THOUSANDS of banking customers are set to lose their local branch this year – and over a dozen more closures have been revealed.
Banks are closing branches because more people are turning to digital and online banking.
But many people, particularly the elderly, still rely on in-person services.
Data from UK cash machine network, LINK, tracks any planned branch closures across the UK.
The website reveals there are 242 planned closures for 2023 and a number have already pulled down their shutters this year.
Barclays will shut 54 branches, with a further 14 closures announced just last weekend.
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HSBC is set to close 114 branches and NatWest will bring down the shutters on 52 branches.
Lloyds Bank will shut 23 branches and TSB is to close nine branches this year.
Meanwhile, Halifax will close 23 branches and Santander will close five.
Nationwide will close a single branch, as will Virgin Money.
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If there are no banks in your town you should be able to do some basic banking at the local Post Office.
Many banks also offer a mobile banking service.
This is where your bank brings a bus to your local area offering the services that are usually available at at your permanent branch.
You should call up your bank to see if it 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 village halls or libraries to offer mobile banking services.
Here is a full list of the 242 bank branches that are going to close along with the date they are planning on pulling down the shutters.
Check to see if your bank is one of them:
Barclays closures
- Bargoed – April 14
- Barnoldswick – April 14
- Bedale – April 26
- Birmingham – March 10
- Bishop Auckland – April 21
- Bridgwater – April 26
- Bridlington – March 6
- Chislehurst – May 4
- Dagenham – March 3
- Ellesmere Port – March 2
- Flitwick – April 14
- Gosport – April 26
- Guiseley – April 12
- Heywood – April 28
- Hunstanton – April 12
- Keswick – April 21
- Leeds – April 21
- Leyburn – May 5
- Liskeard – March 2
- London, Green Street – April 20
- London, Tower Bridge Road – April 19
- London, Walworth Road – April 13
- London (Fleet Street) – May 3
- Macclesfield – April 14
- Milton Keynes – April 18
- Oakham – April 28
- Oundle – May 5
- Radlett – May 5
- Shenfield – April 19
- Sittingbourne – March 8
- Sleaford – March 8
- Stamford – April 28
- St Helens – May 4
- Swansea – March 7
- Talbot Green – May 5
- Torquay – March 8
- Warley – April 21
- Watton – May 3
- Weymouth – March 3
- Wymondham – April 28
- London (Knightsbridge) – July 7
- London (Notting Hill Gate) – June 16
- Merthyr Tydfil- June 14
- Ebbw Vale – June 9
- Kirkintilloch – June 9
- Ringwood- June 8
- Lymington – June 15
- Manningtree- June 7
- Colchester – June 13
- Beckenham- June 14
- Knowle- June 16
- West Bridgford – June 15
- Mildenhall – June 14
- Newmarket – June 9
Halifax closures
- Aldershot – April 26
- Bangor – April 17
- Birmingham – January 25
- Bletchley – May 18
- Chester Le Street – April 19
- Chingford – May 5
- Chorlton-cum-Hardy – April 27
- Coleraine – January 10
- Crouch End – April 27
- Golders Green – May 3
- Grays – June 22
- Leeds (LS1) – March 29
- Leeds (LS1) – January 12
- London (EC3M) – April 19
- Maldon – June 5
- Norbury – May 4
- Purley – June 22
- Putney – May 4
- Redruth – May 16
- Sheerness – May 18
- St Neots – June 6
- Surbiton – May 10
- Whitley Bay – June 21
HSBC closures
- Abergavenny – April 18
- Alton – April 25
- Arnold – May 9
- Ashton-Under-Lyne – August 1
- Beccles – June 27
- Bethnal Green – August 15
- Bexhill-On-Sea – April 18
- Bicester – June 20
- Bideford – May 2
- Blackwood – July 25
- Blandford Forum – April 18
- Bognor Regis – July 18
- Brecon – May 9
- Bridport – May 23
- Brighouse – May 16
- Brombrough – July 18
- Chepstow – June 6
- Chippenham – August 15
- Christchurch – July 25
- Cirencester – August 8
- Coalville – July 4
- Coleraine – May 2
- Colwyn Bay – August 15
- Cowbridge – TBC
- Cromer – April 18
- Denbigh – August 8
- Didcot – May 9
- Dorchester – August 22
