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High street bank with 400 locations reveals 20 more branches will CLOSE – giving just three months notice
It had already announced the closure of more than 50 sites this year
A MAJOR high street bank is to close another 20 branches over the coming months in another huge blow to the high street.
Barclays is to start pulling the shutters down on 14 sites in England, three in Wales and three in Scotland as soon as April.
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Locations in Blackburn, Hartlepool and Maidenhead will be affected.
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.
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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.”
Here is the new list of Barclays branches shutting:
- 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
Earlier this month, Barclays announced five closures which will all also take place in April.
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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 54 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
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.
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Meanwhile, here's a full list of bank branches closing in 2024 including Lloyds and Barclays – are you affected?
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