High street banking giant will close 101 branches for good in 2025

by · Mail Online

A major banking group has announced it will close another another 101 high street branches in 2025 in the latest blow to customers.

Lloyds Banking Group will shutter sites from its Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Lloyds brands.

The closures will see 45 Lloyds, 41 Halifax and 15 Bank of Scotland locations close their doors for the final time in 2025.

Banks and building societies have closed 6,214 branches since January 2015, at a rate of around 53 each month, according to consumer champion Which? 

Meanwhile in the wake of the Horizon IT scandal, the Post Office plans to close 115 branches - leaving many communities with no bricks-and-mortar site to access their money or discuss financial issues. 

While many Britons now use their bank's apps or telephone banking to manage their money, there remains a large populations who are unable to do so. According to Age UK, only 14% of the 85+ age bracket bank online, with 58% relying on face-to-face banking.  

Speaking to Birmingham Live about the closures, a Lloyds Banking Group spokesperson said: 'Mobile banking is more popular than ever, with over 19.5 million customers choosing our app to manage, maximise and understand more about their money.

'Alongside our app, customers can bank online, over the phone, at a Banking Hub, a Post Office or by speaking to one of our Community Bankers.' 

Lloyds Banking Group has taken the decision to close 101 stores, including 45 Lloyds Bank branches
Halifax is another one of the brands due to reduce its number of brick and mortar stores
The back of Scotland is set to close 15 stores in the upcoming year 

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Britain's banking crisis laid bare: More than 6,000 branches have closed in last nine years with three out of every five shutting for good

NatWest Group, which comprises NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank, has closed 1,428 branches since January 2015 - the most of any banking group, Which? research revealed.

Lloyds Banking Group was hot on NatWest Group's heels though, shuttering 1,243 locations over the same period. 

Which? also reported that Barclays is the individual bank that has most dramatically decreased its branch numbers, with 1,228 branches now closed over the last nine years. 

In May this year Which? said that by the end of 2024 there will be 33 parliamentary constituencies without a single bank branch. 

While the rate of closures had initially appeared to slow down since it reached a peak in 2017, the researchers said that in 'recent years there has been a troubling surge'.

During the pandemic, with Britain at a standstill, branch closures dropped to only 369 in a single year, but that number was outstripped within the first three months of 2021. 

Bank bosses were accused of 'engaging in a race to close branches' after a new regulatory regime came into effect in September 2024 when the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) introduced measures to ensure the 'reasonable provision of cash deposit and withdrawal services.' 

Sam Richardson, deputy editor of Which? Money, said: 'This milestone of more than 6,000 bank branch closures in just nine years underscores the seismic shift that has taken place in terms of our banking habits and the character of the British high street. 

