Financial giants including Lloyds, Halifax and NatWest will be getting rid of in-person services across many high streets in the coming days, with some closures set to take place as early as this week
Customers of high street banks are set to see dozens of branches disappear in the coming weeks with closures announced by five major banks.
Financial giants including Lloyds, Halifax and NatWest will be getting rid of in-person services across many high streets in the coming days, with 11 closures set to take place this week.
NatWest customers will see branches closing their doors for the final time in Abingdon, Birmingham, New Market, Willerby, and Yate this week.
Meanwhile lender Halifax is also closing local branches in London Clapham Junction, Rhyl, Erdington, Cirencester, and Walkden this week and the Lloyds branch in Leeds Armley is also getting the chop.
Banks have stated that as more customers use online and mobile banking apps to manage their accounts the business case for in-person branches become harder to make, however many customers and small businesses still rely on their local branch for everyday banking.
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Full list of upcoming bank branch closures
NatWest branches to close between now and November
- Abingdon, September 24
- Birmingham (Shirley), October 1
- Birmingham (Smethwick), September 25
- Bicester, September 30
- Bridgwater, October 27
- Bridport, October 29
- Chippenham, October 15
- Dorchester, October 22
- Honiton, October 21
- Leighton Buzzard, October 28
- Lowestoft, October 15
- Melton Mowbray, September 29
- Midsomer Norton, October 8
- Mold, October 21
- Neath, October 13
- Newmarket (Suffolk), September 24
- Paignton, October 2
- Redditch, October 14
- Ringwood, October 1
- Romsey, October 13
- Leamington Spa, October 1
- Stevenage, October 7
- Stratford-upon-Avon, October 8
- Sudbury, September 30
- Trowbridge, October 16
- Wellingborough, October 7
- Willerby, September 22
- Yate, September 25
Lloyds branches scheduled to close by the end of the year
- Biggleswade, November 5
- Blandford Forum, November 10
- Bristol Bishopsworth (Church Road), November 6
- Bury, October 21
- Chard, November 11
- Coventry (Foleshill), November 4
- Debden, November 12
- Dunstable, November 4
- East Grinstead, November 12
- Feltham, November 4
- Ferndown, November 17
- Hexham, November 5
- Kidderminster, October 16
- Leeds (Armley), September 22
- Loughton, November 12
- London (Tooting), October 8
- London (Walthamstow), October 22
- Manchester (Newton Heath), November 5
- Plymstock, November 4
- Pontardawe, November 20
- Sheffield (Woodhouse), November 11
- Shipston-on-Stour, November 11
- Southall, October 15
- Stoke-on-Trent (Trent), October 10
Lloyds branches scheduled to close in 2026
- Briggs, March 3, 2026
- Catheram, March 5, 2026
- Falmouth, March 5, 2026
- Glossop, March 9, 2026
- Houghton-le-Spring, March 10, 2026
- Hucknall, March 4, 2026
- Leominster, March 3, 2026
- Peterlee Yoden Way, March 3, 2026
- Seaton, March 11, 2026
- Sleaford, March 12, 2026
- Thornbury Avon, February 26, 2026
- Tunstall, March 9, 2026
- Wymondham, March 12, 2026
Halifax branches scheduled to close by the end of the year
- London Clapham Junction, September 23
- Rhyl, September 23
- Erdington, September 24
- Cirencester, September 25
- Walkden, September 25
- Woolwich, October 1
- Carmarthen, October 6
- Hayes (Hillingdon), October 6
- Southport, October 7
- Bristol (Kingswood), October 8
- Folkestone, October 9
- Manchester (Stretford), October 15
- Mold, October 16
- Hove, October 20
- Telford, October 22
- Bexleyheath, October 23
- Derby, October 23
- Stevenage, October 23
- Blackpool (South Shore), October 29
- Eltham, October 29
- Wickford, November 10
- Hexham, November 11
- Bolton, November 20
Bank of Scotland closures between now and March 2026
- Callander, October 30
- Edinburgh (Corstorphine), October 29
- Moffat, November 19
- Pitlochry, October 30
- Thornhill, November 3
- Alexandria, March 3, 2026
- Annan, March 2, 2026
- Bishopbriggs, March 4, 2026
- Helensburgh, March 5, 202
Santander branches to close (no dates supplied)
- Wishaw
- Bexhill
- Billericay
- Dover
- Droitwich
- Dunstable
- East Grinstead
- Holyhead
- Ilkley
- Larne
- Lytham St Annes
- Maldon
- Morley
- North Walsham
- Redcar
- Saffron Walden
- Turriff
- Uckfield
- Urmston
More than 6,400 bank and building society branches have closed since 2015, with doors shutting at a rate of 53 branches per month, Which? has reported, in what deputy editor Sam Richardson described as a “seismic shift” in how UK banks work.
If your bank is closing there are still some things you can do, for example Post Office branches allow you to perform basic banking tasks and with 11,684 branches nationwide they still have a presence in most towns and cities. Some areas also benefit from a mobile banking service which brings a bus fitted out with all the services of a bank branch to places that no longer have a bricks-and-mortar option.
You can find your nearest Post Office branch by visiting postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder and contact your bank for more information on mobile banking services.