NEARLY 180 bank branches are set to pull down their shutters for the final time this summer.
The closures come as a number of major high street banks move more of their banking services online.
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Data from LINK, the UK’s largest cash machine network, reveals dozens of banks are set to close branches between June 23 and August 31.
HSBC, Barclays, NatWest and Halifax are among some of the major banks who will be impacted.
Barclays is closing 60 branches between June 23 and the end of August, while NatWest is pulling down the shutters on 39.
Meanwhile, Halifax is shutting four branches and HSBC 49.
Here is the full list of bank’s closing branches this summer:
Barclays
Holmfirth – June 23Holmes Chapel – June 27Tiverton – June 28Wallington – June 28Cambridge – June 28Mold (Wales) – June 30Saltburn-by-the-Sea – June 30Bootle – June 30Sudbury – July 6Chipping Norton – July 6Kingswood – July 6Knightsbridge, London – July 7Llangollen (Wales) – July 7Canvey Island – July 7Alnwick – July 7Wombourne – July 12Bentham – July 12Hayes – July 13South Harrow – July 14Oswestry – July 14Yarm – July 14Seahouses – July 14Brixton Road, London – July 19Fleet – July 19Oadby – July 20Lisburn (Northern Ireland) – July 21East Grinstead – July 21Sheffield – July 21Washington – July 21Heathfield – July 26Barnsley – July 26Portadown (Northern Ireland) – July 28Market Harborough – July 28Kingsland High Street, London – July 28Bognor Regis – August 9Stirling (Scotland) – August 11Chelmsford – August 11Kidsgrove – August 11Eastleigh – August 11Prudhoe – August 11Southampton – August 17Newark – August 17Dunfermline (Scotland) – August 18Wokingham – August 18Haltwhistle – August 18Birmingham – August 18Biggleswade – August 18Burnham-on-Crouch – August 22Windsor – August 23Diss – August 23Frome – August 23Worksop – August 24Birmingham – August 24Newcastle-under-Lyme – August 25Framlingham – August 25Brecon (Wales) – August 25Wilmslow – August 25Chalfont St Peter – August 31
HSBC
New Milton – June 27Lewes – June 27St Neots – June 27Wadebridge – June 27Pontypool (Wales) – June 27Beccles – June 27Portishead – July 4Leatherhead – July 4Palmers Green – July 4Coalville – July 4Droitwich – July 4Long Eaton – July 11Southampton – July 11Port Talbot (Wales) – July 11Kingswinford – July 11Wetherby – July 11Brombrough – July 18Horsforth – July 18Gosforth – July 18Bognor Regis – July 18Marlow – July 18Harpenden – July 18Christchurch – July 25Seaford – July 25Tonbridge – July 25Blackwood (Wales) – July 25Norwich – July 25Westbury-On-Trym – August 1Putney – August 1Ashton-Under-Lyne – August 1Ormskirk – August 1Kenilworth – August 1Reigate – August 8North Finchley – August 8Cirencester – August 8Henley-On-Thames – August 8Denbigh (Wales) – August 8Hampstead – August 15Chippenham – August 15Bethnal Green – August 15Hornchurch – August 15Dorchester – August 22Morley – August 22Wymondham – August 22Ryde – August 22Windsor – August 22Rhyd-Y-Penau (Wales) – August 29Eastwood – August 29Leighton Buzzard – August 29
NatWest
Ashton-in-Makerfield – June 27Rothwell – June 28Tilehurst – June 28Bristol – July 4Croydon – July 4Deal – July 5Dean Street, London – July 5Romford – July 6Heald Green – July 11Hull – July 11Isleworth – July 12Knowle – July 12Aldersgate Street, London – July 13New Malden – July 13Cardiff (Wales) – July 18Croydon – July 19Street – July 19Aldridge – July 20Whitley Bay – July 20Dorking – July 25March – July 25Peterborough – July 26Tamworth – July 27Blandford Forum – August 1Wymondham – August 1Knutsford – August 2Runcorn – August 2Stony Stratford – August 3Bournemouth – August 8Westbury on Trym – August 8Brighouse – August 9Fakenham – August 10Ryde – August 10Hertford – August 15Brighton – August 16Christchurch – August 16Fleet Street, London – August 17Fulwood – August 17
Halifax
Catford – July 18Bristol – July 19Tadcaster – August 8Denton – August 30
Santander
Midsummer Place, Milton Keynes – August 29Grafton Gate East, Milton Keynes – August 29
Lloyds
Harrow – June 29Benton – July 17Peterborough – July 17Fulwell – July 20Chapeltown – July 24Holloway Road, London – July 25Carlton – July 26Cambridge – July 31Shepton Mallet – July 31Hazel Grove – August 1Thavies Inn House, London – August 1Threadneedle Street, London – August 2Tumble (Wales) – August 3Eckington – August 9New Mills – August 17Corringham – August 21Wotton-Under-Edge – August 23
Bank of Scotland
Bearsden (Scotland) – July 25Edinburgh – July 26Pollokshields (Scotland) – July 27Cults (Scotland) – August 14
RBS
Tranent (Scotland) – July 27Johnstone (Scotland) – August 15
What to do if your bank closes
Many people still rely on physical bank branches to carry out their day-to-day banking activities.
But there are still a number of ways you can access banking services without having to venture to the next nearest branch.
You can use one of the Post Office’s 11,635 branches to perform basic banking tasks — but not open new bank accounts or take personal loans and mortgages.
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.
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.
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