THOUSANDS of banking customers who rely on their local branch will lose out this year as 265 are yet to close.
The closures come as more people turn to digital and online banking.
Data from UK cash machine network, LINK, tracks any planned branch closures across the UK.
The website reveals there are still 265 planned closures for 2023 and a number have already pulled down their shutters this year.
HSBC is set to close 114 branches and NatWest will bring down the shutters on over 30 branches.
Lloyds Bank will shut 23 outlets and Barclays will close 41.
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TSB is to close nine branches this year.
Meanwhile, Halifax will close 20 branches and Santander will close five. Nationwide will close two branches.
Of the branches set to close, dozens will be shutting their doors within weeks.
If there are no banks in your town you should be able to do some basic banking at the local Post Office.
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Many banks also offer a mobile banking service.
This is where your bank brings a bus to your local area offering the services that are usually available at at your permanent branch.
You should call up your bank to see if it runs a banking bus and they will be able to tell you where and when it will be parked.
Other banks use buildings such as village halls or libraries to offer mobile banking services.
Here is a full list of the bank branches that are going to close along with the date they are planning on pulling down the shutters.
Check to see if your bank is one of them:
Barclays closures
- Amersham – March 1
- Bargoed – April 14
- Barnoldswick – April 14
- Bedale – April 26
- Birmingham – March 10
- Bishop Auckland – April 21
- Bridgwater – April 26
- Bridlington – March 6
- Chislehurst – May 4
- Dagenham – March 3
- Ellesmere Port – March 2
- Flitwick – April 14
- Gosport – April 26
- Guiseley – April 12
- Heywood – April 28
- Hunstanton – April 12
- Keswick – April 21
- Leeds – April 21
- Leyburn – May 5
- Liskeard – March 2
- London, Green Street – April 20
- London, Tower Bridge Road – April 19
- London, Walworth Road – April 13
- London (Fleet Street) – May 3
- Macclesfield – April 14
- Milton Keynes – April 18
- Oakham – April 28
- Oundle – May 5
- Radlett – May 5
- Shenfield – April 19
- Sittingbourne – March 8
- Sleaford – March 8
- Stamford – April 28
- St Helens – May 4
- Swansea – March 7
- Talbot Green – May 5
- Torquay – March 8
- Warley – April 21
- Watton – May 3
- Weymouth – March 3
- Wymondham – April 28
Halifax closures
- Aldershot – April 26
- Bangor – April 17
- Bletchley – May 18
- Chester Le Street – April 19
- Chingford – May 5
- Chorlton-cum-Hardy – April 27
- Crouch End – April 27
- Golders Green – May 3
- Grays – June 22
- Leeds (LS1) – March 29
- London (EC3M) – April 19
- Maldon – June 5
- Norbury – May 4
- Purley – June 22
- Putney – May 4
- Redruth – May 16
- Sheerness – May 18
- St Neots – June 6
- Surbiton – May 10
- Whitley Bay – June 21
HSBC closures
- Abergavenny – April 18
- Alton – April 25
- Arnold – May 9
- Ashton-Under-Lyne – August 1
- Beccles – June 27
- Bethnal Green – August 15
- Bexhill-On-Sea – April 18
- Bicester – June 20
- Bideford – May 2
- Blackwood – July 25
- Blandford Forum – April 18
- Bognor Regis – July 18
- Brecon – May 9
- Bridport – May 23
- Brighouse – May 16
- Brombrough – July 18
- Chepstow – June 6
- Chippenham – August 15
- Christchurch – July 25
- Cirencester – August 8
- Coalville – July 4
- Coleraine – May 2
- Colwyn Bay – August 15
- Cowbridge – TBC
- Cromer – April 18
- Denbigh – August 8
- Didcot – May 9
- Dorchester – August 22
- Dover – May 9
