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More bank branches are closing their doors for good this year leaving thousands of Britons without a local bank.
By Jackie Annett
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More banks have confirmed they will be closing branches across the UK this year with confirmation from Lloyds, Halifax and TSB they will be shutting the doors on some of their high street venues. Banks say it's because more people are sorting out their finances and savings online but campaigners worry it will be older Britons, especially pensioners, who will be badly affected.
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Banks are set to close the shutters on more than 200 more branches this year because fewer people are relying on the high street to do their banking.
HSBC is closing the most sites at 114 and other banks are also adding to the total with closures of their own.
Lloyds Bank is closing 36 branches, Halifax is shutting 23 and TSB is closing nine branches this year.
Some 54 branches close on average every month and experts fear it won't be long until there are no high street bank branches left.
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High st banks could be a thing of the past (Image: Getty)
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Lloyds said it has come to the decision to close its branches after custom dropped around 60 percent in the past five years.
A spokesman said: “Branches play an important part in our strategy but we need to have them in the right places, where they are well-used.
“We’ll continue to invest in branches that are being used regularly, alongside our online, mobile app and telephone services.”
However, campaigners including Which? say millions of people are going to be affected.
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Jenny Ross, Which? money editor, said Britons who are not ready to move to online banking must be “protected” from the branch closures.
She said: "While many consumers have embraced digital banking, there are still millions, including the elderly, vulnerable and isolated, who aren't yet ready or willing to make that switch - and they must be protected."
Customers can, however, access certain services from any of the Post Office's 11,400 branches.
Britons are encouraged to use thePost Office's branch finder toolto locate their nearest.
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Lloyds is closing 26 branches in 2023:
- Norbury – London Road – April 19
- Pontefract – Ropergate – April 20
- Beckenham – High Street – April 20
- Gillingham – High Street – April 25
- Chingford – Station Road – April 25
- Dagenham – The Heathway – April 26
- London – Marylebone High Street – May 3
- Ipswich – Bramford Road – May 4
- Weybridge – Church Street – May 10
- Twickenham – Heath Road – May 11
- Whitstable – High Street – May 11
- Beeston – The Square – May 11
- Wickersley – Bawtry Road – May 15
- Borehamwood – Shenley Road – May 22
- Littlehampton – Beach Road – May 23
- Rustington – The Street – June 5
- Aintree – Longmoor Lane – June 6
- Shaftesbury – High Street – June 13
- Newport – High Street – June 13
- Ripley – Oxford Street – June 14
- Hyde – Clarendon Place – June 21
- Harrow – Northolt Road – June 29.
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Halifax is closing:
- Bangor – High Street – April 17
- Chester Le Street – Front Street – April 19
- London – Fenchurch Street – April 19
- Aldershot – Union Street – April 26
- Crouch End – Broadway Parade – April 27
- Chorlton-cum-Hardy – Barlow Moor Road – April 27
- Golders Green – North End Road – May 3
- Putney – Putney High Street – May 4
- Norbury – London Road – May 4
- Surbiton – Victoria Road – May 10
- Chingford – Chingford Mount Road – May 15
- Redruth – Fore Street – May 16
- Bletchley – Queensway – May 18
- Maldon – High Street – June 5
- St Neots – High Street – June 6.
TSB is closing these branches in 2023:
- Bank Street, Aberfeldy, Scotland, PH15 2BB - May 16, 2023
- 37 Castlegate, Newark, England, NG24 1BD - May 9, 2023
- 9 Manchester Street, Luton, England, LU1 2QB - May 30, 2023
- 61 High Street, Banbury, England, OX16 5JR - May 31, 2023
- 13-15 High Street, Keynsham, England, BS31 1DP - May 2, 2023
- 1 Bridge Street, Evesham, England, WR11 4SQ - May 4, 2023
- 1 Braidcraft Place, Glasgow, Scotland, G53 5EU - May 17, 2023
- 675 Ormskirk Road, Wigan, England, WN5 8AH - May 11, 2023
- 1 Broad Street, Kirkwall, Scotland, KW15 1HE - May 24, 2023
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