Earlier this month, Halifax, Lloyds and the Bank of Scotland (BoS) announced they would close dozens of branches between them too.
Halifax said it would shut 22 branches while Lloyds said it would shutter 21 and the BoS said it would close 10.
Since the start of 2023, a raft of banks and building societies have closed hundreds of branches between them.
The full list of 48 bank branch closures announced today is:
Kingsbury Road, London, 10/07/2024
London Road, Larkfield, 10/07/2024
East Street, Barking, 11/07/2024
Station Road, Paddock Wood, 11/07/2024
Market Square, Dover, 16/07/2024
High Street, Cosham, 18/07/2024
High Holborn, London, 23/07/2024
London Road, Norbury, 23/07/2024
Abbey Road, London, 24/07/2024
High Street, Rainham, 24/07/2024
High Street, Barkingside, 25/07/2024
The Street, Rustington, 25/07/2024
Penn Road, Beaconsfield, 30/07/2024
Finchley Road, London, 31/07/2024
High Road, Chadwell Heath, 01/08/2024
The Broadway, Muswell Hill, 06/08/2024
Streatham High Road, London, 06/08/2024
Amhurst Road, Hackney, 07/08/2024
Spring Street, London, 07/08/2024
Holloway Road, London, 07/08/2024
High Street, Ramsgate, 08/08/2024
Westfield, White City, 13/08/2024
King Street, Gravesend, 14/08/2024
Baker Street, London, 15/08/2024
London Road, East Grinstead, 20/08/2024
Eltham High Street, Eltham, 20/08/2024
Rushey Green, London, 21/08/2024
High Street, Woking, 21/08/2024
High Street, West Wickham, 22/08/2024
Central Road, Worcester Park, 22/08/2024
Fenchurch Street, London, 27/08/2024
Bridge Street, Andover, 28/08/2024
Central Circus, London, 29/08/2024
High Street, Beckenham, 03/09/2024
High Street, Staines, 03/09/2024
High Street, Bracknell, 04/09/2024
Fore Street, Upper Edmonton, 04/09/2024
Bishopsgate, London, 05/09/2024
Western Market, Southall, 05/09/2024
Woodcote Road, Wallington, 10/09/2024
High Street, Petersfield, 11/09/2024
West Street, Havant, 12/09/2024
High Street, Slough, 12/09/2024
Victoria Road, Farnborough (NatWest), 15/10/2024
Victoria Road, Farnborough (RBS), 15/10/2024
Notting Hill Gate, London, 16/10/2024
Cromwell Place, London, 17/10/2024
Station Road, London, TBC
Customers are increasingly turning to online banking to manage their finances while banks and building societies look for ways to cut costs.
But fears have been raised the closures will leave certain sectors of society out in the cold.
In June last year, a Which? survey of 2,300 banking customers with a disability or impairment found 52% had been negatively impacted by bank closures.
In May of the same year, a survey of 2,632 people aged 65 and over by charity Age UK found 39% with a bank account did not use online banking and were at “high risk of financial exclusion”.
Some banks or building societies such as HSBC and Nationwide have made pledges to limit branch closures or not shut any at all.
Nationwide launched its Branch Promise in March 2019, committing to keeping branches open in areas where it already has them.
It says sometimes it has to close locations if circumstances are out of its control, but only if no other option is available.
What can you do if your local bank closes?
If a recent bank or building society closure has left you without one nearby, you have some alternatives.
You can carry out most basic banking tasks at your nearest Post Office, although you won’t be able to apply for a loan or open a new bank account there.
You can find your nearest Post Office branch by using the locator tool on its website.
How many new banking hubs are planned?
THE first four banking hubs were successfully piloted in 2022 in Brixham, Cambuslang, Cottingham and Rochford.
More have since opened in Acton, Buckingham, Carnoustie and Troon and the following locations:
Following further branch closures LINK, the UK’s Cash Access and ATM network, has identified a further 83 locations which require banking hubs.Following further branch closures LINK, the UK’s Cash Access and ATM network, has identified a further 83 locations which require banking hubs.
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