Latest Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branch closures

 Lloyds

  • Alcester - Stratford Road, England, B49 5AX - June 25, 2025 
  • Alnwick - 24 Bondgate Within, England, NE66 1TD - January 15, 2025 
  • Ashbourne - Compton, England, DE6 1DY - June 24, 2025 
  • Beccles - Exchange Square, England, NR34 9HH - May 6, 2025 
  • Bletchley - 87-89 Queensway, England, MK2 2DW - March 3, 2025 
  • Blyth - 43 Waterloo Road, England, NE24 1BW - March 4, 2025 
  • Brecon - 38 High Street, Wales, LD3 7AR - February 11, 2025 
  • Brynmawr - 72 King Street, Wales, NP23 4XR - February 18, 2025 
  • Cranbrook - Woodside High Street, England, TN17 3DJ - February 11, 2025
  • Chesham - 79 High Street, England, HP5 1BT - February 24, 2025 
  • Derby - 812 Osmaston Road Allenton, England, DE24 9AA - January 23, 2025 
  • Dewsbury - 20 Market Place, England, WF13 1DF - March 10, 2025 
  • Fakenham - 27 Norwich Street, England, NR21 9AH - May 6, 2025 
  • Gorleston-on-Sea - 132-133 High Street, England, NR31 6QU - January 20, 2025 
  • Hitchin - 1 Bancroft, England, SG5 1JQ - April 7, 2025 
  • Hull - 63-67 Newland Avenue, England, HU5 3BG - January 14, 2025 
  • Kendal - 11 Finkle Street, England, LA9 4AG - February 10, 2025 
  • Kenilworth - 21 The Square, England, CV8 1EE - February 25, 2025 
  • Kitts Green - 131 Lea Village, England, B33 9SH - January 27, 2025 
  • Leeds - 391-393 Harehills Lane, England, LS9 6AP - January 8, 2025 
  • Leeds - 52 Town Street Armley, England, LS12 3AE - September 8, 2025 
  • Liskeard - The Parade, England, PL14 6AW - February 25, 2025 
  • London - 185 Baker Street, England, NW1 6XB - January 6, 2025 
  • Macclesfield - 64-66 Mill Street, England, SK11 6NH - January 28, 2025 
  • Matlock - 11 Causeway Lane, England, DE4 3AR - May 7, 2025 
  • Monmouth - 18 Monnow Street, Wales, NP25 3XH - May 8, 2025 
  • New Milton - 47 Station Road, England, BH25 6HU - May 13, 2025 
  • Presteigne - 52 Hereford Street, Wales, LD8 2AU - March 3, 2025 
  • Sheffield - 15 Stubbin Lane, England, S5 6QG - June 26, 2025 
  • Sherborne - 75 Cheap Street, England, DT9 3BD - January 16, 2025 
  • Southampton - 77 Shirley High Street Shirley, England, SO15 3TX - January 28, 2025 
  • Southampton - 413 Bitterne Road Bitterne, England, SO18 1DA - June 9, 2025 
  • South Elmsall - 139-141 Barnsley Road, England, WF9 2AA - January 16, 2025 
  • Spennymoor - 43 Cheapside, England, DL16 6QF - June 26, 2025 
  • Stanley - 65 Front Street, England, DH9 0SZ - June 26, 2025 
  • St Ives - 1 The Pavement, England, PE27 5AE - February 24, 2025 
  • Stow-on-the-Wold - The Square, England, GL54 1BJ - February 17, 2025
  • Surbiton - 1 Claremont Road, England, KT6 4QS - March 4, 2025 
  • Swindon - 5 High Street, England, SN1 3EN - February 3, 2025 
  • Thetford - 35 King Street, England, IP24 2AX - May 13, 2025 
  • Wadebridge - 14 Molesworth Street, England, PL27 7DE - February 17, 2025
  • Warwick - 12 Swan Street, England, CV34 4BJ - June 24, 2025 
  • Wetherby - 55 Market Place, England, LS22 6LN - January 13, 2025 
  • Wisbech - 3 North Brink, England, PE13 1JT - January 22, 2025 
  • Woodbridge - 8 The Thoroughfare, England, IP12 1AF - June 25, 2025

