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193 high street banks to close next year – check if your branch is on the list, plus alternatives

Assistant Editor – News & Investigations

22 December 2022

High street banks including HSBC, NatWest and Lloyds are set to close at least 193 more branches next year – we've rounded up the planned closures for each bank and what the alternatives are if you still want face-to-face banking.

Here's a list of the banks that have announced branch closures for 2023 – click on your bank's name for a full list of the affected branches and alternatives:

Barclays – 11 branches closing
Halifax – five branches closing
HSBC – 114 branches closing
Lloyds – 14 branches closing
Nationwide – one branch closing
NatWest – 43 branches closing
Santander – five branches closing

If your branch is shutting, you may want to consider switching to a bank that still has a local branch nearby – although bear in mind there's no guarantee that too won't close. See our Best bank accounts guide for the full list of banks offering switching incentives.

Barclays – 11 branches closing

Here's the full list:

Branch town	Branch address	Closure date
Amersham	4 Sycamore Road HP6 5DT	01/03/2023
Birmingham	161 High Street, Kings Heath B14 7LA	10/03/2023
Bridlington	6 Manor Street YO15 2RU	06/03/2023
Dagenham	227/231 Heathway RM9 5AN	03/03/2023
Ellesmere Port	100 Whitby Road CH65 0AD	02/03/2023
Liskeard	The Parade PL14 6AR	02/03/2023
Sittingbourne	85 High Street ME10 4AW	08/03/2023
Sleaford	21 Market Place NG34 7SS	08/03/2023
Swansea	16 Newton Road, Mumbles SA3 4AU	07/03/2023
Torquay	39/40 Fleet Street TQ2 5DL	08/03/2023
Weymouth	2B St Mary Street DT4 8PB	03/03/2023

Barclays bank branch closures 2023

Face-to-face banking alternative: Book an appointment on the Barclays van or at a 'pop-up' bank

Barclays runs an educational and support van that enables Barclays and Barclaycard customers in England and Wales to access certain advice and help in their local area at specific times and dates each month. You can check if a nearby town is covered on Barclays' website.

Under the 'Barclays van' service customers can get advice on:

Buying a new home.
Online banking.
Saving for the future.
Setting up a business.

You can access similar support at one of Barclays' pop-up banking sites, located in spaces such as community centres, libraries and business hubs – find your nearest on the Barclays website.

However, the Barclays van service and pop-up locations don't have cash or counter services, so you won't be able to manage your money there. If you need to access to these services you can use a Post Office branch.

Halifax – five branches closing

Here's the full list:

Branch town	Branch address	Closure date
Birmingham	26-28 Colmore Row B3 2QE	25/01/2023
Coleraine	24 The Diamond BT52 1DP	10/01/2023
Leeds	18 King Edward Street LS1 6BT	12/01/2023
Leeds	36 The Headrow LS1 8EQ	29/03/2023
Sheerness	71 High Street ME12 1NE	18/05/2023

Halifax bank branch closures 2023

Face-to-face banking alternative: See if a 'community banker' is visiting your area

Halifax 'community bankers' may visit an area for a short period of time after a branch closes. They'll have a dedicated office space in a local venue for you to chat in private and can offer support with account enquiries.

There's no need to book an appointment in advance – you can check if a community banker is visiting your area on Halifax's website and then just turn up.

However, be aware that community bankers don't offer cash or counter services, so you won't be able to manage your money with them. If you need to access to these services you can use a Post Office branch.

