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full list of UK sites closing including Lloyds, Halifax and Barclays

Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays are among the big names in banking closing a number of their sites this month.

British lenders have closed thousands of branches across the UK in recent years, leaving many towns and cities unbanked.

Consumer organisation Which? reported in May that more than 6,000 bank branches have closed since 2015.

Major banks say the closure is due to fewer customers physically visiting their stores, while more people prefer mobile and online banking.

This month alone, 44 are set to close before new rules come into effect to ensure people have access to cash.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that new regulations will come into effect from September 18. Under the new rules, banks and building societies will have to plug the gap in access to cash through measures such as banking hubs, ATMs and post offices.

Under the scheme, banks must also identify the needs of local communities and ensure they respond to concerns from residents and groups.

The rules go further than the current industry-run voluntary scheme.

The FCA’s Sheldon Mills said: “Three million people continue to rely on cash, even as digital payments become more popular. And many small businesses still need a place to safely deposit their earnings every day.

“That is why we have responded quickly to the new powers given to us by Parliament, to ensure that reasonable access to cash withdrawals and deposits remains.”

High street banks closing branches in August include Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Barclays and Bank of Scotland. Here is a full list of the dozens of bank branches set to close in the coming weeks:

Lloyd’s

Lloyds Banking Group has seen profits fall by more than a quarter in recent months (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Archive)

  • Exeter – August 5

  • Commercial Road in London – August 6

  • Clitheroe, England – August 7

  • Ilminster, England – August 14

  • Malpas, England – August 20

Halifax

Lloyds Banking Group, which includes Halifax, welcomed investors on Thursday. (Ian Nicholson/PA) (PA Wire)

The locations in Halifax that will close are:

  • Haverfordwest, Wales – August 8

  • Abergavenny, England – August 5

  • Exmouth, England – August 7

  • Sudbury, England – August 12

  • Hessle, England – August 15

  • Loughton, England – August 19

  • Midsomer Norton, England – August 21

  • Redhill, England – August 22

  • Sudbury, England – August 12

Barclays

Banking giant Barclays has announced an 8% fall in half-year profits but raised its full-year forecast for a key performance measure and announced higher returns for shareholders (Ian West/PA) (PA Wire)

Bank of Scotland

The Royal Bank of Scotland has published its monthly Purchase Managers’ Index (PA) (PA Wire)

NatWest

‘Plans to offset the sale of retail shares in banking giant NatWest are being scrapped because they are a poor use of taxpayers’ money,’ Rachel Reeves (PA) said (PA Wire)

  • Chadwell Heath, England – August 1

  • Muswell Hill, England – August 6

  • Streatham, England – August 6

  • Hackney, England – August 7

  • Paddington, England – August 8

  • Islington, England – August 8

  • Ramsgate, England – August 8

  • Shepherd’s Bush, England – August 13

  • Gravesend, England – August 14

  • Marylebone, England – August 15

  • East Grinstead, England – August 20

  • Eltham, England – August 20

  • Lewisham, England – August 21

  • Woking, England – August 21

  • West Wickham, England – August 22

  • Worcester Park, England – August 22

  • City of London, England – August 27

  • Andover, England – August 28

  • Stalybridge, England – August 29

  • West Kirby, England – August 29

  • Marylebone, England – August 29

  • Hendon, England – August 28

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