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Beeches Pharmacy is to close as in-person options continue to decline across the borough

It’s sad to hear that Beeches Pharmacy is to close. Stock is being run down and it will merge with the other branch in nearby Banstead Road.

There is a trend across the UK for pharmacies to close due to lack of investment, rising costs and digital competition.


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This branch at 2b Beeches Avenue in Carshalton Beeches is close to the railway station and has been a lifeline for the nearby community for many years.

Retro signage will disappear. We believe the current company was first registered in 1986 © Secret Carshalton
Pharmacies provide advice, information and supplementary medical services © Secret Carshalton

Elsewhere, in Carshalton, Park Lane pharmacy has downsized and the original building at 27 High Street by the car park is in the process of being redeveloped.

Inside Park Lane Pharmacy (more recently Medipharmacy) shortly before closure in 2025. The old perfume counter stands empty © Secret Carshalton
The covid keep your distance signs are still stuck to the floor. © Secret Carshalton

How do you feel about pharmacies closing and have you been affected? Main image © Secret Carshalton 

The site of Beeches pharmacy was a newsagent called Mac’s in the 1970s. Rebecca’s grandmother in the yellow top owned the shop, pictured with a friend. She was said to still be doing a paper round in her 80s. © Rebecca Boston


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