HSBC – 114 branches closing

Here's the full list:

Branch town	Branch address	Closure date
Abergavenny	2 Frogmore Street NP7 5AF	18/04/2023
Alton	74 High Street GU34 1EZ	25/04/2023
Arnold	104 Front Street NG5 7EG	09/05/2023
Ashton-Under-Lyne	219 Stamford Street OL6 7QH	01/08/2023
Beccles	3 New Market NR34 9HQ	27/06/2023
Bethnal Green	465 Bethnal Green Road E2 9QW	15/08/2023
Bexhill-On-Sea	2 Devonshire Road TN40 1AT	18/04/2023
Bicester	1 Sheep Street OX26 6JA	20/06/2023
Bideford	Alexandra House, The Quay EX39 2AF	02/05/2023
Blackwood	91 High Street NP12 1PN	25/07/2023
Blandford Forum	17 Market Place DT11 7AG	18/04/2023
Bognor Regis	45 High Street PO21 1RU	18/07/2023
Brecon	5 High Street LD3 7AH	09/05/2023
Bridport	17 East Street DT6 3JZ	23/05/2023
Brighouse	23 Market Street HD6 1AR	16/05/2023
Brombrough	58 Bromborough Village Road CH62 7ET	18/07/2023
Chepstow	12 Beaufort Square NP16 5XJ	06/06/2023
Chippenham	2 Market Place SN15 3HE	15/08/2023
Christchurch	15 High Street BH23 1AF	25/07/2023
Cirencester	2 Market Place GL7 2NS	08/08/2023
Coalville	High Street LE67 3EN	04/07/2023
Coleraine	20-22 Railway Road BT52 1PD	02/05/2023
Colwyn Bay	7 Conway Road LL29 7AD	15/08/2023
Cowbridge	61 High Street CF71 7YJ	TBC
Cromer	29A Church Street NR27 9ES	18/04/2023
Denbigh	17 Vale Street LL16 3AG	08/08/2023
Didcot	186 Broadway OX11 8RP	09/05/2023
Dorchester	15 Cornhill DT1 1BJ	22/08/2023
Dover	26 Biggin Street CT16 1BJ	09/05/2023
Downend	20 Badminton Road BS16 6BN	25/04/2023
Droitwich	11 Victoria Square WR9 8DH	04/07/2023
Dundee	25-29 Murraygate DD1 2EE	30/05/2023
Eastwood	53 Nottingham Road NG16 3AE	29/08/2023
Epworth	Market Place DN9 1EU	TBC
Fakenham	36 Market Place NR21 9DA	23/05/2023
Filton	27 Gloucester Road BS7 0SQ	30/05/2023
Frome	24 Market Place BA11 1AJ	06/06/2023
Gainsborough	21 Market Place DN21 2BU	02/05/2023
Gosforth	189 High Street NE3 1HE	18/07/2023
Halesowen	1 Great Cornbow B63 3AD	16/05/2023
Hampstead	122 Finchley Road NW3 5JD	15/08/2023
Harpenden	1 High Street AL5 2RS	18/07/2023
Henley-On-Thames	6 Market Place RG9 2AN	08/08/2023
Hertford	36 Fore Street SG14 1BS	20/06/2023
Holsworthy	1 The Square EX22 6DN	TBC
Honiton	86 High Street EX14 1JN	13/06/2023
Hornchurch	173 High Street RM11 3YS	15/08/2023
Horsforth	88 Town Street LS18 4AR	18/07/2023
Hove	125 Church Road BN3 2AN	23/05/2023
Hythe	17 The Marsh SO45 6ZB	TBC
Ilkley	1 Wells Road LS29 8HG	13/06/2023
Kenilworth	46 The Square CV8 1EA	01/08/2023
Kingswinford	23 Market Street DY6 9JT	11/07/2023
Knutsford	19 Princess Street WA16 6BZ	06/06/2023
Launceston	18 Broad Street PL15 8AQ	02/05/2023
Leatherhead	18 North Street KT22 7AR	04/07/2023
