Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to close 60 branches across UK – see full list of when and where
Lloyds Banking Group will be phasing the closures over three months later this year
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Your support makes all the difference.Lloyds Banking Group has said it plans to shut 60 branches across the country, adding to recent closures as customers choose to sort their finances online.
The lending giant said it would close 24 Lloyds branches, as well as 19 Bank of Scotland and 17 Halifax sites.
The branches are thought to employ 124 people, but Lloyds said it would try to find affected staff new roles within the company.
The bank said it had seen a 27 per cent rise in use of its mobile banking app over the last two years, and a 12 per cent rise in regular users of its online banking system.
Now 18.6 million people regularly bank online and 15 million use the mobile app.
“Just like many other high street businesses, fewer customers are choosing to visit our branches,” the business’s group retail director Vim Maru said.
“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.”
Here is a list of all sites due for closure, and the date they will shut.
Bank of Scotland
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
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
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