Lloyds Banking Group shuts another 45 bank branches including 22 Halifax, 19 Lloyds and four Bank of Scotland – bringing total number closed this year to 623 in blow to Britain’s high street

• READ MORE: NatWest and RBS to close another 19 branches 

Lloyds Banking Group is shutting another 45 bank branches across its network amid the ongoing shift away from high street banking.

The group is shutting 22 Halifax branches, 19 Lloyds branches and four in the Bank of Scotland business.

The latest closures now bring the total number of high street branches closed across the sector to 623 so far this year. 

It comes just a week after NatWest Group said it plans to close another 19 branches, mostly in the early part of next year. 

Lloyds is set to close the bulk of the branches in March and April next year, with some also closing in August and a tranche in November.

It means that at least 276 branches will be shut across Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland this year and next.

Lloyds Banking Group is shutting another 45 branches across its network

The largest number of closures announced this year have been Barclays branches, with the bank saying 185 of its sites are set to shut.

Lloyds is second with 131, followed by NatWest with 116, Halifax with 94, Virgin Money with 40, Bank of Scotland with 32, Ulster Bank with 10, TSB with nine, Royal Bank of Scotland with five, and one Nationwide branch.

All NatWest sites will close in either the latter part of February or early March, the bank said.

Three of the Natwest sites are in London, while others include Redcar, Bradford, Birmingham, Maldon and Dudley.

There has been a massive exodus of branches from the high street in recent years, with 578 closing this year alone.

NatWest said: ‘Most of our customers are shifting to mobile and online banking.’ But it added that it was working to make sure people weren’t ‘left behind’ when branches close.

The one RBS branch that is set to close is on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, though it will stay open until November 19 next year. 

The largest number of closures announced this year have been Barclays branches, with 185 of its sites set to shut. 

Full list of 45 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches due to close 

Lymington – High Street – March 11

Macclesfield – Chestergate – March 11

Barnet – High Street – March 12

Orpington – High Street – March 12

Dereham – Church Street – March 14

Stamford – High Street – March 14

Barry – Holton Road – March 18

Dartford – High Street – March 18

Penrith – Middlegate – March 19

Diss – Market Place – March 20

Stafford – Greengate Street – April 8

Whitehaven – King Street – April 9

Ilford – High Street – April 15

Morley – Windsor Court – April 16

Daventry – High Street – April 17

Herne Bay – Mortimer Street – April 17

Borehamwood – Shenley Road – April 18

Spalding – Bridge Street – April 18

Bridgwater – Fore Street – April 23

New Milton – Station Road – April 23

Dagenham – Heathway – May 15

Hessle – The Square – August 15

Lloyds branches:

Orpington – High Street – March 13

Dartford – High Street – March 13

Macclesfield – Chestergate – March 19

Spalding – Bridge Street – March 20

Diss – Market Place – March 21

Lymington – High Street – March 26

Barnet – High Street – April 3

Whitehaven – King Street – April 3

Dereham – Church Street – April 4

Barry – Holton Road – April 4

Borehamwood – Shenley Road – April 11

Bridgwater – Fore Street – April 22

Daventry – High Street – April 30

Stamford – High Street – November 13

Stafford – Greengate Street – November 13

Herne Bay – Mortimer Street – November 13

Penrith – Middlegate – November 14

Ilford – High Street – November 14

Morley – Windsor Court – November 14

Bank of Scotland branches:

Glasgow – Byres Road – March 21

Tarbert – Harbour Street – April 29

Bowmore – Shore Street – May 8

Helensburgh – Shore Road – August 15

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