Leicester	11 Hinckley Road LE3 0LG	30/05/2023
Leighton Buzzard	48 High Street LU7 1EE	29/08/2023
Leominster	1 Broad Street HR6 8BU	25/04/2023
Lewes	63 High Street BN7 1XQ	27/06/2023
Liskeard	Barras Street PL14 6AE	23/05/2023
Long Eaton	41 Market Place NG10 1JN	11/07/2023
Market Bosworth	7 Market Pl CV13 0JR	25/04/2023
Market Harborough	15 High Street LE16 7NN	30/05/2023
Marlow	46 High Street SL7 1AT	18/07/2023
Minehead	Wellington Square TA24 5LH	09/05/2023
Morley	Queen Street LS27 8DY	22/08/2023
New Milton	87 Station Road BH25 6JE	27/06/2023
North Finchley	789 High Road N12 8JX	08/08/2023
Norwich	155 Mile Cross Lane NR6 6RL	25/07/2023
Oakham	28 High Street LE15 6AR	20/06/2023
Ormskirk	5 Moor Street L39 2AB	01/08/2023
Oxted	66 Station Road RH8 0PJ	TBC
Palmers Green	1 Aldermans Hill N13 4YE	04/07/2023
Penarth	1 Herbert Terrace, Stanwell Road CF64 2AH	13/06/2023
Pocklington	12 Market Place YO42 2AR	06/06/2023
Pontypool	1 Commercial Street NP4 6XU	27/06/2023
Port Talbot	30 Station Road SA13 1JR	11/07/2023
Portadown	52-56 Meadow Lane BT62 3NJ	06/06/2023
Portishead	40 High Street BS20 6EN	04/07/2023
Putney	172 Upper Richmond Road SW15 2SH	01/08/2023
Reigate	18 High Street RH2 9AY	08/08/2023
Rhyd-Y-Penau	75 Llandennis Road CF23 6EE	29/08/2023
Ripley	Church Street DE5 3BY	25/07/2023
Ross-On-Wye	32 Gloucester Road HR9 5LF	20/06/2023
Ryde	38 Union Street PO33 2LJ	22/08/2023
Seaford	3 Sutton Park Road BN25 1QY	25/07/2023
Settle	Market Place BD24 9EN	TBC
Shaftesbury	The Commons High Street SP7 8JX	25/04/2023
Skipton	61 High Street BD23 1DW	13/06/2023
Sleaford	26 Market Place NG34 7SB	13/06/2023
South Shields	21 Fowler Street NE33 1NW	13/06/2023
Southampton	35 Middle Road SO31 7GH	11/07/2023
St Austell	14 Fore Street PL25 5EL	18/04/2023
St Ives	Market Hill PE27 5AP	18/04/2023
St Neots	5 High Street PE19 1DE	27/06/2023
Stamford	1 High Street PE9 2AL	16/05/2023
Stirling	2-6 Murray Place FK8 2DD	06/06/2023
Stourport-On-Severn	37 High Street DY13 8BD	30/05/2023
Stroud	4 King Street GL5 3DS	16/05/2023
Sudbury	46 Market Hill CO10 2ES	23/05/2023
Tenby	Tudor Square SA70 7AG	TBC
Tonbridge	100 High Street TN9 1AN	25/07/2023
Twickenham	2 London Road TW1 3RY	20/06/2023
Wadebridge	12 Molesworth Street PL27 7DB	27/06/2023
Waltham Cross	109 High Street EN8 7AJ	30/05/2023
Wells	1 Market Place BA5 2RN	20/06/2023
Westbury-On-Trym	11 Canford Lane BS9 3DE	01/08/2023
Wetherby	11 North Street LS22 6NT	11/07/2023
Whitby	4 Baxtergate YO21 1BD	16/05/2023
Whitley Bay	279 Whitley Road NE26 2SW	02/05/2023
Wilmslow	Bank Square SK9 1AR	02/05/2023
Windsor	25 High Street SL4 1LN	22/08/2023
Wymondham	2 Market Place NR18 0AP	22/08/2023

