Barclays to close 18 more branches as 'shift from high street' continues - is your local affected?

1 December 2023, 20:25

Barclays is closing more branches
Barclays is closing more branches. Picture: Alamy

By Emma Soteriou

Barclays is set to close 18 more branches as it continues to shift from the high street.

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Most of the branches will be closing for good in March next year, with one due to shut in December 2024.

Of the sites closing, 13 will be in England, three in Wales and two in Scotland.

It comes after the bank previously announced in November that it would be closing 14 other branches across the UK.

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Lloyds group also announced that it would be closing 45 branches next year.

The group confirmed that 22 Halifax branches, 19 Lloyds branches and four under Bank of Scotland are set to be closed in a move away from high street banking.

NatWest also announced previously that it would be closing a further 19 branches, bringing the total of bank branch closures this year to 623.

Increasing numbers of bank branches have been removed from the high street due to the transition to online and mobile banking.

Full list of Barclays branches closing for good:

  • 100 High Street, Poole, England - March 8
  • Crown Buildings, 11 Broad Street, Builth Wells, Wales - March 6
  • 57 Frogmore Street, Abergavenny, Wales - March 1
  • 85 High Street, Blackwood, Wales - March 22
  • 81 High Street, Scunthorpe, England - March 20
  • 23 Market Place, Mansfield, England - March 1
  • 35 Victoria Street, Grimsby, England - March 13
  • 4 North Bar Within, Beverley, England - March 21
  • 197 High Street, Perth, Scotland - March 8
  • 24 High Street, Dundee, Scotland - March 15
  • Valley House, Kingsway, Team Valley, Gateshead, England - March 15
  • Priestpopple, Hexham, England - March 1
  • 55 Market Place, Richmond, England - December 4 (2024)
  • 193 High Street, Northallerton, England - March 14
  • 49 High Street, Skipton, England - March 7
  • 63/65 High Street, Rayleigh, England - March 22
  • 2/4 Aldermans Hill, Palmers Green, London, England - March 8
  • 8 The Broadway, Crouch End, England - March 1