BANKING customers who prefer using their local branch may not find that so easy this year – as more closures are announced.
Major banks are opting to close local branches as more people make the switch to digital and online banking.
But many people, particularly the elderly, still rely on in-person services.
Data from UK cash machine network, LINK, tracks any planned branch closures across the UK.
The website reveals there are 322 planned closures for 2023 and a number have already pulled down their shutters this year.
Lloyds Banking Group and rival NatWest have announced that they will be closing an extra 80 branches this year.
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While both Natwest and branches of its sister bank Royal Bank of Scotland will shut too.
Barclays will shut 54 branches, with a further 14 closures and another 15 announced.
HSBC is set to close 114 branches and NatWest will now bring down the shutters on 92 branches, following its recent announcement.
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Lloyds Bank will shut 49 branches and TSB is to close nine branches this year.
Meanwhile, Halifax will close 32 branches and Santander will close five.
Nationwide will close a single branch, as will Virgin Money.
If there are no banks in your town you should be able to do some basic banking at the local Post Office.
Many banks also offer a mobile banking service.
This is where your bank brings a bus to your local area offering the services that are usually available at your permanent branch.
You should call up your bank to see if it runs a banking bus 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.
Here is a full list of the 242 bank branches that are going to close along with the date they are planning on pulling down the shutters.
Check to see if your bank is one of them:
Barclays closures
- Bargoed – April 14
- Barnoldswick – April 14
- Bedale – April 26
- Birmingham – March 10
- Bishop Auckland – April 21
- Bridgwater – April 26
- Bridlington – March 6
- Chislehurst – May 4
- Dagenham – March 3
- Ellesmere Port – March 2
- Flitwick – April 14
- Gosport – April 26
- Guiseley – April 12
- Heywood – April 28
- Hunstanton – April 12
- Keswick – April 21
- Leeds – April 21
- Leyburn – May 5
- Liskeard – March 2
- London, Green Street – April 20
- London, Tower Bridge Road – April 19
- London, Walworth Road – April 13
- London (Fleet Street) – May 3
- Macclesfield – April 14
- Milton Keynes – April 18
- Oakham – April 28
- Oundle – May 5
- Radlett – May 5
- Shenfield – April 19
- Sittingbourne – March 8
- Sleaford – March 8
- Stamford – April 28
- St Helens – May 4
- Swansea – March 7
- Talbot Green – May 5
- Torquay – March 8
- Warley – April 21
- Watton – May 3
- Weymouth – March 3
- Wymondham – April 28
- London (Knightsbridge) – July 7
- London (Notting Hill Gate) – June 16
- Merthyr Tydfil- June 14
- Ebbw Vale – June 9
- Kirkintilloch – June 9
- Ringwood- June 8
- Lymington – June 15
- Manningtree- June 7
- Colchester – June 13
- Beckenham- June 14
- Knowle- June 16
- West Bridgford – June 15
- Mildenhall – June 14
- Newmarket – June 9
- Sudbury – July 7
- Harrow – July 14
- Oswestry – July 14
- Llangollen – July 7
- Hayes – July 13
- Canvey Island – July 7
- Lisburn – July 21
- Portadown – July 28
- Chipping Norton – July 6
- Yarm – July 14
- Wombourne – July 12
- Kingswood – July 6
- Alnwick – July 7
- Seahouses – July 14
- Bentham – July 12
Bank of Scotland
- BoS Bearsden – July 25
- BoS Edinburgh – July 26
