Kingston and Surbiton have been named as potential locations for new Lidl stores, as the supermarket giant unveils ambitious expansion plans across the UK.

In an announcement on Monday (28 April), Lidl revealed it intends to open over 40 new stores this financial year as it celebrates four decades of growth in Great Britain.

The plans form part of a major £500 million investment aimed at ensuring more communities have access to "affordable, high-quality food".

As part of its expansion, Lidl has released its 2025 site requirements brochure, highlighting hundreds of preferred locations for future stores.

These include high streets, retail parks and mixed-use developments.

Locally, Teddington and Twickenham are all also on the supermarket's radar for future sites.

In total, around 230 areas in London are being targeted for new store openings.

Full list of potential south London areas for new Lidl stores:

• Addiscombe
• Addlestone
• Ashtead
• Balham
• Banstead
• Barnes
• Battersea
• Beckenham
• Bickley
• Biggin Hill
• Brockley
• Bromley - South
• Camberwell
• Carshalton
• Cheam
• Chertsey
• Chessington - East
• Chessington - North
• Chislehurst
• Clapham Common
• Clapham - North
• Clapham - Old Town
• Clapham - South
• Cobham
• Coulsdon
• Deptford - High Street
• Downham
• Dulwich
• Earlsfield
• East Dulwich
• East Sheen / Mortlake
• Elephant & Castle
• Elmers End
• Esher
• Ewell
• Grove Park
• Ham / Kingston - North
• Hampton / Hampton Hill
• Hayes
• Herne Hill
• Hill
• Kingston - Town Centre
• Lee
• Lewisham - High Street
• Lewisham - North
• London Bridge / Borough
• Lower Morden
• Molesey
• New Cross
• Nine Elms
• North Bellingham
• North Bermondsey
• North Cheam
• North Sheen / Kew
• Orpington
• Peckham - Rye Lane
• Penge
• Petts Wood
• Purley
• Raynes Park
• Richmond - Town Centre
• Roehampton
• Selsdon
• Shepperton
• Shirley
• South Norwood
• Southfields
• Staines - West
• Streatham Hill
• Sunbury
• Surbiton
• Sutton
• Swanley
• Tadworth
• Teddington
• Thames Ditton
• Tolworth
• Tulse Hill
• Twickenham
• Vauxhall
• Wandsworth
• Wandsworth - York Road
• Waterloo
• West Norwood
• Weybridge
• Whyteleafe / Kenley
• Wimbledon
• Wimbledon Chase
• Worcester Park

Richard Taylor, Chief Real Estate Officer at Lidl GB, said: "This level of investment is a clear sign of our ambition. As we enter our fourth decade in Great Britain and hurtle towards a thousand stores, there are still so many parts of the country crying out for convenient access to a Lidl store.

"That's why we welcome the measures proposed in the Government's Planning and Infrastructure Bill – they recognise the urgent need to remove barriers to development and support the kind of growth we at Lidl are working towards."

"Our latest site requirements brochure reinforces the scale of our ambition for the future. New Lidl stores mean new jobs, new opportunities for British suppliers, and continued investment into local economies. We're proud to be one of the fastest-growing supermarkets in the country, and with this investment, we're taking another big step in our journey."