Multiple high street banks and building societies are shutting down branches in January 2025 but is your local site on the chopping block?
Bank branch closures have been the norm in recent years with Lloyds Bank, Barclays and Halifax being among the banks to slash their retail portfolio within the next month
Lloyds Bank
Here is a full list of the 11 bank branch closures for Lloyds Bank in January 2025:
- Alnwick – January 15
- Birmingham – Shard End – Timberley Lane – January 27
- Derby – Allenton – January 23
- Gorleston-on-Sea – January 20
- Hull – Newland – January 14
- Leeds – Harehills – January 8
- Macclesfield – January 28
- Sherborne – January 16
- South Elmsall – January 16
- Wetherby – January 13
- Wisbech – January 22.
Banks are continuing to close branches in January 2025
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Halifax
Here is a full list of the 24 bank branch closures for Halifax in January 2025:
- Alnwick branch – January 15
- Birmingham, Shirley – January 9
- Eccles – January 7
- Hatfield – January 20
- Keynsham – January 14
- Leighton Buzzard – January 20
- Liverpool – Old Swan – January 8
- London – Baker Street – January 6
- London – Edgware Road – January 6
- North Shields – January 28
- Nottingham – Bullwell – January 21
- Port Talbot – January 29
- Palmers Green – January 9
- Stratford-upon-Avon – January 22
- Stoke-on-Trent – Longton – January 9
- Sutton-in-Ashfield – January 16
- Tonbridge – January 9
- Walton-on-Thames – January 27
- Wellington (Shropshire) – January 7
- Wetherby – January 13
- Winchester – January 21
- Wisbech – January 22
- Whitby – January 14
- York – Acomb – January 15.
Barclays
Here is a full list of the six bank branch closures for Barclays in January 2025:
- London – West End – January 10
- Pickering – January 17
- Barclays: St Neots – January 30
- Tredegar – January 17
- BarclaysL Willesden – January 31
- Ystrad Mynach – January 17
Bank of Scotland
Here is a full list of the four bank branch closures for Bank of Scotland in January 2025:
- Dunfermline – January 21
- Kirkcaldy – January 21
- Kyle of Lochalsh – January 21
- Barclays, Cockermount – January 17.
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:
According to consumer champion Which?, more than 6,000 bank branches have closed since 2015 due to changing technology and consumer behaviour.
NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank. NatWest has shut down the most branches of any banking group at 1,428 closures over the last 10 years.
Lloyds Banking Group, which comprises Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, has closed 1,243 sites.
Notably, Barclays has cut its branch portfolio the most out of any other individual banks with 1,228 disappearing from the high street.
