 On 22 January 2013 the Midlands Co-operative announced that eight of their department stores were to close, one of those being the Wigston department store.which closed in June 2013, although part of the unit was converted into a Co-op food store which itself closed in June 2016, the unit that was previously the department store is now home to Peacocks (features the local post office), Edinburgh Wollen Mill, Pondem Homes and Poundland.There are numerous primary schools in Wigston including All Saints Primary School, Glenmere Primary School, Little Hill Primary School, The Meadow Community Primary School, Thythorn Field Community Primary School and Water Leys Primary School.