- BoS Pollokshields – July 27
- BoS Cults – August 14
Halifax closures
- Aldershot – April 26
- Bangor – April 17
- Birmingham – January 25
- Bletchley – May 18
- Bristol – July 19
- Catford – July 18
- Chester Le Street – April 19
- Chingford – May 5
- Chorlton-cum-Hardy – April 27
- Coleraine – January 10
- Crouch End – April 27
- Denton – August 30
- Golders Green – May 3
- Grays – June 22
- Leeds (LS1) – March 29
- Leeds (LS1) – January 12
- London (EC3M) – April 19
- Maldon – June 5
- Mirfield – September 21
- Newmarket – September 11
- Newton Aycliffe – September 6
- Norbury – May 4
- Otley – September 5
- Porthcawl – September 7
- Purley – June 22
- Putney – May 4
- Redruth – May 16
- Sheerness – May 18
- St Neots – June 6
- Surbiton – May 10
- Tadcaster – August 22
- Whitley Bay – June 21
HSBC closures
- Abergavenny – April 18
- Alton – April 25
- Arnold – May 9
- Ashton-Under-Lyne – August 1
- Beccles – June 27
- Bethnal Green – August 15
- Bexhill-On-Sea – April 18
- Bicester – June 20
- Bideford – May 2
- Blackwood – July 25
- Blandford Forum – April 18
- Bognor Regis – July 18
- Brecon – May 9
- Bridport – May 23
- Brighouse – May 16
- Brombrough – July 18
- Chepstow – June 6
- Chippenham – August 15
- Christchurch – July 25
- Cirencester – August 8
- Coalville – July 4
- Coleraine – May 2
- Colwyn Bay – August 15
- Cowbridge – TBC
- Cromer – April 18
- Denbigh – August 8
- Didcot – May 9
- Dorchester – August 22
- Dover – May 9
- Downend – April 25
- Droitwich – July 4
- Dundee – May 30
- Eastwood – August 29
- Epworth – TBC
- Fakenham – May 23
- Filton – May 30
- Frome – June 6
- Gainsborough – May 2
- Gosforth – July 18
- Halesowen – May 16
- Hampstead – August 15
- Harpenden – July 18
- Henley-On-Thames – August 8
- Hertford – June 20
- Holsworthy – TBC
- Honiton – June 13
- Hornchurch – August 15
- Horsforth – July 18
- Hove – May 23
- Hythe – TBC
- Ilkley – June 13
- Kenilworth – August 1
- Kingswinford – July 11
- Knutsford – June 6
- Launceston – May 2
- Leatherhead – July 4
- Leicester – May 30
- Leighton Buzzard – August 29
- Leominster – April 25
- Lewes – June 27
- Liskeard – May 23
- Long Eaton – July 11
- Market Bosworth – April 25
- Market Harborough – May 30
- Marlow – July 18
- Minehead – May 9
- Morley – August 22
- New Milton – June 27
- North Finchley – August 8
- Norwich – July 25
- Oakham – June 20
- Ormskirk – August 1
- Oxted – TBC
- Palmers Green – July 4
- Penarth – June 13
- Pocklington – June 6
- Pontypool – June 27
- Port Talbot – July 11
- Portadown – June 6
- Portishead – July 4
- Putney – August 1
- Reigate – August 8
- Rhyd-Y-Penau – August 29
- Ripley – July 25
- Ross-On-Wye – June 20
- Ryde – August 22
- Seaford – July 25
- Settle – TBC
- Shaftesbury – April 25
- Skipton – June 13
- Sleaford – June 13
- South Shields – June 13
- Southampton – July 11
- St Austell – April 18
- St Ives – April 18
- St Neots – June 27
- Stamford – May 16
- Stirling – June 6
- Stourport-On-Severn – May 30
- Stroud – May 16
- Sudbury – May 23
- Tenby – TBC
- Tonbridge – July 25
- Twickenham – June 20
- Wadebridge – June 27
- Waltham Cross – May 30
- Wells – June 20
- Westbury-On-Trym – August 1
- Wetherby – July 11
- Whitby – May 16
- Whitley Bay – May 2
- Wilmslow – May 2
- Windsor – August 22
- Wymondham – August 22
Lloyds Bank closures
- Aintree – June 6
- Beckenham – April 20
- Beeston – May 11
- Benton – July 17
- Borehamwood – May 22
- Cambridge – July 31
- Carlton – July 26
- Chapeltown – June 24
- Chingford – April 25
