The UK’s high streets are set to become even more desolate this year, as hundreds of banks set to close their doors for good.
The number of bank branches across the UK has dwindled gradually in recent years as customers increasingly turn to online and mobile banking.
In fact, figures from last December showed 6,214 bank branches have shut since January 2015 – a shocking 53 every single month.
Last month Spanish-owned Santander announced it will close 95 of its branches in 2025, putting 750 jobs at risk.
But they’re not the only ones, with Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, and NatWest all planning to shut up shop this year.
And both Lloyds and Halifax have announced even more branch closures this month.
The Lloyds branch in Hodge Hill, Birmingham, is now set to close, but no closure date has been confirmed yet.
Halifax has announced it is closing its branch in Cornhill, Lincoln, on May 14.
Many people, such as older or disabled customers or small business owners, rely on local bank branches.
The issue is compounded for those in rural areas, which may have poor broadband or mobile phone signal making it difficult to access internet banking.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says banks and building societies shutting down branches must ensure people in the local community can still access their money.
Santander claims 93% of the UK population will still be within 10 miles of a branch even after the closures of more than a fifth of its branches.
Banks need to open ATMs or open banking hubs at Post Offices if gaps are found. Basic banking services can be carried out at a Post Office otherwise.
Sam Richardson, Which?’s deputy editor, highlighted the ‘seismic’ shift towards online banking evident in today’s society.
He said: ‘The milestone of more than 6,000 bank closures in just nine years underscores the seismic shift that has taken place in terms of our banking habits and the character of the British high street.’
Not every bank is closing branches, however: HSBC pledged last year that it would not announce any closures until at least 2026.
Nationwide has gone a step further and promised it won’t close any branches until at least 2028.
And a spokesperson for Metro Bank told Metro that it wasn’t planning to close any branches this year, and is in fact opening three new branches in Gateshead, Chester, and Salford.
This is the full list of all UK bank closures planned for 2025 so far – with some of the branches already shut for good.
Lloyds closures
- Alcester – June 25, 2025
- Alnwick – January 15, 2025
- Ashbourne – June 24, 2025
- Beccles – May 6, 2025
- Bletchley – March 3, 2025
- Blyth – March 4, 2025
- Brecon – February 11, 2025
- Brynmawr – February 18, 2025
- Cranbrook – February 11, 2025
- Chesham – February 24, 2025
- Derby – January 23, 2025
- Dewsbury – March 10, 2025
- Fakenham – May 6, 2025
- Gorleston-on-Sea – January 20, 2025
- Hitchin – April 7, 2025
- Hull – January 14, 2025
- Kendal – February 10, 2025
- Kenilworth – February 25, 2025
- Kitts Green – January 27, 2025
- Leeds – January 8, 2025
- Leeds – September 8, 2025
- Liskeard – February 25, 2025
- London – January 6, 2025
- Macclesfield – January 28, 2025
- Matlock – May 7, 2025
- Monmouth – May 8, 2025
- New Milton – May 13, 2025
- Presteigne – March 3, 2025
- Sheffield – June 26, 2025
- Sherborne – January 16, 2025
- Southampton – January 28, 2025
- Southampton – June 9, 2025
- South Elmsall – January 16, 2025
- Spennymoor – June 26, 2025
- Stanley – June 26, 2025
- St Ives – February 24, 2025
- Stow-on-the-Wold – February 17, 2025
