Aldi Farnborough Way, Orpington West, BR6 7GE: 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm Sunday, own car park and 24 jobs. Opening was set for 15 October.

Aldi opens its new Orpington store at 8am on Thursday 15 October. The supermarket has now put the date, the address and the opening hours on its own new store openings page for the Farnborough Way, Orpington West store, after listing it on 2 October only as one of nearly 30 stores due to open “between now and Christmas” (Aldi UK, 2 October).

A Bromley Online reader, Carole Palmer, first told us the date through the comments on this story (see below), before Aldi had published it.

At a glance: opens 8am Thursday 15 October; Farnborough Way (A21), Orpington West, BR6 7GE; Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm, Sunday 11am to 5pm; own car park.

Updated 18 October: the opening was set for 8am on Thursday 15 October. On 18 October Aldi’s new store openings page still lists Farnborough Way, Orpington West under “upcoming store openings”, now with no date, and Aldi has not published an opening release we can read. Check Aldi’s store finder before you travel.

Opening day: 8am, a Team GB medallist and free fruit and veg

  • Doors open at 8am on Thursday 15 October. Store manager Lisa Whitnall and the team will be joined by Team GB hockey player and Olympic bronze medallist Izzy Petter, who cuts the ribbon (News Shopper, reporting Aldi’s announcement).
  • The first 30 customers in the queue get a complimentary bag of fruit and vegetables from Aldi’s Super 6 range, handed out by Petter.
  • 24 jobs come with the store, Aldi says. Vacancies are listed on Aldi’s careers site; in June Aldi said store assistants inside the M25 are paid £14.88 an hour, rising to £15.20 with length of service (Aldi UK, 16 June 2026).
  • The store has a Food to Go section and the Specialbuys middle aisle. Local charities and food banks can register with Neighbourly (aldi@neighbourly.com) to collect surplus food from the store seven days a week.

Opening hours and address
Address Farnborough Way, Orpington West, BR6 7GE
Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm
Sunday 11am to 5pm

Hours are from Aldi’s own store page. Sunday hours are shorter under the Sunday trading rules for large stores.

Where it is: Farnborough Way, the A21

The A21 Farnborough Way at Farnborough, a dual carriageway with traffic lights and trees
The A21 Farnborough Way near the store site. Photo: A21 at Farnborough by N Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Geograph

The store is built on the site of the former Frankie & Benny’s on Farnborough Way, the A21. Aldi gives the store’s postcode as BR6 7GE. It is in the Farnborough and Crofton ward, about four miles south-east of Bromley town centre.

Bromley’s planning register records application 23/00848/FULL1, made on 3 March 2023 (PlanIt). It sought permission to:

  • demolish the existing buildings
  • build a food store
  • lay out a surface car park, with a new access and landscaping

The Development Control Committee granted permission on 29 February 2024, subject to a section 106 legal agreement (Bromley planning register).

A year later than first promised

This is not the first time Aldi has named Orpington.

  • January 2025: Aldi listed Orpington as one of four London locations “set to benefit from a new Aldi store in 2025” (Aldi UK, 17 January 2025).
  • April 2026: “Orpington West” appeared in a list of eight new London stores planned for 2026 (Aldi UK, 20 April 2026).
  • June 2026: Orpington was among stores “opening in the coming months” (Aldi UK, 16 June 2026).
  • October 2026: listed on 2 October among stores opening before Christmas; the 15 October date and hours followed on Aldi’s store page.

Aldi has not said why the 2025 target slipped.

Timeline of the Aldi store at Farnborough Way, Orpington. 3 March 2023: application 23/00848/FULL1 to demolish Frankie and Benny's and build a food store and car park. 29 February 2024: permission granted by Development Control Committee subject to a section 106 agreement. 17 January 2025: Aldi names Orpington among four London locations for 2025. 20 April 2026: Orpington West listed among eight new London stores planned for 2026. 2 October 2026: on Aldi's list of nearly 30 openings in 10 weeks, before the end of 2026.
From planning permission to opening, from Bromley's planning register and Aldi's releases. Graphic by Bromley Online
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What it means for you

  • Shoppers in Farnborough, Locks Bottom and Orpington get a discount supermarket on the A21 from Thursday 15 October. Get there before 8am if you want one of the 30 free fruit and veg bags.
  • Traffic: expect a busy A21 junction on opening morning. The store has its own surface car park under the planning permission.
  • Jobs: 24 roles at the store; see Aldi’s careers site.

For other plans in the borough, see our planning applications page.

Updated 11 October 2026: this article first said only that the store would open before Christmas. A reader’s tip was briefly reflected in the headline on 11 October; later that day Aldi published the date and hours on its own site, and the article was rewritten around them.

Frequently asked questions

When is Aldi Farnborough Way opening?

Aldi says the Farnborough Way, Orpington West store opens at 8am on Thursday 15 October 2026.

What are the opening hours of Aldi Orpington West?

Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm, Sunday 11am to 5pm, according to Aldi’s store page.

Where is the new Aldi in Orpington?

On Farnborough Way (the A21), Orpington West, BR6 7GE, on the site of the former Frankie & Benny’s. It has its own car park.