Full list of Halifax locations closing this year, with 22 more added to the list
HALIFAX will close more branches in the coming year, which will be another crushing blow to customers.
Halifax owner Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it will close 69 branches in the coming year.
The closures come as major banks look to offer more of their services online.
The first of the 69 branch closures began on January 8, 2024, but locations will continue to shutter until January 15, 2025.
Here is the list of 22 new sites marked for closure:
- Aberdare – July 29, 2024
- Abergavenny – August 5, 2024
- Aberystwyth – July 29, 2024
- Acomb – January 15, 2025
- Alnwick – January 15, 2025
- Andover – July 25, 2024
- Biggleswade – July 31, 2024
- Cosham – July 1, 2024
- Exmouth – August 7, 2024
- Frome – July 2, 2024
- Garforth – July 2, 2024
- Haverfordwest – August 8, 2024
- Keynsham – January 14, 2025
- Loughton – August 19, 2024
- Midsomer Norton – August 21, 2024
- Prestwich – September 5, 2024
- Redhill – August 22, 2024
- Saffron Walden – June 26, 2024
- Sheffield – July 9, 2024
- Sudbury – August 12, 2024
- Wetherby – January 13, 2025
- Whitby – January 14, 2025
Here is a list of the remaining 47 Halifax locations that are closing soon or have already closed to customers:
- Aberdeen – January 11, 2024
- Barkingside – April 15, 2024
- Barnet – March 12, 2024
- Barry – March 18, 2024
- Batley – June 24, 2024
- Bicester – February 7, 2024
- Bodmin – June 20, 2024
- Borehamwood – April 18, 2024
- Bridgewater – April 23, 2024
- Cleckheaton – January 31, 2024
- Dagenham – May 15, 2024
- Dartford – March 18, 2024
- Daventry – April 17, 2024
- Dereham – March 14, 2024
- Diss – March 20, 2024
- Doncaster – April 8, 2024
- Edinburgh – February 26, 2024
- Glasgow – February 5, 2024
- Gosforth – January 8, 2024
- Hailsham – September 19, 2024
- Hatfield – June 25, 2024
- Hernebaai – April 17, 2024
- Hessle – August 15, 2024
- Ilkley – January 15, 2024
- Larne – May 29, 2024
- Leeds – January 9, 2024
- Lymington – March 11, 2024
- Macclesfield – March 11, 2024
- Morley – April 16, 2024
- New Milton – April 23, 2024
- Newton Aycliffe – March 27, 2024
- Normanton – July 8, 2024
- Orpington – March 12, 2024
- Ossett – April 9, 2024
- Otley – March 26, 2024
- Penrith – March 19, 2024
- Penzance – February 20, 2024
- Porthcawl – March 26, 2024
- Prescot – April 8, 2024
- Sheldon – April 22, 2024
- Sidcup – July 11, 2024
- Spalding – April 18, 2024
- Stafford – April 8, 2024
- Stamford – March 14, 2024
- Stourbridge – January 10, 2024
- Uckfield – September 18, 2024
- Whitehaven – April 9, 2024
Other major lenders have also closed branches, including HSBC, NatWest, Lloyds, Virgin Money and Halifax.
The closures are largely due to the number of customers at major banks switching to online banking and using apps.
Many people, especially older people, still rely on in-person services, and the closures will make it more difficult for this population to access services.
But there are still several ways affected customers can access basic banking services without having to travel to the next city.
You can use any of the Post Office’s 11,684 branches to perform basic banking tasks, but you cannot open new bank accounts or take out personal loans and mortgages.
Many banks also offer mobile banking. Here your bank will bring a bus to your area with the services normally available in your branch.
You will need to call your bank to see if there is a bank bus running. They can tell you where and when it will be parked.
Other banks use buildings such as village halls or libraries to offer mobile banking.
Banking hubs, which offer traditional shared services, have also been set up in dozens of locations across the UK to help bridge the gap.
But there are more openings to come.
