Four Bank of Scotland branches to close by end of 2025 as Lloyds axe dozens of sites
Four Bank of Scotland sites have been confirmed as shutting in the coming months as closures continue to dog the industry. High streets across the UK are seeing financial hubs shut at a worrying speed.
Since January 2015, more than 6,200 bank branches have closed in the UK, reports The Express. This works out at over 50 closures every month for the past decade.
Elderly customers and those who prefer in-person banking to online services are finding it harder and harder as towns continue to lose their banks. Sadly, there seems to be no stopping the trend of the last 10 years.
The latest closures have been confirmed by the Lloyds Banking Group, which includes Halifax and Bank of Scotland. Four BOS branches will shut their doors before the end of this year, according to the latest statements from the banking giants.
While one of them is in Edinburgh, their Corstorphine site, it is rural bankers who will be hit the most. Following the capital closure on October 29, Pitlochry (October 30), Thornhill (November 3), and Moffat (November 19) will all lose branches.
There are also a number of closures for Lloyds themselves, with 50 sites shutting, and Halifax, where 32 branches are expected to be axed. Elsewhere, NatWest has confirmed 54 further branch closures, with Spanish banking giants Santander announcing 42 sites shutting.
There are nine Santander branches in Scotland that have closed this summer, with one more, Turiff, also due to shut but with no date confirmed yet.
Bucking the trend, a couple of banks have held off on shutting sites, with another confirming they are to open three new branches.
HSBC has said it won't have any more closures until at least 2026, while Nationwide announced it will stop any closures until 2028. American firm Metro Bank said it was opening three new branches in Gateshead, Chester, and Salford.
Bank of Scotland sites to close
Edinburgh (Corstorphine), October 29
Moffat, November 19
Pitlochry, October 30
Thornhill, November 3
Lloyds sites to close
Biggleswade, November 5
Blandford Forum, November 10
Bristol Bishopsworth (Church Road), November 6
Bury, October 21
Chard, November 11
Coventry (Foleshill), November 4
Debden, November 12
Dunstable, November 4
East Grinstead, November 12
Feltham, November 4
Ferndown, November 17
Hexham, November 5
Hornchurch, September 11
Kidderminster, October 16
Leeds (Cross Gates), August 20
London Tooting, October 8
Manchester (Newton Heath), November 5
Plymstock, November 4
Pontardawe, November 20
Sheffield (Woodhouse), November 11
Shipston-on-Stour, November 11
Southall, October 15
Stoke-on-Trent (Trent), October 10
Walthamstow High Street, October 22
Halifax sites to close
Barrow-in-Furness, September 10
Bexleyheath, October 23
Blackpool (South Shore), October 29
Bolton, November 20
Brentwood, September 10
Bristol (Kingswood), October 8
Carmarthen, October 6
Castleford, September 8
Cirencester, September 25
Crewe, October 14
Derby, October 23
Eltham, October 29
Epsom, September 15
Erdington, September 24
Folkestone, October 9
Hayes (Hillingdon), October 6
Hexham, November 11
Hove, October 20
London Clapham Junction, September 23
Long Eaton, September 18
Manchester (Stretford), October 15
Mold, October 16
Northwich, September 3
Rhyl, September 23
Richmond (Surrey), September 16
Skegness, September 3
Southport, October 7
Stevenage, October 23
Telford, October 22
Walkden, September 25
Wickford, November 10
Woolwich, October 1
NatWest sites to close
Garstand, expected to be confirmed later
Market Drayton, expected to be confirmed later
Willerby, September 22
Abingdon, September 24
Birmingham (Acocks Green), September 16
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, expected to be confirmed later
Bicester, September 30
Birmingham (Edgbaston), September 11
Birmingham (Shirley), October 1
Birmingham (Smethwick), September 25
Bridgwater, October 27
Bridport, October 29
Bristol (Fishponds), September 4
Cardiff (Canton), September 16
Cardiff (Llanishen), September 11
Chippenham, October 15
Cirencester, September 17
Cromer, expected to be announced
Cwmbran, September 1
Dorchester, October 22
Ely, September 10
Evesham, expected to be confirmed later
Halesowen, September 3
Hinckley, September 17
Honiton, October 21
Launceston, expected to be confirmed later
Leamington Spa, October 1
Leicester (Melton Road), September 2
Leicester (Oadby), September 10
Leighton Buzzard, October 28
Llangefni, September 4
Lowestoft, October 15
Luton (Leagrave), September 15
Melton Mowbray, September 29
Midsomer Norton, October 8
Mold, October 21
Neath, October 13
Newmarket (Suffolk), September 24
Northampton (Weston Favell Shopping Centre), September 15
Paignton, October 2
Portishead, expected to be confirmed later
Rayleigh, September 2
Redditch, October 14
Ringwood, October 1
Romsey, October 13
Stevenage, October 7
Stratford-upon-Avon, October 8
Sudbury, September 30
Torquay, expected to be confirmed later
Trowbridge, October 16
Wellingborough, October 7
Wickford, September 18
Wisbech, September 1
Yate, September 25
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