
, , and are among a number of banks closing branches this month, with more than 80 set to shut up shop for good. It's part of a broader trend over the past few years of banks closing high street branches as customers increasingly move to online banking.
According to , banks and building societies have shut 6,303 branches since January 2015, representing a rate of about 53 each month. That amounts to 64% of the branches that were open at the beginning of 2015, the site adds. Various banks and building societies are closing branches this month, including , which is shutting 21 branches.
The banking giant has put down to changing customer behaviour, reporting a 62% drop in over-the-counter transactions between 2019 and last year.
Meanwhile TSB is set to either shut down or relocate 12 locations over the next two months, including five closures in May, as it implents a wider restructuring plan in 2025, reports.
Meanwhile the Bank of Scotland is set to close nine branches in May, while Barclays are reportedly closing three.
Additionally, Halifax will be shutting up shop in 17 locations, Lloyds Bank is set to close 27 branches, the outlet reports. An Ulster Bank branch in Northern Ireland will also be serving customers for the last time this month.
Full list of May bank closuresBank of Scotland
- Edinburgh George Street - May 6
- Banff - May 8
- Leven - May 7
- Barrhead - May 21
- Edinburgh Wester Hailes - May 27
- Kirkintilloch - May 22
- Peebles - May 27
- Sanquhar - May 28
- Uddingston - May 22.
Barclays
- Whitby - May 2
- Borehamwood - May 2
- Leiston - May 2
Halifax
- Acomb - May 5
- Alnwick - May 15
- Keynsham - May 14
- Wetherby - May 13
- Whitby - May 14
- Bangor - May 29
- Bromsgrove - May 29
- Huntingdon - May 15
- Balham - May 22
- Fulham - May 27
- London Strand - May 8
- Omagh - May 19
- Rayleigh - May 20
- St Austell - May 13
- Waltham Cross - May 27
- Wilmslow - May 19
- Cannon Street - May 28
Lloyds Bank
- Alnwick - May 15
- Beccles - May 6
- Matlock - May 7
- New Milton - May 13
- Newland University - May 14
- Sherborne - May 19
- South Elmsall - May 19
- Southampton Shirley - May 7
- Wetherby - May 13
- Bishop Auckland - May 8
- Bridgnorth - May 20
- Bristol Clifton - May 21
- Bristol Patchway - May 28
- Bromsgrove - May 7
- Cardiff Whitchurch - May 29
- Bolton Farnworth - May 28
- Godalming - May 29
- Herne Bay - May 21
- Launceston - May 12
- Leyland - May 8
- Fulham - May 27
- Louth - May 7
- Ludlow - May 20
- Margate - May 14
- Pontyclun - May 12
- Prudhoe - May 15
- Rayleigh - May 20
Natwest
- Eanam - May 12
- Cannock - May 12
- Allenton Derby - May 13
- Hollinwood - May 7
- Farnworth - May 15
- Goole - May 14
- Leyland - May 15
- Aintree Black Bull - May 14
- Long Eaton - May 29
- Louth - May 28
- Morley - May 8
- Denton Park Newcastle-Upon-Tyne - May 1
- Basford - May 21
- Rawtenstall - May 29
- Trafford Park - May 20
- Hunter's Bar Sheffield - May 7
- Urmston - May 13
- Wallasey Precinct - May 21
- Widnes - May 8
- Wilmslow - May 20
- Windermere - May 1
TSB
- Banff - May 27
- Flint - May 29
- Whitchurch - May 21
- Tenbury Wells - May 20
- Bedlington - May 28
According to The Sun, an Ulster Bank branch in Northern Ireland will also be closing May 23, though the location hasn't been announced yet.
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