A POPULAR store in Basingstoke has closed its doors - but only for a few weeks.

HMV in Festival Place shut on April 16 to allow refit works to be undertaken in the store.

Workers were spotted busy in the shop on Tuesday, April 18. 

The store is expected to remain closed for the next month while the refit is taking place, but signs in the window say it is due to reopen around the middle of May.

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A sign in the store window said: "HMV Basingstoke will be closing for a short refit. We'll be closed from April 16 but will be back in the middle of May with even more stuff you love."

HMV is a British music and entertainment retailer, currently operating exclusively in the United Kingdom. There are more than 100 HMV stores across the United Kingdom.

The nearest stores to Basingstoke currently open are Reading, Newbury, and Winchester.