60 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches to close across UK
They say it's due to customers switching to online banking
Last updated 23rd Mar 2022
Lloyds Banking Group is going to close 60 bank branches across the UK, comprising of 24 Lloyds Bank, 19 Bank of Scotland and 17 Halifax sites.
Trade union Unite has said the move could result in 124 job losses, although the company has not said how many workers will be affected.
Lloyds stressed it aims to offer a new role to all staff affected.
The company said the move was driven by a surge in online banking demand over recent years, with fewer people going into branches.
The bank said it had seen a 27% rise in use of its mobile banking app over the last two years, and a 12% rise in regular users of its online banking system.
Vim Maru, group retail director at Lloyds Banking Group, said: “Just like many other high street businesses, fewer customers are choosing to visit our branches.
“Our branch network is an important way for us to support our customers but we need to adapt to the significant growth in customers choosing to do most of their everyday banking online.”
Full list of branch closures
Bank of Scotland closures:
- Aberdeen 201 Union Street – September 14
- Alness – July 27
- Brechin – August 2
- Broxburn – August 9
- Carluke – June 27
- Clarkston – July 4
- Dunblane – July 7
- Dyce – July 5
- Edinburgh Barnton – July 13
- Edinburgh Shandwick – July 13
- Forres – July 11
- Glasgow Riddrie – August 9
- Innerleithen – August 4
- Kirkcudbright – August 3
- Lockerbie – August 8
- Selkirk – August 8
- Shotts – August 15
- Stromness – August 17
- Troon – September 21
Halifax closures:
- Abingdon – June 29
- Beaconsfield – July 28
- Beccles – July 5
- Belfast Shaftesbury – June 28
- Bideford – July 6
- Devizes – July 27
- Doncaster Market Place – September 19
- Dunstable – July 11
- Finchley Central – July 12
- Halifax Commercial Street – September 19
- Margate – July 18
- Morriston – July 18
- Penge – August 10
- Totton – July 19
- Wokingham – July 20
- Worcester Park – July 20
- Yeadon – July 25
Lloyds Bank closures:
- Aylesbury Gatehouse – July 26
- Beaconsfield – June 29
- Birmingham Temple Row – September 15
- Bolton Westhoughton – August 1
- Bradford Thornbury – August 11
- Buckingham – September 20
- Chandlers Ford – June 30
- Chipping Campden – August 10
- Colchester St Johns – June 30
- Cottingham – September 20
- Edgbaston – September 21
- Knutsford – July 6
- Liverpool Woolton – July 7
- Lyndhurst – July 14
- Marlow – July 13
- Morriston Swansea – August 4
- Oxford Summertown – July 21
- Poulton-le-Fylde – August 3
- Rushden – June 28
- Shanklin – July 26
- Shrewsbury Mount Pleasant – July 28
- Smethwick – August 11
- Swanwick – July 21
- Tiptree – July 25
The news follows several other closures from the bank, which said in October it could close 48 sites, and announced 44 closures in June last year.