- Corringham – August 21
- Dagenham – April 26
- Doncaster – September 20
- Downham Market – September 4
- East Horsley – September 18
- Eckington – August 9
- Fulwell – July 20
- Gillingham – April 25
- Harrow – June 29
- Hazel Grove – August 1
- Hyde – June 21
- Ipswich – May 4
- Lampeter – May 15
- Littlehampton – May 23
- London – May 3
- London – July 25
- London – August 1
- London – August 2
- Newcastle upon Tyne – September 14
- New Mills – August 17
- Newport – June 13
- Norbury – April 19
- Peterborough – July 17
- Pontefract – April 20
- Porthcawl -September 7
- Ripley – June 14
- Rustington – June 5
- Shaftesbury – June 13
- Shepton Mallet – July 31
- Shirebrook – September 4
- Sidmouth – September 5
- Tumble – August 3
- Twickenham – May 11
- Weybridge – May 10
- Wellington – September 13
- Whitstable – May 11
- Wickersley – May 15
- Withernsea – September 12
- Wotton-Under-Edge – August 23
- Ystradgynlais – September 19
Nationwide closures
- Gloucestershire (Kingswood) – April 20
Virgin Money
- Glasgow – June 2
NatWest closures
- Aldridge – July 20
- Ashton-in-Makerfield – June 27
- Birstall – June 1
- Blackpool – April 25
- Blandford Forum – August 1
- Bletchley – June 29
- Bootle – May 10
- Bournemouth – August 8
- Brighouse – August 9
- Brighton – August 16
- Bristol – July 4
- Broadwater – May 16
- Bromsgrove – January 31
- Buxton – February 2
- Cardiff – July 18
- Caterham – February 1
- Cheadle – February 2
- Christchurch – August 16
- Cleethorpes – March 7
- Clitheroe – February 15
- Colwyn Bay – May 17
- Cranbrook – May 30
- Crawley – May 11
- Croydon – July 4
- Croydon – July 19
- Deal – July 5
- Devizes – March 8
- Dorking – July 25
- Dunstable – May 3
- Eastleigh – February 16
- Exeter – May 9
- Fakenham – August 10
- Fleet – April 27
- Frome – May 11
- Fulwood – August 17
- Gerrards Cross – February 21
- Glossop – March 2
- Headington – February 7
- Heald Green – July 11
- Henley-on-Thames – February 7
- Hertford – August 15
- Heslington – April 27
- Horwich – TBC
- Hull – July 11
- Ilkley – February 21
- Ilminster – May 18
- Isleworth July 12
- Knowle – July 12
- Knutsford – August 2
- Llansamlet – May 25
- London (Clapham) – April 26
- London (Marylebone) – May 23
- London (W1H) – February 23
- London – July 5
- London – July 13
- London – August 17
- Maidstone – May 4
- March – July 25
- New Malden – July 13
- Oxted – February 22
- Parkstone – March 7
- Peterborough – July 26
- Potters Bar – February 2
- Romford July 6
- Rothwell – June 28
- Runcorn – August 2
- Ryde – August 10
- Sandbach – February 8
- Sheerness – May 25
- Shipley – February 23
- Shoreham-by-Sea – TBC
- Southampton – April 25
- Southsea – February 23
- St. Neots – February 28
- Stony Stratford – August 3
- Stourbridge – February 8
- Stratford – November 30
- Street – July 19
- Stroud – April 26
- Tamworth – July 27
- Thame – March 1
- Tilehurst – June 28
- Tonbridge – March 9
- Torquay – May 31
- Uckfield – March 8
- Waterlooville – March 9
- Westbury on Trym – August 8
- Wetherby – February 9
- Whitehaven – March 14
- Whitley Bay – July 20
- Wokingham – February 9
- Wymondham – August 1
Santander closures
- Dartford – March 30
- Derby – March 30
- Milton Keynes – June 29
- Milton Keynes – June 29
- Sheffield – March 30
TSB closures
- Kirkwall – May 24
- Aberfeldy – May 16
- Newark – May 9
- Luton – May 30
- Banbury – May 31
- Keynsham – May 2
- Evesham – May 4
- Glasgow (G53) – May 17
- Wigan – May 11
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