A MAJOR high street bank is to close another string of branches over the coming months in a fresh blow for the high street.
Barclays is to start pulling the shutters down on 16 sites in England, two in Wales and one in Scotland and one in Ireland as soon as May.
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Locations in London, Liverpool and Livingston will be affected.
It comes just two weeks after the banking giant revealed it would be closing 20 branches starting in April.
Barclays has announced nearly 200 branch closures in recent years, saying only 10% of transactions now take place face-to-face.
It had 414 branches at the end of June last year, but an updated figure is set to be released in the bank’s results on February 20.
A Barclays spokesperson said: “As visits to branches continue to fall, we need to adapt to provide the best service for all our customers.
“Where there is no longer enough demand to support a branch, we maintain an in-person presence though our Barclays Local network, live in over 300 locations, based in libraries, town halls, mobile vans and our banking pods.
“We also support access to cash with our cashback without purchase service, 24-hour deposit-taking ATMs and by working alongside the Post Office and Cash Access UK.”
Here is the new list of Barclays branches which are shutting:
Dewsbury, England – May 9
Rhyl, Wales – August 9
Bangor , Wales – May 10
Livingston, Scotland – May 10
Bangor , Northern Ireland – May 17
Halifax, England – August 16
Keighley, England – August 9
Boston, England – May 10
London, England – November 11
London, England – May 10
Wembley, England – May 17
Hornchurch, England – May 17
Streatham, England – May 17
Evesham, England – May 15
Leicester, England – July 19
Fulham Broadway, England – May 23
London, England – August 9
Brentwood, England – May 31
London, England – September 6
Oldham, England – May 24
Northampton, England – August 9
Liverpool, England – May 17
At the beginning of the year, Barclays announced five closures which will all also take place in April.
It followed the announcement of 18 closures in December.
Other big lenders have been also shutting branches as well including NatWest, Lloyds, Virgin Money and Halifax.
The closures are largely due to an increase in customers at major high street banks shifting to banking online and using apps.
Barclays has already announced that it will close the following 74 branches this year:
Westbury-on-Trym, England – February 16
Llanelli, Wales – February 22
Sheringham, England – February 21
Dereham, England – February 15
South Woodford, England – February 23
Newry, Northern Ireland – February 16
Coleraine, Northern Ireland – February 23
Berwick-Upon-Tweed, England – February 14
Cobham, England – February 14
Farnham, England – February 21
Eltham, England – February 15
Abingdon, England – February 15
Cannock, England – February 22
Borehamwood, England – February 21
Wallasey, England – March 28
Ruislip, England – February 16
Poole, England – March 8
Builth Wells, Wales – March 6
Abergavenny, Wales – March 1
Blackwood, Wales – March 22
Scunthorpe, England – March 20
Mansfield, England – March 1
Grimsby, England – March 13
Beverley, England – March 21
Perth, Scotland – March 8
Dundee, Scotland, March 15
Gateshead, England – March 15
Hexham, England – March 1
Richmond, England – December 4
Northallerton, England – March 14
Skipton, England – March 7
Rayleigh, England – March 22
Palmers Green, London, England – March 8
Crouch End, England – March 1
Barnard Castle – January 17, 2025
Birmingham Longbridge – April 18
Bishops Stortford – April 12
Bridgend – April 12
Burton-on-Trent – April 11
Clacton-on-Sea – April 11
Cockermouth – January 12, 2025
Ely – April 11
Forest Gate – April 11
Grantham – April 17
Kirkby Stephen – April 12
Lincoln Tritton Road – April 12
Neath – April 19
Penrith – April 17
Pickering – January 17, 2025
Ramsgate – April 19
Rochdale – April 18
South Kensington – April 12
Tredegar – January 17, 2025
Ystrad Mynach – January 17, 2025
Shawlands, Scotland – April 26
Ayr, Scotland – May 10
Inverness, Scotland – May 17
Wadebridge, England – April 25
Cardigan, Wales – April 26
Aberystwyth, Wales – May 3
Haverfordwest, Wales – May 10
Andover, England – May 17
Gravesend, England – May 3
Greenhithe, England – April 26
St Neots, England – January, 30 2025
Willesden Green, England – May 3
Lancaster, England – April 25
Blackburn, England – May 10
Hartlepool, England – May 3
Barking, England – May 24
Bracknell, England – May 17
Maidenhead, England – May 26
Spalding, England – May 10
Leiston, England – May 17
More than 200 bank branches are set to close their doors this year as firms look to move away from the high street.
Customers have have already seen their local high street bank disappear, as more than 600 banks closed in 2023 alone.
Most recently, Lloyds Banking Group has revealed that it will be closing 45 branches in the new year.
Many people, especially the elderly population, rely heavily on in-person services and the closures will make it more difficult for them to access services.
You can find your nearest branch using the locator tool on each banks’ website.
But there are still a number of ways in which impacted customers can access basic banking services without having to head over to the next town.
If the latest raft of closures will leave you without a branch in your town, you should be able to do most basic tasks at your local Post Office.
You can use one of the Post Office’s nearly 12,000 branches to perform basic tasks — but you can’t open new bank accounts or take personal loans and mortgages.
Several banks also offer a mobile banking service, which 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 such a service 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 several locations around the UK to help plug the gap — including Brixham, Cambuslang, Cottingham and Rochford.
Meanwhile, here’s a full list of bank branches closing in 2024 including Lloyds and Barclays – are you affected?
Plus, Metro Bank is set to axe 800 jobs and review its opening hours in a new cost-cutting drive.
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