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NatWest is closing branches throughout the UK in 2025, and 19 are set to shut subsequent month. NatWest stated this is because of a shift in buyer behaviour. The financial institution reported a 62% decline in in-person transactions between 2019 and 2024, whereas cellular app utilization elevated by 53% throughout the identical interval.

The NatWest Group shut down 48 branches in 2024 and in 2023. These closures have been notably concentrated in areas such because the North West of England, Yorkshire, the East Midlands, and the North East.

NatWest, which serves over 19 million clients, studies that greater than 3.5 million individuals now use on-line banking

A NatWest spokesperson beforehand stated: “Banking has changed dramatically in recent years, with an increased demand for mobile and online services, as our customers benefit from a faster and easier way to bank.

“We know it will possibly have an effect on these much less assured with alternate options we provide. We’ll at all times work arduous to information and assist you thru the modifications and discover the easiest way to serve you any longer.”

NatWest is only one of many excessive avenue banks decreasing their department networks not too long ago.

Lloyds Banking Group, which incorporates Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland, can be closing 136 branches throughout the UK between 2025 and March 2026 – a transfer that was pushed by the rising shift towards on-line banking and the declining demand for in-person providers.

Here is the checklist of branches set to shut in May 2025:

• Aintree Black Bull – May 14
• Allenton – May 13
• Basford – May 21
• Cannock – May 12
• Eanam – May 12
• Hollinwood – May 7
• Farnworth – May 15
• Goole – May 14
• Leyland – May 15
• Long Eaton – May 29
• Louth – May 28
• Morley – May 8
• Newcastle-Upon-Tyne – May 1
• Rawtenstall – May 29
• Sheffield – May 7
• Trafford Park – May 20
• Urmston – May 13
• Wallasey – May 21
• Widnes – May 8

Here is the complete checklist of the 54 NatWest department closures going down in 2025:

• Accrington, June 5
• Aintree Black Bull, May 14
• Allenton, May 13
• Alfreton & Clay Cross, June 2
• Basford, May 21
• Beverley, June 25
• Bishop Auckland, April 29
• Bridlington, June 11
• Cannock, May 12
• Chapel Allerton, April 30
• Chingford, TBC
• Cleveleys, April 28
• Cross Gates, June 10
• Dewsbury, April 28
• Eanam, May 12
• Ellesmere Port Town Centre, June 4
• Hazel Grove, June 19
• Heaton Chapel, June 3
• Hollinwood, May 7
• Farnworth, May 15
• Garstang, June 26
• Goole, May 14
• Keighley, June 16
• Leek, June 16
• Leyland, May 15
• Long Eaton, May 29
• Longton, June 5
• Louth, May 28
• Manchester Portland Street, June 11
• Mansfield, June 26
• Market Drayton (TBC)
• Mexborough, June 3
• Middleton, April 30
• Morley, May 8
• Nantwich, June 19
• Newark, June 17
• Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, May 1
• Rawtenstall, May 29
• Rochdale, June 10
• Sheffield, May 7
• Stafford Greengate, June 25
• Annes-on-Sea, June 24
• Stockton on Tees, June 4
• Trafford Park, May 20
• Urmston, May 13
• Uttoxeter, June 2
• Wallasey, May 21
• Washington, June 17
• West Bridgford, June 24
• Widnes, May 8
• Willerby and Kirk Ella, April 29
• Wilmslow, May 20
• Windermere, May 1
• Worksop, June 18