Halifax

  • Acomb - 73 York Road, YO24 4LL - January 13, 2025 
  • Alnwick - 26 Bondgate Within, NE66 1TD - January 15, 2025 
  • Belfast - 17-18 Connswater Shopping Centre, BT5 5LP - February 10, 2025 
  • Belfast - Castle Court, Royal Avenue, BT1 1DD - February 4, 2025 
  • Bulwell - 8 Commercial Road, NG6 8HA - January 21, 2025
  • Burgess Hill - 11 Church Road, RH15 9BB - February 11, 2025 
  • Camberley - 20/22 High Street, GU15 3TG - March 11, 2025 
  • Chippenham - 49 Market Place, SN15 3HU - April 15, 2025 
  • Didcot - 7 Orchard Street, OX11 7LG - March 10, 2025 
  • Eccles - 92-94 Church Street, M30 0DA - January 7, 2025 
  • Gillingham - 97-101 High Street, ME7 1BL - February 10, 2025
  • Gosport - 60/61 High Street, PO12 1DR - March 12, 2025 
  • Kendal - 21/23 Highgate, LA9 4DA - February 10, 2025 
  • Keynsham - 53 High Street, BS31 1DS - January 14, 2025 
  • Littlehampton - 68 High Street, BN17 5EA - June 23, 2025 
  • Liverpool - 642 Prescot Road, Old Swan, L13 5YS - January 8, 2025 
  • London - 200 Edgware Road, W2 2DW - January 6, 2025 
  • Malton - 8 Wheelgate, YO17 7HP - April 8, 2025 
  • Monmouth - 7/11 Monnow Street, NP25 3EF - January 23, 2025 
  • Morecambe - 6 Royalty Mall, Arndale Centre, LA4 5DS - January 7, 2025
  • Newbury - 16 Northbrook Street, RG14 1DJ - April 16, 2025 
  • Northallerton - 91 High Street, DL7 8QT - April 28, 2025 
  • North Shields - 100 Bedford Street, NE29 6DD - January 28, 2025 
  • Oswestry - 6 Bailey Street, SY11 1PS - April 28, 2025 
  • Palmers Green - 256/258 Green Lanes, N13 5TU - January 9, 2025 
  • Port Talbot - 58 Station Road, SA13 1RD - January 29, 2025 
  • Runcorn - 35 Orchard Walk, Halton Lea, WA7 2BS - April 29, 2025 
  • Shirley - 177B Stratford Road, B90 3AQ - January 9, 2025 
  • Southampton - 400/402 Bitterne Road, Bitterne, SO18 5RS - June 9, 2025 
  • Stratford-upon-Avon - 28 Bridge Street, CV37 6AD - January 22, 2025 
  • Stoke-on-Trent - 24 Market Street, Longton, ST3 1BG - January 8, 2025 
  • Sutton-in-Ashfield - 32 Low Street, NG17 1DG - January 16, 2025 
  • Tamworth - 22 Market Street, B79 7LR - April 29, 2025 
  • Telford - Duke Street, Wellington, TF1 1BJ - January 7, 2025 
  • Thetford - 4/4A King Street, IP24 2AP - February 4, 2025 
  • Tonbridge - 39 High Street, TN9 1SQ - January 9, 2025 
  • Walton-on-Thames - 3 High Street, KT12 1EA - January 27, 2025 
  • Whitby - 67 Baxtergate, YO21 1HB - January 14, 2025 
  • Winchester - 129 High Street, SO23 9AX - January 20, 2025
  • Wisbech - 28 Market Place, PE13 1DQ - January 22, 2025
  • Witney - 29 High Street, OX28 6XP - April 30, 2025 

Bank of Scotland

  • Banff - 29 Low Street, AB45 1AU - May 8, 2025
  • Bathgate - 50 Hopetoun Street, EH48 4EU - June 30, 2025 
  • Cowdenbeath - 349-351 High Street, KY4 9QJ - June 24, 2025 
  • Dunfermline - 1 Bothwell Street, KY11 3AG - January 21, 2025 
  • Golspie - Main Street, KW10 6RJ - February 4, 2025 
  • Kirkcaldy - Carberry Road, KY1 3PA - January 21, 2025 
  • Kyle - Main Street, IV40 8AB - January 27, 2025 
  • Langholm - High Street, DG13 0JH - April 7, 2025
  • Leven - 60 High Street, KY8 4NA - May 7, 2025 
  • Linlithgow - Regent Centre, Blackness Road, EH49 7HU - February 18, 2025
  • Montrose - 31 High Street, DD10 8LT - March 10, 2025 
  • Newton Stewart - 37 Albert Street, DG8 6EF - June 23, 2025 
  • North Berwick - 23 Westgate, EH39 4AG - February 19, 2025
  • Rothesay - 36-42 Montague Street, PA20 0BT - June 30, 2025
  • Wick - 18 Bridge Street, KW1 4NG - June 25, 2025

Source: GB News