HSBC bank branch closures 2023

Face-to-face banking alternative: See if there's an HSBC 'community event' near you

HSBC runs education and support 'community pop up events' in selected local areas across the UK. The bank says it has 350 of these events planned for 2023. You can check if a nearby town is covered on HSBC's website.

At the events, you can speak to HSBC staff and get:

Information about its products and services;
Help with online and mobile banking registrations and resets;
Tips and info on digital banking, banking at the Post Office and reducing the risk of fraud.

However, the events don't have cash or counter services, so you won't be able to manage your money there. If you need to access to these services you can use a Post Office branch.

Lloyds – 14 branches closing

Here's the full list:

Branch town	Branch address	Closure date
Bishop's Waltham	The Square SO32 1GS	24/01/2023
Caldicot	25 Newport Road NP26 4BG	16/01/2023
Cheddar	Bath Street BS27 3AB	09/01/2023
Cinderford	25 High Street GL14 2SF	09/01/2023
Cleobury Mortimer	39 High Street DY14 8DH	12/01/2023
Helston	1 Market Place TR13 8SU	24/01/2023
Holyhead	5-7 Boston Street LL65 1BS	23/01/2023
Lampeter	9 High Street SA48 7BQ	15/05/2023
Llandrindod Wells	Middleton Street LD1 5DG	16/01/2023
Looe	Fore Street, East Looe PL13 1DP	25/01/2023
Pwllheli	90 Stryd Fawr LL53 5RN	12/01/2023
Slaithwaite	22 Carr Lane HD7 5AN	26/01/2023
Wallingford	4 Market Place OX10 0EH	23/01/2023
Welshpool	40 Broad Street SY21 7RT	26/01/2023

Lloyds bank branch closures 2023

Face-to-face banking alternative: Check if Lloyds' 'mobile branch' service is available in your area

Lloyds runs a mobile branch service that enables customers in England and Wales to access certain services in their local area at specific times and dates each month. You can check if a nearby town is covered on Lloyds' website.

Some of the services available as part of the mobile branch service are:

Cash/cheque deposits.
Managing standing orders and direct debits.
Paying bills.
Sending money outside the UK.
Withdrawing cash.

Alternatively, you can also use the Post Office for some everyday banking services including cash deposits and withdrawals.

Nationwide – one branch closing

The building society has so far only announced one branch closure for next year:

London – 46 Portman Square, W1H 6LZ – closing on 23 February 2023.

Face-to-face banking alternative: Here, the simplest option is to use another nearby branch – the nearest is 1.1 miles away at 225/226 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7QF.

NatWest – 43 branches closing

Here's the full list:

Branch town	Branch address	Closure date
Aberdeen	262 Union Street AB10 1TP	18/01/2023
Ayr	19 Miller Road KA7 2BX	12/01/2023
Beeston	19 High Road NG9 2JX	25/01/2023
Berkhamstead	119 High Street HP4 1AW	25/01/2023
Broadstone	208 Lower Blandford Road BH18 8DT	12/01/2023
Bromsgrove	124 High Street B61 8HJ	31/01/2023
Buxton	2 Spring Gardens SK17 6DJ	14/02/2023
Caterham	1 Croydon Road CR3 6PA	01/02/2023
Cheadle	34 High Street SK8 1AP	02/02/2023
Cheltenham	151 Bath Road GL53 7LT	26/01/2023
Cleethorpes	Corner of Alexandra & Sea View Street DN35 8YA	07/03/2023
Clitheroe	York Street BB7 2DN	15/02/2023
Coventry	118 Walsgrave Road CV2 4ED	19/01/2023
Croydon	209 Lower Addiscombe Road CR0 6RB	17/01/2023
Devizes	1 Market Place SN10 1HR	08/03/2023
Dundee	1 Courthouse Square DD1 1NT	10/01/2023
Eastleigh	34 Southampton Road SO50 9XN	16/02/2023
Edinburgh	109 George Street EH2 4JW	24/01/2023
Gerrards Cross	44 Packhorse Road SL9 8EG	21/02/2023
Glasgow	14 Blythswood Square G2 4AU	26/01/2023
Glossop	Norfolk Square SK13 8BR	02/03/2023
Headington	91 London Road OX3 9AF	07/02/2023
Henley-on-Thames	18 Market Place RH9 2AP	07/02/2023
Ilkley	19 The Grove LS29 9TA	21/02/2023
Lewes	11 High Street BN7 2LH	11/01/2023
London	214 High Holborn WC1V 7BF	10/01/2023
London	128 Balham Road SW12 9AA	24/01/2023
Market Harborough	21 St Mary's Road LE16 7DY	11/01/2023
Oxted	12 Station Road East RH8 0PR	22/02/2023
Parkstone	209 Ashley Road BH14 9DR	07/03/2023
Potters Bar	181 Darkes Lane EN6 1DL	22/02/2023
Sandbach	Hightown CW11 1JY	08/02/2023
Shipley	19 Market Street BD18 3PW	23/02/2023
Southsea	68 Palmerston Road PS5 3SJ	23/02/2023
St. Neots	37 High Street PE19 1BP	28/02/2023
Stourbridge	141 High Street DY8 1BF	08/02/2023
Thame	3 Cornmarket OX9 3YS	01/03/2023
Tonbridge	130 High Street TN9 1DE	09/03/2023
Uckfield	49 High Street TN22 1AN	08/03/2023
Waterlooville	93 London Road PO7 7EG	09/03/2023
Wetherby	49 High Street LS22 6LS	09/02/2023
Whitehaven	71 Lowther Street CA28 7AH	14/03/2023
Wokingham	5 Broad Street RG40 1AX	09/02/2023

NatWest bank branch closures 2023

Face-to-face banking alternative: See if there's a 'mobile branch' or RBS branch near you

NatWest runs a mobile branch service that can be found at various locations throughout the year, for up to five days at a time. The service lets you do everyday banking including making deposits, withdrawing cash and paying bills.

You can find out where your nearest mobile branch is, or when it will next be in your area, on the NatWest website.

NatWest customers can also use Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) branches for everyday banking such as cash deposits and withdrawals and paying in cheques – find your nearest RBS branch.

Alternatively, you can use the Post Office to access cash, pay in cheques or check your balance.

Santander – five branches closing

Here's the full list:

Branch town	Branch address	Closure date
Dartford	Unit 45, Bluewater Shopping Centre DA9 9SQ	30/03/2023
Derby	93-95 St Peters Street DE1 2AT	30/03/2023
Milton Keynes	201 Grafton Gate East MK9 1AN	29/06/2023
Milton Keynes	29 Midsummer Place MK9 3GB	29/06/2023
Sheffield	27 The Arcade, Meadowhall Centre S9 1EH	30/03/2023

Santander bank branch closures 2023

Face-to-face banking alternative: Use the Post Office – see below for more on this.

You can access some banking services via the Post Office

Customers of most UK banks, including Barclays, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest and Santander, can access certain services from any of the Post Office's 11,400 branches. Use the Post Office's branch finder tool to locate your nearest. Services available include:

Cash/cheque deposits.
Checking your balance.
Withdrawing money.

More 'banking hubs' to open next year – see if one is coming to your area

As bank branches continue to disappear from the high street, another alternative being rolled out is shared 'banking hubs'.

These operate in a similar way to bank branches, but their facilities are shared, with banks providing staff on rotation so that trained specialists from different banks are available on different days.

Four hubs are now open at the following locations:

Brixham, Devon – 62 Fore Street, TQ5 8EF
Cambuslang, Lanarkshire – 158 Main Street, G72 7EL
Cottingham, East Yorkshire – 121 Hallgate, HU16 4DA
Rochford, Essex – 38-40 West Street, SS4 1AJ

There are plans for more than 20 other hubs across the UK – for more on how they work, and to check if there's one planned for your area, see our Banking hubs MSE News story.