How many new banking hubs are planned?
THE first four banking hubs were successfully trialled in Brixham, Cambuslang, Cottingham and Rochford in 2022.
Since then, more have opened in Acton, Buckingham, Carnoustie and Troon and the following locations:
- Axminster, Devon
- Barnoldswick, Lancashire
- Barton, North Lincolnshire
- Belper, Derbyshire
- Brechin, Angus
- Bury Park, Bedfordshire
- Cambusland, South Lanarkshire
- Carnoustie, Angus
- Cheadle, Staffordshire
- Clay Cross, Derbyshire
- Downham Market, Norfolk
- Haslemere, Surrey
- Hornsea, East Yorkshire
- Horwich, Bolton
- Kilkeel, County Down
- Kilwinning, North Ayrshire
- Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway
- Knaresborough, Harrogate
- Looe, Cornwall
- Lutterworth, Leicestershire
- Maryport, Cumbria
- Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
- Prestatyn, Denbighshire
- Rochford, Essex
- Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
- Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
- Stapleford, Nottinghamshire
- Syston, Leicestershire
- Troon, South Ayrshire
- Welling, London
- Welshpool, Powys
Following further branch closures, LINK, the UK Cash Access and ATM network, has identified a further 83 locations requiring banking hubs.
There are 63 banking hubs planned for England in:
- Acomb, York
- Alnwick, Northumberland
- Ampthill, Bedfordshire
- Bacup, Lancashire
- Batley, West Yorkshire
- Bodmin, Cornwall
- Bramhall, Greater Manchester
- Calne, Wiltshire
- Dartmouth, Devon
- Darwen, Lancashire
- Dawlish, Devon
- Dinnington, South Yorkshire
- Earlestown, Merseyside
- Elland, West Yorkshire
- Enfield North, Middlesex
- Ferryhill, County Durham
- Filey, North Yorkshire
- Great Harwood, Lancashire
- Harleston, Norfolk
- Hatfield, Hertfordshire
- Haverhill, Suffolk
- Helston, Cornwall
- Hessle, East Riding
- Heywood, Rochdale
- Holt, Norfolk
- Keynsham, Somerset
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
- Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
- Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
- Moreton, Birkenhead
- New Rossington, South Yorkshire
- Nieuwland, Hull
- Oakham, Rutland
- Ossett, West Yorkshire
- Otley, West Yorkshire
- Pershore, Worcestershire
- Prescot, Merseyside
- Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester
- Richmond, North Yorkshire
- Royston, Hertfordshire
- Saltash, Cornwall
- Seaham, County Durham
- Sherborne, Dorset
- Shirebrook, Derbyshire
- Sidmouth, Devon
- South Elmsall, West Yorkshire
- Stalybridge, Greater Manchester
- Stone, Staffordshire
- Teignmouth, Devon
- Thorne, South Yorkshire
- Ulverston, Cumbria
- Ware, Hertfordshire
- Wath Upon Dearne, South Yorkshire
- Watton, Norfolk
- Wellington, Somerset
- West Drayton, Middlesex
- West Kirby, Wirral
- Westhoughton, Greater Manchester
- Wetherby, West Yorkshire
- Whitby, North Yorkshire
- Willesden Green, London
- Withernsea, East Yorkshire
Four more banking hubs are planned in Northern Ireland in:
- Comber, County Down
- Newcastle, County Down
- Portrush, County Antrim
- Warrenpoint, County Down
There are nine more banking hubs planned for Scotland in:
- Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross
- Burntisland, Fife
- Carluke, South Lanarkshire
- Crieff, Perth and Kinross
- Cumnock, East Ayrshire
- Forres, Moray
- Girvan, South Ayrshire
- Jedburgh, Scottish Borders
- Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway
Seven more banking hubs are planned for Wales in:
- Abergele, Conwy
- Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent
- Morriston, Swansea
- Rowan, Mid Glamorgan
- Porthcawl, Glamorgan
- Risca, Caerphilly
- Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taff