Wickes (disambiguation)
Wickes is a home improvement retailer and garden centre based in the UK, owned by the Travis Perkins Group.
Wickes may also refer to:
Companies
- Wickes Furniture, a former US-based furniture store chain
- Wickes Companies, a defunct company, later called Collins & Aikman
Places
- Wix, Essex (archaic spelling), England
United States
- Wickes, Arkansas
- Wickes, California
- Wickes, Missouri
People
- Craig Wickes (born 1962), New Zealand rugby player
- Eliphalet Wickes (1769–1850), American politician
- Frances G. Wickes (born 1875–1967), American Jungian juvenile psychologist
- Lambert Wickes (1735–1777), Continental Navy Captain
- Mary Wickes (1910–1995), American film and television actress
- Richard Wickes (died 1776), Continental Navy officer, brother of Lambert Wickes
Other uses
- Wickes Stadium, a football stadium in Michigan, US
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