- Surbiton – March 4, 2025
- Swindon – February 3, 2025
- Thetford – May 13, 2025
- Wadebridge – February 17, 2025
- Warwick – June 24, 2025
- Wetherby – January 13, 2025
- Wisbech – January 22, 2025
- Woodbridge – June 25, 2025
- Hodge Hill, Birmingham – date to be confirmed
Halifax closures
- Acomb – January 13, 2025
- Alnwick – January 15, 2025
- Belfast – February 10, 2025
- Belfast – February 4, 2025
- Bulwell – January 21, 2025
- Burgess Hill – February 11, 2025
- Camberley – March 11, 2025
- Chippenham – April 15, 2025
- Cornhill, Lincoln – May 14, 2025
- Didcot – March 10, 2025
- Eccles – January 7, 2025
- Gillingham – February 10, 2025
- Gosport – March 12, 2025
- Kendal – February 10, 2025
- Keynsham – January 14, 2025
- Littlehampton – June 23, 2025
- Liverpool – January 8, 2025
- London – January 6, 2025
- Malton – April 8, 2025
- Monmouth – January 23, 2025
- Morecambe – January 7, 2025
- Newbury – April 16, 2025
- Northallerton – April 28, 2025
- North Shields – January 28, 2025
- Oswestry – April 28, 2025
- Palmers Green – January 9, 2025
- Port Talbot – January 29, 2025
- Runcorn – April 29, 2025
- Shirley – January 9, 2025
- Southampton – June 9, 2025
- Stratford-upon-Avon – January 22, 2025
- Stoke-on-Trent – January 8, 2025
- Sutton-in-Ashfield – January 16, 2025
- Tamworth – April 29, 2025
- Telford – January 7, 2025
- Thetford – February 4, 2025
- Tonbridge – January 9, 2025
- Walton-on-Thames – January 27, 2025
- Whitby – January 14, 2025
- Winchester – January 20, 2025
- Wisbech – January 22, 2025
- Witney – April 30, 2025
Bank of Scotland closures
- Banff – May 8, 2025
- Bathgate – June 30, 2025
- Cowdenbeath – June 24, 2025
- Dunfermline – January 21, 2025
- Golspie – February 4, 2025
- Kirkcaldy – January 21, 2025
- Kyle – January 27, 2025
- Langholm – April 7, 2025
- Leven – May 7, 2025
- Linlithgow – February 18, 2025
- Montrose – March 10, 2025
- Newton Stewart – June 23, 2025
- North Berwick – February 19, 2025
- Rothesay – June 30, 2025
- Wick – June 25, 2025
NatWest closures
- Accrington – June 5, 2025
- Alfreton – June 2, 2025
- Beverley – June 25, 2025
- Bishop Auckland – April 29, 2025
- Blackburn, Audley, Copy Nook – May 12, 2025
- Bridlington – June 11, 2025
- Cannock – May 12, 2025
- Cleveleys – April 28, 2025
- Derby, Allenton – May 13, 2025
- Dewsbury – April 28, 2025
- Ellesmere Port – June 4, 2025
- Failsworth, Hollinwood, Oldham Road – May 7, 2025
- Farnworth – May 15, 2025
- Garstang – June 26, 2025
- Goole – May 14, 2025
- Keighley – June 16, 2025
- Leeds, Chapel Allerton, Harrogate Road – April, 2025 30
- Leeds, Cross Gates – June 10, 2025
- Leek – June 16, 2025
- Leyland, Golden Hill, Chapel Brow – May 15, 2025
- Liverpool, Walton Vale – May 14, 2025
- Long Eaton – May 29, 2025
- Louth – May 28, 2025
- Manchester – June 11, 2025
- Mansfield – June 26, 2025
- Market Drayton – to be confirmed
- Mexborough – June 3, 2025
- Middleton – April 30, 2025
- Morley – May 8, 2025
- Nantwich – June 19, 2025
- Newark-on-Trent – June 17, 2025
- Newcastle upon Tyne, West Denton – May 1, 2025
- Nottingham, Sherwood, Hucknall Road – May 21, 2025
- Nottingham, West Bridgford – June 24, 2025
- Rawtenstall – May 29, 2025
- Rochdale – June 10, 2025
- Salford, Trafford Park, Third Avenue – May 20, 2025
- Sheffield, Ecclesall Road – May 7, 2025
- St Annes On Sea – June 24, 2025
- Stafford – June 25, 2025
- Stockport, Hazel Grove – June 19, 2025
- Stockport, Heaton Moor – June 3, 2025
- Stockton-on-Tees – June 4, 2025
- Stoke-on-Trent, Longton – June 5, 2025
- Urmston – May 13, 2025
- Uttoxeter – June 2, 2025
- Wallasey – May 21, 2025
