Welcome to John Lewis Watford

Shop info

• Address

  John Lewis
  The Harlequin Centre
  High Street
  Watford
  Hertfordshire
  WD17 2TW

  Telephone

  01923 244266

  More contact details

  Recruitment

• Normal opening hours

  Mon:	9am - 6pm
  	(Bank holidays 10am - 6pm)
  Tues:	9am - 6pm
  Wed:	9am - 6pm
  Thurs:	9am - 9pm
  Fri:	9am - 6pm
  Sat:	9am - 7pm
  Sun:	11am - 5pm (browsing 10.30am - 11am)
  May bank holiday
  Mon:	10am - 6pm

• About John Lewis Watford

  Founded in 1880 by a Cornishman called Arthur Trewin, this Watford shop soon acquired a reputation for “securing a good medium class trade”. The arrival of his flashier brother Henry at the turn of the century ensured the shop grew from strength to strength.

  Trewin Brothers sold their shop to H.Gordon Selfridge in 1918, who in turn sold it to The John Lewis Partnership. In 1990 it moved to its present site in the Harlequin Centre.

   

How to find us

Directions

By Car
From Junction 5 of the M1, use the A4008 (M1 link) to Watford. A slip road on the left before Beechen Grove enables you to drive under the ring road and into the Kings Car Park.

By Rail
The Harlequin Centre is a 2-minute walk from Watford High Street station. From Watford Junction station the Harlequin Centre is a 10-minute walk or a short bus ride away.

By Bus
Buses stop close to the Harlequin Centre. Check with your local company for times or phone the Centre's Customer Service Desk on 01923 250292.

Planning your journey
Why not use the Transport for London Journey Planner to help plan your journey? Enter where you're travelling from and it will show you how to get to John Lewis Watford.

Click & collect

Can’t wait for delivery? Why not try our FREE Click & collect service?

You simply place your online order by 7pm today, and we'll deliver it to your chosen shop for you to collect after 2pm tomorrow. This service is available from all John Lewis shops, and in an increasing number of selected Waitrose branches.

The service is available for most but not all of the items we sell, so please check individual product pages when you place an order. We're unable to accept orders that include items for collection from one of our shops as well as items for delivery, so in these cases, please place two separate orders – one for collection and one for delivery.

News and community information

little Waitrose

John Lewis Watford will soon become an even more convenient place to shop as we open little Waitrose. In addition to your normal John Lewis shopping you’ll also be able to stock up on delicious groceries and quality prepared food all under one roof.

If you’re an early bird, you’ll be able to enjoy hot buttery croissants straight out of the oven for breakfast. Throughout the day you’ll find freshly prepared baguettes, loaves, pastries and rolls as well as fresh fruit, yoghurts, salads, sushi and sandwiches. We’ve also got dinner covered, with fresh meat, fish and pasta all on offer.

Your little Waitrose will be laid out in zones so everything is quick and easy to find - perfect if you’re in a hurry.

Our Partners are looking forward to welcoming you to little Waitrose on 20 June. We hope to see you soon.

Supporting our communities

Our aims

We're proud of the close links we forge between our Partners and local schools, charities and organisations. And wherever we do business, at home or abroad, we work with communities to make a difference. That's why:

• Our Community Matters programme in our shops continues to support local charities and community groups.

• We aim to give at least 1% of pre-tax profits to community initiatives.

• We will continue to seek out projects that support the John Lewis Foundation at home and abroad.

And so far we have...

• Donated £2.2m to our communities in 2012.

• Launched Bringing Skills to Life, our programme to help people learn the skills they need to succeed in life.

• Formed strategic partnerships with experts in the field of community work, such as UK Youth.

• Made community meeting rooms available for free in 19 of our shops.

• Launched cotton farmer training in India to help farmers grow more sustainable cotton and improve their livelihoods.

 

Community Matters is a charitable giving scheme that runs throughout our shops.

Every 3 months each shop selects 3 community groups to help. Customers are then directly involved in deciding how much each nominated group receives, by using a token to vote for the organisation they'd like to support.

Each shop has £3000 to donate which will be split between the charities according to the proportion of the vote they've received from customers. This means that if a charity receives 31% of the votes, it'll receive a £930 donation.

Charities will receive support in whichever way will benefit them the most, either in the form of John Lewis products, volunteering time from Partners, or as financial support.

The Community Matters boxes will be located in catering areas of each shop. Customers will be given one token per transaction, and will be able to follow how much of the vote each organisation receives over the 3 months.

Organisations eligible for Community Matters include charities, schools and relevant community groups. Partners will look at the requests that are submitted and choose 3 organisations to support for the following 3 months. Organisations that would like to be considered for Community Matters should visit their local John Lewis to pick up a nomination form.