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Which NatWest and RBS branches are closing from 2025? Here's the full list – and banking alternatives

Emily White
Emily White
Senior News & Investigations Reporter
24 January 2025

NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which are both part of the NatWest Group, will shut at least 56 of their bank branches in 2025 and beyond, after the Group announced a further 53 NatWest closures.

Below, we've rounded up the planned closures for each brand and what the alternatives are if you still want face-to-face banking. Click on your bank's name for a full list of the branch closures announced so far:

  • NatWest – 53 more branches closing (54 in total).

  • RBS – no new closure announcements (two in total).

  • Ulster Bank – no closures announced so far for 2025.

Alternative ways to bank face-to-face with NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank

  • See if there's a 'mobile branch' near you. This can be used for banking services, including making deposits and withdrawing cash. You can find out where your nearest mobile branch is, or when it will next be in your area, on the NatWest website, the RBS website or the Ulster Bank website.

  • Check if you can use one of the Group's sister bank branches. NatWest customers can use RBS branches, while RBS customers can use NatWest branches for everyday banking, such as cash deposits, withdrawals and paying in cheques – find your nearest RBS branch or find your nearest NatWest branch.

    There are no NatWest or RBS branches for Ulster Bank customers to use in Northern Ireland.

  • Try a nearby Post Office. Customers of all three brands can withdraw cash and make deposits into their bank account via the Post Office.

For full details on your options, see our Bank branch alternatives guide.

If you need branch access and don't have alternative services nearby, consider switching

If you no longer want to stay with NatWest, RBS or Ulster Bank, you might want to consider switching to a bank that does have a local branch nearby – although bear in mind there's no guarantee that too won't close.

  • First Direct – get a free £175 for switching, plus access to a 7% regular saver, fee-free spending overseas and a £250 0% overdraft. To get the free cash, you can't have ever had any account with First Direct, and you can't have had an account with HSBC since January 2018.

    First Direct doesn't have any branches of its own, but First Direct customers can use HSBC branches to pay in cheques, as well as deposit and withdraw cash. So, it could be an option if you have an HSBC branch nearby. HSBC also pledged in August 2024 not to close any further branches until at least 2026.

  • Nationwide FlexDirect – get a free £175 for switching, plus 5% interest on up to £1,500, 1% cashback for 12 months and access to a 6.5% regular saver. To get the free cash, you can't have switched to a Nationwide account, or have received switch cash from Nationwide, since 18 August 2021.

    Nationwide pledged in 2019 to keep all of its current bank branches open until at least the start of 2028.

  • Santander Edge – get a free £150, plus access to a 6% easy-access saver and 1% cashback on bills. To get the free cash, you can't have had a switch bonus from Santander since September 2021, and you must be switching from a non-Santander, Cahoot or Cater Allen account.

  • TSB Spend & Save – get a free £100, plus £10 a month cashback for six months, plus choice of an extra reward in September. To get the free cash, you can't have had a switch bonus from TSB since 1 October 2022.

NatWest – full list of 54 branches closing

We've bolded the newly announced closures:

Town

Branch address

Closure date

Accrington

5 St. James Street BB5 1LY

05/06/2025

Aintree Black Bull

Corner of Longmoor Lane And Cedar Road L9 0EG

14/05/2025

Allenton

836 Osmaston Road DE24 9ZT

13/05/2025

Alfreton & Clay Cross

1 Chesterfield Road DE55 7ZR

02/06/2025

Basford

536 Valley Road NG5 1FL

21/05/2025

Beverley

60 Market Place HU17 8AA

25/06/2025

Bishop Auckland

29 Newgate Street DL14 7ET

29/04/2025

Bridlington

2 King Street YO15 2DB

11/06/2025

Cannock

22 Market Place WS11 1BU

12/05/2025

Chapel Allerton

52 Harrogate Road LS7 4TW

30/04/2025

Cleveleys

Victoria Square, Thornton FY5 3LZ

28/04/2025

Cross Gates

69 Station Road LS15 8DJ

10/06/2025

Dewsbury

2 Northgate WF13 1EA

28/04/2025

Eanam

42 - 44 Copy Nook BB1 3DZ

12/05/2025

Ellesmere Port Town Centre

86 Whitby Road CH65 0AT

04/06/2025

Hazel Grove

180 London Road SK7 4DH

19/06/2025

Heaton Chapel

44 Heaton Moor Road SK4 4NP

03/06/2025

Hollinwood

794 Oldham Road M35 9NY

07/05/2025

Farnworth

121 Market Street BL4 8EY

15/05/2025

Garstang

Market Place PR3 1ZA

26/06/2025

Goole

13 Boothferry Road DN14 5GD

14/05/2025

Keighley

63 North Street BD21 3SB

16/06/2025

Leek

24 Derby Street ST13 5AF

16/06/2025

Leyland

2 Golden Hill Lane PR25 3LP

15/05/2025

London (East)

88 Station Road E4 7BB

TBC (1)

Long Eaton

51 Market Place NG10 1JP

29/05/2025

Longton

Market Street ST3 2HW

05/06/2025

Louth

Market Place LN11 9NX

28/05/2025

Manchester Portland Street

60 Portland Street M1 4QT

11/06/2025

Mansfield

9 Church Street NG18 1AF

26/06/2025

Market Drayton

42 Cheshire Street TF9 1PG

TBC (1)

Mexborough

Bank Street S64 9QE

03/06/2025

Middleton

Unit 6 - 9 Midway House, Long Street M24 6NW

30/04/2025

Morley

89A Queen Street LS27 8XR

08/05/2025

Nantwich

36 High Street CW5 5GA

19/06/2025

Newark

1 Market Place NG24 1DY

17/06/2025

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Units 13 & 14 Denton Park Centre, West Denton Way NE5 2QZ

01/05/2025

Rawtenstall

28 Bank Street BB4 8TS

29/05/2025

Rochdale

Town Hall Square OL16 1LL

10/06/2025

Sheffield

669 Ecclesall Road S11 8PW

07/05/2025

Stafford Greengate

41 Greengate Street ST16 2JA

25/06/2025

St. Annes-on-Sea

The Square, 24 St Annes Road West FY8 1RH

24/06/2025

Stockton on Tees

123 High Street TS18 1NW

04/06/2025

Trafford Park

Third Avenue M17 1NW

20/05/2025

Urmston

9 Crofts Bank Road M41 0TZ

13/05/2025

Uttoxeter

26 Market Place ST14 8HX

02/06/2025

Wallasey

31 Wallasey Road CH45 4NS

21/05/2025

Washington

The Galleries NE38 7SG

17/06/2025

West Bridgford

52 Rectory Road NG2 6FF

24/06/2025

Widnes

146 Widnes Road WA8 6BB

08/05/2025

Willerby and Kirk Ella

The Square HU10 7UA

29/04/2025

Wilmslow

4 Grove Street SK9 1EJ

20/05/2025

Windermere

2 High Street LA23 1WY

01/05/2025

Worksop

69 Bridge Street S80 1DJ

18/06/2025

(1) No date announced – will close once a Banking Hub opens in the area.

RBS – details of the two branches closing

City

Address

Closure date

Inverness

29 Harbour Road IV1 1NU

14/03/2025

Inverness

Eastgate Shopping Centre IV2 3PP

20/02/2025

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