THOUSANDS of customers who regularly rely on their bank branch will lose out next year as 193 outlets will shut forever.
The closures come as major high street banks opt to transition more of their banking services online.
Typically if there are no banks in a town, you should be able to do some basic banking at your local Post Office
Data from the UK’s largest cash machine network, LINK, keeps track of any planned branch closures across the UK.
HSBC will close 114 branches next year and NatWest will bring down the shutters on 43 branches.
Lloyds Bank will shut 14 outlets and Barclays will close 11 of its branches.
Halifax and Santander will both close five of their branches and Nationwide will close a single branch.
Typically if there are no banks in a town, you should be able to do some basic banking at your local Post Office.
Many banks also offer a mobile banking service.
This is where your bank brings a bus to your local area that has the services that are usually available at your 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 193 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
Amersham – March 1Birmingham – March 10Bridlington – March 6Dagenham – March 3Ellesmere Port – March 2Liskeard – March 2Sittingbourne – March 8Sleaford – March 8Swansea – March 7Torquay – March 8Weymouth – March 3
Halifax closures
Birmingham – January 25Coleraine – January 10Leeds – January 12Leeds – March 29Sheerness – May 18
HSBC closures
Abergavenny – April 18Alton – April 25Arnold – May 9Ashton-Under-Lyne – August 1Beccles – June 27Bethnal Green – August 15Bexhill-On-Sea – April 18Bicester – June 20Bideford – May 2Blackwood – July 25Blandford Forum – April 18Bognor Regis – July 18Brecon – May 9Bridport – May 23Brighouse – May 16Brombrough – July 18Chepstow – June 6Chippenham – August 15Christchurch – July 25Cirencester – August 8Coalville – July 4Coleraine – May 2Colwyn Bay – August 15Cowbridge – TBCCromer – April 18Denbigh – August 8Didcot – May 9Dorchester – August 22Dover – May 9Downend – April 25Droitwich – July 4Dundee – May 30Eastwood – August 29Epworth – TBCFakenham – May 23Filton – May 30Frome – June 6Gainsborough – May 2Gosforth – July 18Halesowen – May 16Hampstead – August 15Harpenden – July 18Henley-On-Thames – August 8Hertford – June 20Holsworthy – TBCHoniton – June 13Hornchurch – August 15Horsforth – July 18Hove – May 23Hythe – TBCIlkley – June 13Kenilworth – August 1Kingswinford – July 11Knutsford – June 6Launceston – May 2Leatherhead – July 4Leicester – May 30Leighton Buzzard – August 29Leominster – April 25Lewes – June 27Liskeard – May 23Long Eaton – July 11Market Bosworth – April 25Market Harborough – May 30Marlow – July 18Minehead – May 9Morley – August 22New Milton – June 27North Finchley – August 8Norwich – July 25Oakham – June 20Ormskirk – August 1Oxted – TBCPalmers Green – July 4Penarth – June 13Pocklington – June 6Pontypool – June 27Port Talbot – July 11Portadown – June 6Portishead – July 4Putney – August 1Reigate – August 8Rhyd-Y-Penau – August 29Ripley – July 25Ross-On-Wye – June 20Ryde – August 22Seaford – July 25Settle – TBCShaftesbury – April 25Skipton – June 13Sleaford – June 13South Shields – June 13Southampton – July 11St Austell – April 18St Ives – April 18St Neots – June 27Stamford – May 16Stirling – June 6Stourport-On-Severn – May 30Stroud – May 16Sudbury – May 23Tenby – TBCTonbridge – July 25Twickenham – June 20Wadebridge – June 27Waltham Cross – May 30Wells – June 20Westbury-On-Trym – August 1Wetherby – July 11Whitby – May 16Whitley Bay – May 2Wilmslow – May 2Windsor – August 22Wymondham – August 22
Lloyds Bank closures
Bishop’s Waltham – January 24Caldicot – January 16Cheddar – January 9Cinderford – January 9Cleobury Mortimer – January 12Helston – January 24Holyhead – January 23Lampeter – April 15Llandrindod Wells – January 16Looe – January 25Pwllheli – January 12Slaithwaite – January 26Wallingford – January 23Welshpool – January 26
Nationwide closures
London (W1H) – February 23
NatWest closures
Aberdeen – January 18Ayr – January 12Beeston – January 25Berkhamstead – January 25Broadstone – January 12Bromsgrove – January 31Buxton – February 14Caterham – February 1Cheadle – February 2Cheltenham – January 26Cleethorpes – March 7Clitheroe – February 15Coventry – January 19Croydon – January 17Devizes – March 8Dundee – January 10Eastleigh – February 16Edinburgh – January 24Gerrards Cross – February 21Glasgow – January 26Glossop – March 2Headington – February 7Henley-on-Thames – February 7Ilkley – February 21Lewes – January 11London – January 24London (WC1V) – January 10Market Harborough – January 11Oxted – February 22Parkstone – March 7Potters Bar – February 22Sandbach – February 8Shipley – February 23Southsea – February 23St. Neots – February 28Stourbridge – February 8Thame – March 1Tonbridge – March 9Uckfield – March 8Waterlooville – March 9Wetherby – February 9Whitehaven – March 14Wokingham – February 9
Santander closures
Dartford – March 30Derby – March 30Milton Keynes – June 29Milton Keynes – June 29Sheffield – March 30 Read More