- Washington – June 17, 2025
- Widnes – May 8, 2025
- Willerby – April 29, 2025
- Wilmslow – May 20, 2025
- Windermere – May 1, 2025
- Worksop – June 18, 2025
Santander closures
- Aberdare – June 24, 2025
- Arbroarth – June 17, 2025
- Armagh – July 1, 2025
- Blackwood – June 23, 2025
- Blyth – August 5, 2025
- Bognor Regis – July 14, 2025
- Borehamwood – July 1, 2025
- Brecon – June 25, 2025
- Brixton – August 11, 2025
- Caernarfon – July 7, 2025
- Camborne – July 7, 2025
- Canvey Island – August 5, 2025
- Clacton – June 16, 2025
- Cleveleys – June 23, 2025
- Colne – July 14, 2025
- Colwyn Bay – July 24, 2025
- Crowborough – July 23, 2025
- Croydon (128 North End) – June 16, 2025
- Cumbernauld – July 7, 2025
- Didsbury – July 8, 2025
- Downpatrick – August 6, 2025
- Dungannon – June 23, 2025
- Edgware Road – August 12, 2025
- Eltham – June 23, 2025
- Exmouth – July 15, 2025
- Falmouth – July 21, 2025
- Farnham – July 29, 2025
- Felixtowe – July 16, 2025
- Finchley – August 6, 2025
- Fleet – June 30, 2025
- Formby – August 11, 2025
- Gateshead Metro – June 16, 2025
- Glasgow (St Vincents Street) – June 24, 2025
- Glasgow (The Avenue) – June 23, 2025
- Greenford – June 24, 2025
- Hackney – July 15, 2025
- Hawick – July 24, 2025
- Herne Bay – July 8, 2025
- Hertford – July 29, 2025
- Holloway – July 14, 2025
- Holywell – August 13, 2025
- Honiton – July 14, 2025
- Kidderminster – June 18, 2025
- Kilburn – June 17, 2025
- Kirkby – July 22, 2025
- Launceston – June 16, 2025
- Louth – June 17, 2025
- Magherafelt – June 24, 2025
- Malvern – July 2, 2025
- Market Harborough – July 1, 2025
- Musselburgh – June 30, 2025
- New Milton – July 28, 2025
- Peterhead – June 16, 2025
- Plympton – August 14, 2025
- Portadown – June 30, 2025
- Pudsey – July 28, 2025
- Rawtenstall – July 15, 2025
- Ross-on-Wye – July 30, 2025
- Ruislip – July 7, 2025
- Rustington – August 5, 2025
- Saltcoats – July 21, 2025
- Seaford – July 15, 2025
- Shaftesbury – July 23, 2025
- Sidcup – August 11, 2025
- St Austell – July 8, 2025
- St Neots – July 30, 2025
- Stokesley – July 31, 2025
- Strabane – July 23, 2025
- Surrey Quays – November 10, 2025
- Swadlincote – June 30, 2025
- Tenterden – July 7, 2025
- Torquay – June 17, 2025
- Tottenham – July 8, 2025
- Whitley Bay – August 6, 2025
- Willerby – August 13, 2025
- Wimborne – August 4, 2025
- Wishaw – July 22, 2025
- Bexhill – date to be confirmed
- Billericay – date to be confirmed
- Dover – date to be confirmed
- Droitwich – date to be confirmed
- Dunstable – date to be confirmed
- East Grinstead – date to be confirmed
- Holyhead – date to be confirmed
- Ilkley – date to be confirmed
- Larne – date to be confirmed
- Lytham St Annes – date to be confirmed
- Maldon – date to be confirmed
- Morley – date to be confirmed
- North Walsham – date to be confirmed
- Redcar – date to be confirmed
- Saffron Walden – date to be confirmed
- Turriff – date to be confirmed
- Uckfield – date to be confirmed
- Urmston – date to be confirmed
Barclays closures
- Barnard Castle – January 17, 2025
- Borehamwood – May 2, 2025
- Cockermouth – April 4, 2025
- Farnham – February 21, 2025
- Leiston – May 2, 2025
- Pickering – January 17, 2025
- Richmond North Yorkshire – January 17, 2025
- Sheringham – February 21, 2025
- South Woodford –February 21, 2025
- St Neots – January 30, 2025
- Tottenham Court Road – January 10, 2025
- Tredegar– January 17, 2025
- Whitby – May 2, 2025
- Willesden Green – January 31, 2025
- Ystrad Mynach – January 17, 2025
This article was first published on March 20, 2025
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