SOME 90 bank branches across the UK are closing their doors within the next few weeks.
The closures come as more people turn to online and mobile banking.
If your branch shuts down you could do some basic banking in your local post office
Data from the UK’s largest cash machine network, LINK, shows which banks have publicly announced in 2022 that they’ll be closing their branches.
SE found that there are 90 planned closures happening between and now and the end of August alone.
Barclays is set to close 18 branches and Lloyds is set to put the shutters up at 14 of their branches.
Other big banks planning to shut shop include HSBC, which is set to close 30 branches.
HSBC announced the closure of 69 bank branches earlier this year – it had already shut 82 branches last year.
Typically if there are no banks in a town, you should be able to do some basic banking in your local post office.
Many banks also offer a mobile banking service.
This is where your bank brings a bus to your local area that has the services that are usually available at your branch.
You should call up your bank to see if its runs a banking bus and they will be able to tell you where and when it will be parked.
Other banks use buildings such as a village hall or library to offer mobile banking services.
“This closure of bank branches really does have an impact on everyone from smaller businesses to older or more vulnerable people,” consumer expert Martyn James told SE.
“Bank branches matter because they contain staff with links to the community who have wide ranging knowledge about a range of financial matters.”
Here is a full list of the 90 bank branches that are going to close along with the date they are planning on putting up the shutters.
Check to see if your bank is one of them:
Full list of banks closing:
Barclays
- Chester-le-Street – August 12
- Chesterfield – August 19
- Corby – August 10
- Dunmow – August 19
- Feltham – August 12
- Havant – August 10
- Longton – August 19
- Maldon – August 5
- Middleton – August 5
- Peterborough – August 5
- Petersfield – August 12
- Prestwich – August 12
- Ryde – August 4
- Selby – August 3
- Sheerness – August 19
- Sidcup – August 10
- Southgate Chase Side – August 18
- Wells – August 12
Bank of Scotland
- Alness – July 27
- Brechin – August 2
- Broxburn – August 9
- Edinburgh – July 13
- Edinburgh – July 13
- Glasgow – August 9
- Innerleithen – August 4
- Kirkcudbright – August 3
- Lockerbie – August 8
- Selkirk – August 8
- Shotts – August 15
- Stromness – August 17
Halifax
- Beaconsfield – July 28
- Coalville – August 22
- Devizes – July 27
- Margate – July 18
- Morriston – July 18
- Penge – August 10
- Totton – July 19
- Wokingham – July 20
- Worcester Park – July 20
- Yeadon – July 25
HSBC
- Beaconsfield – August 4
- Borehamwood – August 16
- Brierley Hill – July 28
- Cambridge – July 21
- East Grinstead – August 2
- Eltham – August 18
- Farnham – August 2
- Golders Green – August 18
- Hammersmith – July 28
- Harborne – August 11
- Hoddesdon – August 9
- Islington – July 21
- Leyland – August 16
- London – July 19
- London – July 19
- London – July 21
- Londonderry – August 11
- Lymington – August 4
- Monmouth – July 26
- Omagh – August 16
- Peckham – August 2
- Perth – July 26
- Sidcup – August 9
- South Kensington – July 26
- Stowmarket – August 18
- Stratford – July 19
- Street – August 4
- Thame – August 9
- Uckfield – August 11
- Woking – July 28
Lloyds
- Aylesbury – July 26
- Bradford – August 11
- Chipping Camden – August 10
- Lyndhurst – July 14
- Marlow – July 13
- Morriston – August 4
- Poulton-Le-Fylde – August 3
- Shanklin – July 26
- Shrewsbury – July 28
- Smethwick – August 11
- Southampton – July 21
- Summertown, Oxford – July 21
- Tiptree – July 25
- Westhoughton – August 1
Nationwide
- Bitterne – August 4
- Borrowash – August 4
- Cheshunt – July 14
- Cricklewood – August 18
- Golders Green – August 18
- Hampstead – August 18
Elsewhere on SE we reported that the UK economy has nudged up in May, as the nation swerves heading into recession.
And over four million people on Universal Credit are starting to get the first part of £650 cost of living payment.