A MAJOR high street bank is set to pull down the shutters on more branches following a string of closures.
Bank branches have been closing at a staggering rate as customers move more towards online banking.
Barclays is closing more branches this year
Hundreds have already closed, or will close, this year.
Barclays has already called time on dozens of its branches across England, Wales and Scotland in 2023.
And the high street bank is set to close six more branches, according to latest data from LINK, the UK’s largest cash machine network.
Branches will be closing in Redditch, London and Newquay. Here’s the full list, and when they are shutting up shop for good:
- Redditch – September 29
- Bude – September 29
- Newquay – October 13
- Mayfair, London – September 29
- Charing Cross Road, London – October 6
- Fakenham – October 6
It comes with Barclays set to close dozens of branches this summer as well, including in Sudbury, Oadby and Birmingham.
Here’s the full list, and when they will be closing:
- Sudbury – July 6
- Chipping Norton – July 6
- Kingswood – July 6
- Knightsbridge, London – July 7
- Llangollen (Wales) – July 7
- Canvey Island – July 7
- Alnwick – July 7
- Wombourne – July 12
- Bentham – July 12
- Hayes – July 13
- South Harrow – July 14
- Oswestry – July 14
- Yarm – July 14
- Seahouses – July 14
- Brixton Road, London – July 19
- Fleet – July 19
- Oadby – July 20
- Lisburn (Northern Ireland) – July 21
- East Grinstead – July 21
- Sheffield – July 21
- Washington – July 21
- Heathfield – July 26
- Barnsley – July 26
- Portadown (Northern Ireland) – July 28
- Market Harborough – July 28
- Kingsland High Street, London – July 28
- Bognor Regis – August 9
- Stirling (Scotland) – August 11
- Chelmsford – August 11
- Kidsgrove – August 11
- Eastleigh – August 11
- Prudhoe – August 11
- Southampton – August 17
- Newark – August 17
- Dunfermline (Scotland) – August 18
- Wokingham – August 18
- Haltwhistle – August 18
- Birmingham – August 18
- Biggleswade – August 18
- Burnham-on-Crouch – August 22
- Windsor – August 23
- Diss – August 23
- Frome – August 23
- Worksop – August 24
- Birmingham – August 24
- Newcastle-under-Lyme – August 25
- Framlingham – August 25
- Brecon (Wales) – August 25
- Wilmslow – August 25
- Chalfont St Peter – August 31
What to do if your local bank branch closes
Consumers increasingly use online banking to carry out the majority of their day-to-day activities, hence why so many bank branches are closing.
But it can leave those without access to the internet, especially the elderly, without a physical branch nearby.
If you are worried about your local branch closing leaving you in the lurch, you’ve got some options.
You can use one of the Post Office’s 11,635 branches to carry out most banking tasks.
However, you can’t open new bank accounts or take personal loans and mortgages out there.
Meanwhile, many banks offer a mobile banking service – essential a bus that comes to your local area offering all the normal services you can get at your branch.
It’s worth contacting your bank or building society to see if its runs a banking bus and it will be able to tell when one is next near you.
Other banks use buildings such as village halls or libraries to offer mobile banking services.
Banking hubs, which offer traditional shared services, have also been set up in four locations around the UK to help plug the gap — in Brixham, Cambuslang, Cottingham and Rochford.
In other news, we reveal the full list of banks and building societies closing branches this summer.
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