Lloyds and Halifax set to close 40 more bank branches in 2023 – full list of affected area | Personal Finance | Finance
Lloyds and Halifax are set to close 40 more branches in 2023, following a continuing trend by banks following the pandemic. Both banks are owned by Lloyds Banking Group with Lloyds shutting down 22 branches and 18 Halifax sites. These closures are set to take place later in the year and are currently expected to be carried out between April and June.
Here is a full list of the sites and areas affected by the Lloyds bank closures:
- Norbury (1433-1435 London Road, SW16 4AG) – April 19, 2023
- Pontefract (21/23 Ropergate, WF8 1LG) – April 20, 2023
- Beckenham (60 High Street, BR3 1ET) – April 20, 2023
- Gillingham (106-108 High Street, ME7 1AX) – April 25, 2023
- Chingford (34 Station Road, E4 7BE) – April 25, 2023
- Dagenham (218 The Heathway, RM10 8QS) – April 26, 2023
- London (8 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4NN) – May 3, 2023
- Ipswich (132 Bramford Road, IP1 4AB) – May 4, 2023
- Weybridge (1C Church Street, KT13 8DA) – May 10, 2023
- Twickenham (17 Heath Road, TW1 4AW) – May 11, 2023
- Whitstable (14 High Street, CT5 1BH) – May 11, 2023
- Beeston (The Square, NG9 1EF) – May 11, 2023
- Wickersley (232 Bawtry Road, S66 1AA) – May 15, 2023
- Borehamwood (189 Shenley Road, WD6 1AW) – May 22, 2023
- Littlehampton (1 Beach Road, BN17 5HY) – May 23, 2023
- Rustington (131 The Street, BN16 3DW) – June 5, 2023
- Aintree (2 Longmoor Lane, L9 0EQ) – June 6, 2023
- Shaftesbury (32 High Street, SP7 8JJ) – June 13, 2023
- Newport (95 High Street, TF10 7AZ) – June 13, 2023
- Ripley (27/29 Oxford Street, DE5 3AH – June 14, 2023
- Hyde – (2-6) Clarendon Place, SK14 2QZ) – June 21, 2023
- Harrow – (254 Northolt Road,HA2 8DZ) – June 29, 2023.
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Here is a full list of the sites and areas affected by the Halifax bank closures:
- Bangor (243/245 High Street, LL57 1PA) – April 17, 2023
- Chester Le Street (58/60 Front Street, DH3 3BD) – April 19, 2023
- London (50 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 3JY) – April 19, 2023
- Aldershot (24 Union Street, GU11 1DA) – April 26, 2023
- Crouch End (6 Broadway Parade, N8 9DH) – April 27, 2023
- Chorlton-cum-Hardy (579 Barlow Moor Road, M21 8AE) – April 27, 2023
- Golders Green (4/6 North End Road, NW11 7PL) – May 3, 2023
- Putney (171/173 Putney High Street, SW15 1TE) – May 4, 2023
- Norbury (1513 London Road, SW16 4AE)– May 4, 2023
- Surbiton (79 Victoria Road, KT6 4NS) – May 10, 2023
- Chingford (269/271 Chingford Mount Road, E4 8LP) – May 15, 2023
- Redruth (20 Fore Street, TR15 2BD) – May 16, 2023
- Bletchley (47 Queensway, MK2 2ZW) – May 18, 2023
- Maldon (52A High Street, CM9 5UJ) – June 5, 2023
- St Neots (38 High Street, PE19 1BJ) – June 6, 2023
- Whitley Bay (22/24 Park View, NE26 2TH) – June 21, 2023
- Purley (1 Purley Parade, High Street, CR8 2AB) – June 22, 2023
- Grays – (48-50 High Street, RM17 6NA) – June 22, 2023.
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The new branch closures are taking place due to more people using online banking, according to the Daily Mirror.
Banks which are in affected areas will be within a third of a mile of at least one free-to-use cashpoint and a Post Office.
Customers who need to speak to someone face-to-face should be aware that Lloyds is running a fortnightly mobile bank service to accommodate this.
On top of this, Halifax customers can check their bank’s website to see if a community banker is visiting their local area to help with face-to-face enquiries.
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A spokesperson from Lloyds Banking Group 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.”
Those who are affected by these latest closures can continue using certain facilities at Post Office sites.
These include depositing cash and cheques, withdrawing money from accounts and checking bank balances.
Other banks and building societies have announced similar closures, with Barclays confirming earlier this week several of its sites will shut down earlier in 2023.
Tobias Gruber, the founder and CEO of My Community Finance, broke down why this trend among banks is happening.
He explained: “It’s becoming increasingly common for banks to close their high street branches as more customers shift to online and digital banking methods.
“If you’re a customer and need branch access and don’t have alternative services nearby, you might want to consider switching to a bank with a physical branch in your area – although there are no guarantees that they will remain open for long.”
