BYE BYE
High street blow as major bank to close MORE branches this year – full list affected
The brand has already announced more than 200 branch closures in recent years
A MAJOR high street bank has confirmed that it will close more branches in another high street blow.
Barclays is set to close another five branches over the coming months.
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The closures come as big banks look to move more of their services online.
Most branches announced for closure will be shutting in April this year.
In December, the high street bank only recently announced that other sites are set to be shuttered.
Barclays has announced nearly 200 branch closures in recent years, saying only 10% of transactions were now taking place face-to-face.
Here is the new list of Barclays branches shutting:
- Barnard Castle - 17/01/2025
- Birmingham Longbridge - 18/04/2024
- Bishops Stortford - 12/04/2024
- Bridgend - 12/04/2024
- Burton-on-Trent - 11/04/2024
- Clacton-on-Sea - 18/04/2024
- Cockermouth - 17/01/2025
- Ely - 11/04/2024
- Forest Gate - 11/04/2024
- Grantham - 17/04/2024
- Kirkby Stephen - 12/04/2024
- Lincoln Tritton Road - 12/04/2024
- Neath - 19/04/2024
- Penrith - 17/04/2024
- Pickering - 17/01/2025
- Ramsgate - 19/04/2024
- Rochdale - 18/04/2024
- South Kensington - 12/04/2024
- Tredegar - 17/01/2025
- Ystrad Mynach - 17/01/2025
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.
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"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."
The bank has already announced that it will close the following branches in 2024:
- Westbury-on-Trym, England - 16/02/2024
- Llanelli, Wales - 22/02/2024
- Sheringham, England - 21/02/2024
- Dereham, England - 15/02/2024
- South Woodford, England - 23/02/2024
- Newry, Northern Ireland - 16/02/2024
- Coleraine, Northern Ireland - 23/02/2024
- Berwick-Upon-Tweed, England - 14/02/2024
- Cobham, England - 14/02/2024
- Farnham, England - 21/02/2024
- Eltham, England - 16/02/2024
- Abingdon, England - 15/02/2024
- Cannock, England - 22/02/2024
- Borehamwood, England - 21/02/2024
- Wallasey, England - 28/03/2024
- Ruislip, England - 16/02/2024
- Poole, England - 08/03/2024
- Builth Wells, Wales - 06/03/2024
- Abergavenny, Wales - 01/03/2024
- Blackwood, Wales - 22/03/2024
- Scunthorpe, England - 20/03/2024
- Mansfield, England - 01/03/2024
- Grimsby, England - 13/03/2024
- Beverley, England - 21/03/2024
- Perth, Scotland - 08/03/2024
- Dundee, Scotland, 15/03/2024
- Gateshead, England - 15/03/2024
- Hexham, England - 01/03/2024
- Richmond, England - 04/12/2024
- Northallerton, England - 14/03/2024
- Skipton, England - 07/03/2024
- Rayleigh, England - 22/03/2024
- Palmers Green, London, England - 08/03/2024
- Crouch End, England - 01/03/2024
But other big lenders have also been shutting branches, including HSBC, NatWest, Lloyds, Virgin Money and Halifax.
The closures are largely due to increased customers at major high street banks shifting to banking online and using apps.
Many people, particularly the elderly, still rely on in-person services, and the closures will make it more difficult for this demographic to access services.
But there are still several ways in which affected customers can access basic banking services without having to venture to the next town.
You can use one of the Post Office’s 11,635 branches to perform basic banking tasks, but you cannot 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 with the services usually available at your branch.
You should call 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.
Banking hubs, which offer traditional shared services, have also been set up in eight locations around the UK to help plug the gap — in Acton, Brixham, Buckingham, Cambuslang, Carnoustie, Cottingham, Rochford and Troon.
There are plans to open dozens more hubs across the UK.
How many new banking hubs are planned?
The first four banking hubs were successfully piloted in 2022 in Brixham, Cambuslang, Cottingham and Rochford.
More have since opened in Acton, Buckingham, Carnoustie and Troon and the following locations:
- Axminster, Devon
- Barton, North Lincolnshire
- Bury Park, Bedfordshire
- Cheadle, Staffordshire
- Clay Cross, Derbyshire
- Haslemere, Surrey
- Hornsea, East Yorkshire
- Knaresborough, Harrogate
- Looe, Cornwall
- Lutterworth, Leicestershire
- Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
- Maryport, Cumbria
- Rochford, Essex
- Syston, Leicestershire
- Welling, London
- Kilkeel, County Down
- Brechin, Angus
- Cambusland, South Lanarkshire
- Carnoustie, Angus
- Troon, South Ayrshire
- Prestatyn, Denbighshire
- Welshpool, Powys
Following further branch closures LINK, the UK's Cash Access and ATM network, has identified a further 54 locations which require banking hubs.
There are 46 banking hubs planned for England in:
- Ampthill, Bedfordshire
- Barnoldswick, Lancashire
- Batley, West Yorkshire
- Belper, Derbyshire
- Bodmin, Cornwall
- Bramhall, Greater Manchester
- Calne, Wiltshire
- Dartmouth, Devon
- Darwen, Lancashire
- Dawlish, Devon
- Downham Market, Norfolk
- Earlestown, Merseyside
- Elland, West Yorkshire
- Enfield North, Middlesex
- Filey, North Yorkshire
- Great Harwood, Lancashire
- Harleston, Norfolk
- Hatfield, Hertfordshire
- Haverhill, Suffolk
- Helston, Cornwall
- Heywood, Rochdale
- Horwich, Bolton
- Hessle, East Riding
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
- Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
- New Rossington, South Yorkshire
- Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
- Moreton, Birkenhead
- Oakham, Rutland
- Ossett, West Yorkshire
- Otley, West Yorkshire
- Pershore, Worcestershire
- Prescot, Merseyside
- Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester
- Richmond, North Yorkshire
- Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
- Royston, Hertfordshire
- Saltash, Cornwall
- Seaham, County Durham
- Shirebrook, Derbyshire
- Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
- Sidmouth, Devon
- Stalybridge, Greater Manchester
- Stapleford, Nottinghamshire
- Stone, Staffordshire
- Teignmouth, Devon
- Throne, South Yorkshire
- Ulverston, Cumbria
- Ware, Hertfordshire
- Wath Upon Dearne, South Yorkshire
- Watton, Norfolk
- Wellington, Somerset
- West Drayton, Middlesex
- Westhoughton, Greater Manchester
- West Kirby, Wirral
- Withernsea, East Yorkshire
Four more banking hubs are planned in Northern Ireland in:
- Comber, County Down
- Newcastle, County Down
- Portrush, County Antrim
- Warrenpoint, County Down
Nine more banking hubs are planned for Scotland in:
- Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross
- Carluke, South Lanarkshire
- Crieff, Perth and Kinross
- Cumnock, East Ayrshire
- Forres, Moray
- Girvan, South Ayrshire
- Jedburgh, Scottish Borders
- Kilwinning, North Ayrshire
- Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway
Six more banking hubs are planned for Wales in:
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- Abergele, Conwy
- Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent
- Morriston, Swansea
- Porthcawl, Glamorgan
- Risca, Caerphilly
- Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf
There isn't a set date for when these hubs are expected to open but it's expected that they'll be up and running within the next 12 months.
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