appeal to Ealing Magistrates’ Court within 21 days of being told the decision.
The licence covers longer hours than the shop keeps. The store itself opens 8am to 9pm Monday to Saturday.
What B&M said
B&M’s release quotes the Acton store manager, without giving a name: “We’re really excited to be opening our brand-new Acton store and can’t wait to welcome customers through the doors for the first time.”
The nearest other B&M stores
Before this opening, the nearest B&M stores to Acton were all about five miles or more away, according to B&M’s store finder.
| Store | Address | Distance from Acton |
|---|---|---|
| Hounslow | The Blenheim Centre, Alexandra Road, TW3 1NL | 5 miles |
| Yeading | Willow Tree Lane Retail Park, Glencoe Road, UB4 9SN | 5 miles |
| Colindale | Colindale Retail Park, Edgware Road, NW9 6TH | 6 miles |
| Hayes | Argent Centre, Silverdale Road, UB3 3BS | 6 miles |
| Harrow | St George’s Shopping Centre, St Ann’s Road, HA1 1HS | 6 miles |
What it means for you
- The store is open now, seven days a week, at The Oaks on Acton High Street.
- For parking around the town centre, see our parking in Ealing page.
Sources
- B&M, B&M celebrates opening of brand-new store at Oaks Shopping Centre in Acton, 24 October 2026.
- Ealing Council, Licensing Sub-Committee hearing report, B&M Store, 4 November 2026.
- Ealing Council, Notice of decision, B&M Store, Unit 4C, The Oaks, 11 November 2026.
- Ealing Council, Licensing Sub-Committee decision, B&M, webcast, 4 November 2026.
- B&M, Acton (939) store page, read 30 October 2026.
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