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calendar icon06 Oct 2023

Another 62 high street banks set to close their doors for good this month

The closure of the UK’s high street banks gathers momentum this month, with another 62 branches closing their doors for good, according to data provided by cash machine operator Link.

Is your local branch one of them?

Here’s a list of the ones that are shutting up shop for good:

Barclays

London (25 Charing Cross Road)                                        6 October

Fakenham (17 Market Place)                                                6 October

Easingwold (Chapel Street)                                                  13 October

Caerphilly (The Twyn)                                                           13 October

Newquay (2 Chester Road)                                                  13 October

Dumfries (3 Castle Street)                                                    13 October

Potters Bar (28 Station Road)                                              13 October

Dunstable (16 High Street North)                                         13 October

Ashton-under-Lyne (Arcades Shopping Centre)                 13 October

Leighton Buzzard (2 Market Square)                                    18 October

Malton (23 Yorkersgate)                                                        19 October

Cardiff (42 Wellfield Roath)                                                  20 October

Salford (Media City)                                                              20 October

Thirsk (24 Market Place)                                                       25 October

Norwich (3 St James Court)                                                  27 October

 

Bank of Scotland

Fort Augustus (Station Road)                                                5 October

Eyemouth (Manse Road)                                                       9 October

Ballater (9 Bridge Street)                                                       11 October

Duns (10 Market Square)                                                       16 October

Braemar (7-9 Invercauld Road)                                             17 October

Ullapool (30 West Argyle Street)                                            23 October

Aberfoyle (Main Street)                                                          24 October

Newcastleton (Douglas Square)                                            31 October        

 

Halifax

Great Barr (903 Walsall Road)                                               4 October

Craigavon (23 Market Street)                                                 4 October

Feltham (30A The Centre)                                                      5 October

 

Lloyds

Slough (173 Buckingham Avenue)                                         5 October

Northampton (275 Wellingborough Road                              9 October

Kingsbridge (65-67 Fore Street)                                            11 October

Prenton (355 Woodchurch Road)                                         16 October

Llanishen (29 Kimberley Terrace)                                          24 October

Cromer (1 West Street)                                                          25 October

Thirsk (Market Place)                                                             31 October

Farnham (75 Castle Street)                                                    31 October

 

NatWest

Gosport (5 High Street)                                                         3 October

Cleethorpes (39 Grimsby Road)                                           3 October

Southampton (1 Romsey Road)                                            4 October

Sidcup (87 High Street)                                                         4 October

Southgate (12 The Broadway)                                               5 October

Woodley (131 Crockhamwell Road)                                      5 October

Stanmore (9 The Broadway)                                                 10 October

Tiverton (11 Fore Street)                                                       10 October

Newcastle-under-Lyme (Parkhouse Industrial Estate)       11 October

London (The Willett Building)                                               11 October

Beckton (15 Mary Rose Mall)                                                12 October

Weybridge (1 High Street)                                                     12 October

Wickersley (Bawtry Road)                                                      17 October

Prestwich (463 Bury New Road)                                           18 October

Tavistock (Bedford Square)                                                   18 October

Alton (38 High Steet)                                                             19 October

Exmouth (11 Rolle Street)                                                      19 October

Norwich (119 Boundary Road)                                               31 October

Wanstead (53 High Street)                                                    31 October

 

Virgin Money

Derby (28 St. Peter’s Street)                                                  17 October

Wolverhampton (67 Queen Street)                                        18 October

Chester (6-8 Watergate Street)                                             19 October

Milton Keynes (502 Silbury Boulevard)                                  23 October

St Albans (5 Lockey House)                                                    24 October

Cambridge (26-27 Sidney Street)                                          25 October

Norwich (10 Castle Street)                                                     26 October

Cheltenham (215 High Street)                                               30 October

Swindon (10 Regent Circus)                                                   31 October        

 

Where to do your banking if your local branch is closing down

Over 600 bank branches that were open at the start of 2023 are due to close by the end of December.

Another 42 are pencilled in for closure next year.

If yours is among them, find out where to withdraw cash, talk to someone from your bank, manage your payments and deposit cheques.

                                          

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Rebecca Routledge

A qualified journalist for over 15 years with a background in financial services. Rebecca is Money Wellness’s consumer champion, helping you improve your financial wellbeing by providing information on everything from income maximisation to budgeting and saving tips.

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