- Dover – May 9
- Downend – April 25
- Droitwich – July 4
- Dundee – May 30
- Eastwood – August 29
- Epworth – TBC
- Fakenham – May 23
- Filton – May 30
- Frome – June 6
- Gainsborough – May 2
- Gosforth – July 18
- Halesowen – May 16
- Hampstead – August 15
- Harpenden – July 18
- Henley-On-Thames – August 8
- Hertford – June 20
- Holsworthy – TBC
- Honiton – June 13
- Hornchurch – August 15
- Horsforth – July 18
- Hove – May 23
- Hythe – TBC
- Ilkley – June 13
- Kenilworth – August 1
- Kingswinford – July 11
- Knutsford – June 6
- Launceston – May 2
- Leatherhead – July 4
- Leicester – May 30
- Leighton Buzzard – August 29
- Leominster – April 25
- Lewes – June 27
- Liskeard – May 23
- Long Eaton – July 11
- Market Bosworth – April 25
- Market Harborough – May 30
- Marlow – July 18
- Minehead – May 9
- Morley – August 22
- New Milton – June 27
- North Finchley – August 8
- Norwich – July 25
- Oakham – June 20
- Ormskirk – August 1
- Oxted – TBC
- Palmers Green – July 4
- Penarth – June 13
- Pocklington – June 6
- Pontypool – June 27
- Port Talbot – July 11
- Portadown – June 6
- Portishead – July 4
- Putney – August 1
- Reigate – August 8
- Rhyd-Y-Penau – August 29
- Ripley – July 25
- Ross-On-Wye – June 20
- Ryde – August 22
- Seaford – July 25
- Settle – TBC
- Shaftesbury – April 25
- Skipton – June 13
- Sleaford – June 13
- South Shields – June 13
- Southampton – July 11
- St Austell – April 18
- St Ives – April 18
- St Neots – June 27
- Stamford – May 16
- Stirling – June 6
- Stourport-On-Severn – May 30
- Stroud – May 16
- Sudbury – May 23
- Tenby – TBC
- Tonbridge – July 25
- Twickenham – June 20
- Wadebridge – June 27
- Waltham Cross – May 30
- Wells – June 20
- Westbury-On-Trym – August 1
- Wetherby – July 11
- Whitby – May 16
- Whitley Bay – May 2
- Wilmslow – May 2
- Windsor – August 22
- Wymondham – August 22
Lloyds Bank closures
- Aintree – June 6
- Beckenham – April 20
- Beeston – May 11
- Borehamwood – May 22
- Chingford – April 25
- Dagenham – April 26
- Gillingham – April 25
- Harrow – June 29
- Hyde – June 21
- Ipswich – May 4
- Lampeter – May 15
- Littlehampton – May 23
- London – May 3
- Newport – June 13
- Norbury – April 19
- Pontefract – April 20
- Ripley – June 14
- Rustington – June 5
- Shaftesbury – June 13
- Twickenham – May 11
- Weybridge – May 10
- Whitstable – May 11
- Wickersley – May 15
Nationwide closures
- Gloucestershire (Kingswood) – April 20
Virgin Money
- Glasgow – June 2
NatWest closures
- Birstall – June 1
- Blackpool – April 25
- Bootle – May 10
- Broadwater – May 16
- Bromsgrove – January 31
- Buxton – February 2
- Caterham – February 1
- Cheadle – February 2
- Cleethorpes – March 7
- Clitheroe – February 15
- Colwyn Bay – May 17
- Cranbrook – May 30
- Crawley – May 11
- Devizes – March 8
- Dunstable – May 3
- Eastleigh – February 16
- Exeter – May 9
- Fleet – April 27
- Frome – May 11
- Gerrards Cross – February 21
- Glossop – March 2
- Headington – February 7
- Henley-on-Thames – February 7
- Heslington – April 27
- Horwich – TBC
- Ilkley – February 21
- Ilminster – May 18
- Llansamlet – May 25
- London (Clapham) – April 26
- London (Marylebone) – May 23
- London (W1H) – February 23
- Maidstone – May 4
- Oxted – February 22
- Parkstone – March 7
- Potters Bar – February 2
- Sandbach – February 8
- Sheerness – May 25
- Shipley – February 23
- Shoreham-by-Sea – TBC
- Southampton – April 25
- Southsea – February 23
- St. Neots – February 28
- Stourbridge – February 8
- Stroud – April 26
- Thame – March 1
- Tonbridge – March 9
- Torquay – May 31
- Uckfield – March 8
- Waterlooville – March 9
- Wetherby – February 9
- Whitehaven – March 14
- Wokingham – February 9
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Santander closures
- Dartford – March 30
- Derby – March 30
- Milton Keynes – June 29
- Milton Keynes – June 29
- Sheffield – March 30
TSB closures
- Kirkwall – May 24
- Aberfeldy – May 16
- Newark – May 9
- Luton – May 30
- Banbury – May 31
- Keynsham – May 2
- Evesham – May 4
- Glasgow (G53) – May 17
- Wigan – May 11
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