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How close is your closest IKEA?

140 replies

EarlofShrewsbury · 18/03/2025 12:49

My nearest IKEA is 45 minutes away (on a good day).

A product was out of stock and I was looking for alternative stores and I was surprised at how few stores they actually have.

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TeenToTwenties · 18/03/2025 12:50

20mins in good traffic.

ScrewedByFunding · 18/03/2025 12:51

30 mins on motorway.

Clarey27 · 18/03/2025 12:51

Nearly 100 miles away

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 18/03/2025 12:51

About an hour or so, never go as too busy roads to get there (don't like driving)!

ExtraDecluttering · 18/03/2025 12:51

We are in between two, both 45 mins drive.

Anothercookieday · 18/03/2025 12:51

I have two that are just over an hour away. But strangely they are fairly close together.

SomethingAboutNothing · 18/03/2025 12:52

We are equidistant between 2, both pretty much exactly an hour away in opposite directions.

vinnabawl · 18/03/2025 12:52

Mine is a five minute drive way! Dangerous 😂😂

unsync · 18/03/2025 12:52

About an hour and a half. I just buy online for home delivery.

MotherWol · 18/03/2025 12:52

About 6 miles away, 45 minutes by public transport.

Pascha · 18/03/2025 12:52

1 hour 6 minutes. We don't bother much.

Feelingstrange2 · 18/03/2025 12:52

90 minutes

WinkingAtTheSun · 18/03/2025 12:53

Very close but previously we were 45 minutes away. When people come to visit me they always ask can they just pop to Ikea Grin

bakermummy21 · 18/03/2025 12:54

40 min. They do click and collect now to some Tesco stores and our nearest is 10 min

MissAmbrosia · 18/03/2025 12:54

About 20 mins drive away. For many years we lived just round the corner. We have a lot of stuff from Ikea.

Caspianberg · 18/03/2025 12:54

About an hour. I don’t mind, we don’t go that often, and if we go just make a day off it. Have lunch there, and Ds uses the play centre

Mingenious · 18/03/2025 12:54

20 minutes for me. We very rarely go and if I do it’s on my way back from the office.

MferMonsterSearchingForRedemption · 18/03/2025 12:56

Two hours- I went last week.

Somethingthecatdraggedin7 · 18/03/2025 12:57

Not far away enough.

How close is your closest IKEA?
Iknowaboutpopular · 18/03/2025 12:57

We had one in the city next door to the town we live in (about 8 miles) But they closed it down. Now the closest two to us are 32 and 42 miles away.

NellieJean · 18/03/2025 12:57

Fifteen minutes and if I ever want a divorce I can just suggest a visit to DH.

KnickerFolder · 18/03/2025 12:59

9 miles but it would probably take 40 mins to an hour to get there.

RedRiverShore5 · 18/03/2025 12:59

25 miles

Pinkywoo · 18/03/2025 13:00

120 miles, there's not one in the whole of East Anglia (except a collection point, but I like to browse!).

MJconfessions · 18/03/2025 13:00

Why are you surprised at the stores?

Their business model is setting up giant warehouses in the middle of nowhere. They have never been a retailer with lots of convenient stores as a result.

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