Toys R Us set to make high street return at Newark WHSmith store, in the Market Place, as one of the 37 new locations across UK

The beloved high street store Toys R Us will be making a return to the high street in Newark, and just in time for Christmas.

The toy retailer will open concessions within WHSmith stores in 37 new locations across the UK.

Newark’s WHSmith store in the Market Place is one of the locations set to welcome the Toys R Us name.

A planning application has also been submitted to Newark and Sherwood District Council in order to change signage and install advertising window vinyls at the Newark shop.

It comes after all Toys R Us stores closed in 2018 after the company filed for bankruptcy.

WHSmith later stepped in and bought the rights to relaunch the UK branch of the Toys R Us online shop, and trialled physical concessions in other parts of the UK in 2022.

The new locations are expected to open at some point between late September and Christmas.