- Downend – April 25
- Droitwich – July 4
- Dundee – May 30
- Eastwood – August 29
- Epworth – TBC
- Fakenham – May 23
- Filton – May 30
- Frome – June 6
- Gainsborough – May 2
- Gosforth – July 18
- Halesowen – May 16
- Hampstead – August 15
- Harpenden – July 18
- Henley-On-Thames – August 8
- Hertford – June 20
- Holsworthy – TBC
- Honiton – June 13
- Hornchurch – August 15
- Horsforth – July 18
- Hove – May 23
- Hythe – TBC
- Ilkley – June 13
- Kenilworth – August 1
- Kingswinford – July 11
- Knutsford – June 6
- Launceston – May 2
- Leatherhead – July 4
- Leicester – May 30
- Leighton Buzzard – August 29
- Leominster – April 25
- Lewes – June 27
- Liskeard – May 23
- Long Eaton – July 11
- Market Bosworth – April 25
- Market Harborough – May 30
- Marlow – July 18
- Minehead – May 9
- Morley – August 22
- New Milton – June 27
- North Finchley – August 8
- Norwich – July 25
- Oakham – June 20
- Ormskirk – August 1
- Oxted – TBC
- Palmers Green – July 4
- Penarth – June 13
- Pocklington – June 6
- Pontypool – June 27
- Port Talbot – July 11
- Portadown – June 6
- Portishead – July 4
- Putney – August 1
- Reigate – August 8
- Rhyd-Y-Penau – August 29
- Ripley – July 25
- Ross-On-Wye – June 20
- Ryde – August 22
- Seaford – July 25
- Settle – TBC
- Shaftesbury – April 25
- Skipton – June 13
- Sleaford – June 13
- South Shields – June 13
- Southampton – July 11
- St Austell – April 18
- St Ives – April 18
- St Neots – June 27
- Stamford – May 16
- Stirling – June 6
- Stourport-On-Severn – May 30
- Stroud – May 16
- Sudbury – May 23
- Tenby – TBC
- Tonbridge – July 25
- Twickenham – June 20
- Wadebridge – June 27
- Waltham Cross – May 30
- Wells – June 20
- Westbury-On-Trym – August 1
- Wetherby – July 11
- Whitby – May 16
- Whitley Bay – May 2
- Wilmslow – May 2
- Windsor – August 22
- Wymondham – August 22
Lloyds Bank closures
- Aintree – June 6
- Beckenham – April 20
- Beeston – May 11
- Borehamwood – May 22
- Chingford – April 25
- Dagenham – April 26
- Gillingham – April 25
- Harrow – June 29
- Hyde – June 21
- Ipswich – May 4
- Lampeter – May 15
- Littlehampton – May 23
- London – May 3
- Newport – June 13
- Norbury – April 19
- Pontefract – April 20
- Ripley – June 14
- Rustington – June 5
- Shaftesbury – June 13
- Twickenham – May 11
- Weybridge – May 10
- Whitstable – May 11
- Wickersley – May 15
Nationwide closures
- London (W1H) – February 23
- Gloucestershire (Kingswood) – April 20
NatWest closures
- Birstall – June 1
- Blackpool – April 25
- Bootle – May 10
- Broadwater – May 16
- Bromsgrove – January 31
- Buxton – February 2
- Caterham – February 1
- Cheadle – February 2
- Cleethorpes – March 7
- Clitheroe – February 15
- Colwyn Bay – May 17
- Cranbrook – May 30
- Crawley – May 11
- Devizes – March 8
- Dunstable – May 3
- Eastleigh – February 16
- Exeter – May 9
- Fleet – April 27
- Frome – May 11
- Gerrards Cross – February 21
- Glossop – March 2
- Headington – February 7
- Henley-on-Thames – February 7
- Heslington – April 27
- Horwich – TBC
- Ilkley – February 21
- Ilminster – May 18
- Lewes – February 11
- Llansamlet – May 25
- London (Clapham) – April 26
- London (Marylebone) – May 23
- London (W1H) – February 23
- Maidstone – May 4
- Oxted – February 22
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Santander closures
- Dartford – March 30
- Derby – March 30
- Milton Keynes – June 29
- Milton Keynes – June 29
- Sheffield – March 30
TSB closures
- Kirkwall – May 24
- Aberfeldy – May 16
- Newark – May 9
- Luton – May 30
- Banbury – May 31
- Keynsham – May 2
- Evesham – May 4
- Glasgow (G53) – May 17
- Wigan – May 11
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