Barrow's Halifax branch to close as part of Lloyds Banking Group cuts

136 high street branches are to shut over the next 14 months

Author: Henry Saker-Clark and August GrahamPublished 29th Jan 2025

Lloyds Banking Group is to shut 136 more high street branches as it accelerates plans to cut costs and digitise the bank.

It will close 61 Lloyds, 61 Halifax and 14 Bank of Scotland branches between May this year and March 2026.

The closure plan comes weeks after Lloyds shook up its branch business to allow customers of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to use stores across any of its brands for in-person banking.

It said that all workers at the affected branches will be offered jobs elsewhere in the company.

The closure plan will bring the Lloyds brand down to 386 branches, Halifax down to 281 branches and Bank of Scotland to 90 branches once completed.

Lloyds blamed the decision to shut the branches on customers shifting away from banking in person to using mobile services.

Transactions across these branches fell by an average of 48% over the past five years as customers used its app more for payments, Lloyds said.

A spokeswoman for the business said:

"Over 20 million customers are using our apps for on-demand access to their money and customers have more choice and flexibility than ever for their day-to-day banking.

"Alongside our apps, customers can also use telephone banking, visit a community banker or use any Halifax, Lloyds or Bank of Scotland branch, giving access to many more branches.

"Customers can also do their everyday banking at over 11,000 branches of the Post Office or in a Banking Hub."

The group said it is making "good progress" with the transformation plan it launched in 2022.

Earlier this month, the company revealed plans to shut offices in Dunfermline, Scotland and in Liverpool, impacting more than 1,000 workers.

Cash access network Link has recommended that banking hubs are set up in 21 locations affected by the closure, in order to support customers facing a dearth of local banking services.

Here is the full list of locations affected.

Lloyds Branches

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, May 7

Louth, Lincolnshire, May 7

Bishop Auckland, County Durham, May 8

Leyland, Lancashire, May 8

Launceston, Cornwall, May 12

Pontyclun, WalesMay 12

Margate, Kent, May 14

Prudhoe, Northumberland, May 15

Bridgnorth, Shropshire, May 20

Ludlow, Shropshire, May 20

Rayleigh, EssexMay 20

Bristol Clifton, May 21

Herne Bay, Kent, May 21

Fulham, London, May 27

Bolton Farnworth, Lancashire, May 28

Bristol Patchway, May 28

Cardiff Whitchurch, WalesMay 29

Godalming, Surrey, May 29

Southsea, Hampshire, June 2

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, June 11

Dorchester, Dorset, June 19

Pembroke Dock, WalesJune 26

Leeds Crossgates, August 20

Hornchurch Station Lane, London, September 11

Tooting, London, October 8

Southall, London, October 15

Kidderminster, Worcestershire, October 16

Bury, Greater Manchester, October 21

Walthamstow, London, October 22

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, October 30

Coventry Foleshill, Warwickshire, November 4

Dunstable, Bedfordshire, November 4

Feltham, London, November 4

Plymstock, Devon, November 4

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, November 5

Hexham, Northumberland, November 5

Manchester Newton Heath, November 5

Bristol Bishopsworth, Bristol, November 6

Blandford, Dorset, November 10

Chard, Somerset, November 11

Sheffield Woodhouse, November 11

Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, November 11

East Grinstead, West Sussex, November 12

Loughton, Essex, November 12

Falmouth, Cornwall, November 13

Ferndown, Dorset, November 17

Leominster, Herefordshire, November 18

Pontardawe, Wales, November 19

Thornbury Avon, Gloucestershire, February 2 2026

Peterlee Yoden Way, County Durham, March 3 2026

Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, March 4 2026

Liverpool Breck Rd, March 4 2026

Brigg, North Lincolnshire, March 5 2026

Caterham, Surrey, March 5 2026

Glossop, Derbyshire, March 9 2026

Tunstall, Staffordshire, March 9 2026

Houghton le Spring, County Durham, March 10 2026

Manchester Moston, March 11 2026

Seaton, Devon, March 11 2026

Sleaford, Lincolnshire, March 12 2026

Wymondham, Norfolk, March 12 2026

Halifax branches

Fulham, London, May 8

London Strand, May 8

St Austell, Cornwall, May 13

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, May 15

Omagh, Northern Ireland, May 19

Wilmslow, Cheshire, May 19

Rayleigh, Essex, May 20

Balham, London, May 22

Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, London, May 27

Cannon Street, London, May 28

Bangor, Northern Ireland, May 29

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, May 29

Felixstowe, Suffolk, June 2

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, June 2

Kingsbury, London, June 2

Launceston, Cornwall, June 3

Letchworth, Hertfordshire , June 3

Leek, Staffordshire , June 4

Winton, Bournemouth, June 4

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, June 11

St Annes, Lancashire, June 12

Fleetwood, Lancashire, June 25

Pontypridd, Wales, July 15

Northwich, Cheshire, September 3

Skegness, Lincolnshire , September 3

Wallasey, Merseyside , September 4

Castleford, West Yorkshire, September 8

Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, September 10

Brentwood, Essex, September 10

Epsom, Surrey, September 15

Richmond , Surrey, September 16

Long Eaton, Derbyshire, September 18

Clapham Junction, London, September 23

Rhyl, Wales, September 23

Erdington, Birmingham, September 24

Cirencester, Gloucestershire, September 25

Walkden, Lancashire , September 25

Woolwich, London, October 1

Carmarthen, Wales, October 6

Hayes, London, October 6

Southport, Merseyside, October 7

Kingswood, Bristol, October 8

Folkestone, Kent, October 9

Crewe, Cheshire, October 14

Sittingbourne, Kent, October 15

Mold, Wales, October 16

Hove, East Sussex, October 20

Telford, Shropshire, October 22

Bexleyheath, London, October 23

Derby East St, Derbyshire, October 23

Stevenage Queensway, Hertfordshire, October 23

Blackpool Lytham Road, Lancashire, October 29

Eltham, London, October 29

Hexham, Northumberland, November 5

Sleaford, Lincolnshire, November 6

Wickford, Essex, November 10

Bolton, Greater Manchester, November 20

Horsforth, West Yorkshire, February 24 2026

Birmingham, Bearwood, March 2 2026

Peterlee, County Durham, March 3 2026

Nelson, Lancashire , March 4 2026

Bank of Scotland branches

Barrhead, May 21

Kirkintilloch, May 22

Uddingston, May 22

Edinburgh Wester Hailes, May 27

Peebles, May 27

Sanquhar, May 28

Moffat, June 4

Edinburgh Corstorphine West, October 29

Pitlochry, October 30

Thornhill, November 3

Alexandria, March 2 2026

Annan,March 2 2026

Bishopbriggs, March 4 2026

Helensburgh, March 5 2026

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