Overview

• Closures this week include NatWest sites in Willerby (Sept 22), Abingdon (Sept 24), Newmarket (Sept 24), Birmingham–Smethwick (Sept 25) and Yate (Sept 25).
• Halifax is shutting branches at London–Clapham Junction (Sept 23), Rhyl (Sept 23), Birmingham–Erdington (Sept 24), Cirencester (Sept 25) and Walkden (Sept 25).
• Lloyds is closing its Leeds–Armley branch on Sept 22, with the group maintaining a rolling timetable of further shutdowns.
• Which? counts more than 6,400 UK branch closures since 2015—about 53 per month—highlighting a long-running contraction of in-person banking.
• Customers are directed to digital channels and alternatives such as Post Office counters, banking hubs and mobile units, though these typically offer only basic services.