NatWest has revealed its plans to close 23 branches across the country, adding to the dozens of high street bank closures that have already been announced this month. Lloyds, TSB and Barclays are among the big names that have announced closures since the year began.
The bank said it will shut down 21 sites in England and two in Wales. According to NatWest, some of the locations include Frome, Boorle, Stroud, and Blackpool with the sites closing between late April and the beginning of June. The dates that branches in Horwich and Shoreham-by-Sea will close are yet to be announced.
It comes just weeks after Lloyds Banking Group announced it would close 40 Halifax and Lloyds sites in England and Wales.
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The latest announcement means that 87 branches have been targeted for closure by high street banks so far this year. In October, Natwest announced plans to close 43 branches, adding to the 15 which were announced in May and 21 announced in February.
Here's a round up of the latest closures announced this month.
Full list of NatWest branches closing down
- Southampton – Bitterne Road – April 25
- Blackpool – Lytham Road – April 25
- London – Clapham High Street – April 26
- Stroud – Bank Buildings – April 26
- Fleet – Fleet Road – April 27
- Heslington – Main Street – April 27
- Dunstable – High Street North – May 3
- Maidstone – Sutton Road – May 4
- Exeter – St Thomas Centre – May 9
- Bootle – Stanley Road – May 10
- Crawley – Gatwick Road – May 11
- Frome – Market Place – May 11
- Broadwater – Broadwater Street East – May 16
- Colwyn Bay – Abergele Road – May 17
- Ilminster – East Street – May 18
- London – Marylebone High Street – May 23
- Sheerness – High Street – May 24
- Llansamlet – Phoenix Way – May 25
- Cranbrook – High Street – May 30
- Torquay – Newton Road – May 31
- Birstall – Loughborough Road – June 1
- Horwich – Lee Lane – TBC
- Shoreham-by-Sea – East Street – TBC
Full list of Halifax branches closing down
- Bangor – High Street – April 17
- Chester Le Street – Front Street – April 19
- London – Fenchurch Street – April 19
- Aldershot – Union Street – April 26
- Crouch End – Broadway Parade – April 27
- Chorlton-cum-Hardy – Barlow Moor Road – April 27
- Golders Green – North End Road – May 3
- Putney – Putney High Street – May 4
- Norbury – London Road – May 4
- Surbiton – Victoria Road – May 10
- Chingford – Chingford Mount Road – May 15
- Redruth – Fore Street – May 16
- Bletchley – Queensway – May 18
- Maldon – High Street – June 5
- St Neots – High Street – June 6
- Whitley Bay – Park View – June 21
- Purley – Purley Parade, High Street – June 22
- Grays – High Street – June 22
Full list of Lloyds branches closing down
- Norbury – London Road – April 19
- Pontefract – Ropergate – April 20
- Beckenham – High Street – April 20
- Gillingham – High Street – April 25
- Chingford – Station Road – April 25
- Dagenham – The Heathway – April 26
- London – Marylebone High Street – May 3
- Ipswich – Bramford Road – May 4
- Weybridge – Church Street – May 10
- Twickenham – Heath Road – May 11
- Whitstable – High Street – May 11
- Beeston – The Square – May 11
- Wickersley – Bawtry Road – May 15
- Borehamwood – Shenley Road – May 22
- Littlehampton – Beach Road – May 23
- Rustington – The Street – June 5
- Aintree – Longmoor Lane – June 6
- Shaftesbury – High Street – June 13
- Newport – High Street – June 13
- Ripley – Oxford Street – June 14
- Hyde – Clarendon Place – June 21
- Harrow – Northolt Road – June 29
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