Exact date major high street bank will close town’s final branch FOREVER as shoppers sob ‘there’s nothing left’
A MAJOR high street bank has revealed the date it will close a town’s last branch – leaving locals in despair.
Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it will close the town centre site in less than a year.
The bank will shut its branch in the port town of Woodbridge, Suffolk, on June 25 next year.
However, the site will be replaced by a new banking hub, with cash machine operator LINK installing a shared service.
The hub, run by Post Office employees, will allow locals to continue to have a location to withdraw and deposit cash.
Customers will also be able to use the banking hub to pay bills and carry out regular transactions, East Anglian Daily Times reports.
It comes as The Sun exclusively revealed last week that Lloyds is closing more than 60 locations between October this year and June 2025.
The banking giant is closing 28 Lloyds Bank branches while 17 Halifax locations will shutter and 15 Bank of Scotland sites.
Lloyds says the use of the 60 branches had fallen by to an average of 52% from 68% over the last five years.
Chris Ashton, chief commercial officer at LINK, said: “We’re pleased to recommend this new hub in Woodbridge.
“Many people locally still need cash and this hub will play a crucial role in helping them access it on the High Street.
“We’re determined to make sure that, as we all choose new ways to pay, people who use cash in places like Woodbridge have the benefit of a convenient, accessible location to access and deposit cash on the high street.”
Lloyds says 19million of customers now use its banking apps.
A spokesperson said: “Mobile banking is more popular than ever with over 19 million customers choosing our app to manage their money.
“Alongside our app, customers can bank online, over the phone, at a Banking Hub, a Post Office or by speaking to one of our Community Bankers.”
All employees who work at the 60 branches earmarked for closure will be offered alternative roles at another branch or in another part of the business.
But locals in Woodbridge have revealed their frustration over the bank closure, claiming their town is “dying a slow death”.
One said: “Our shops, the little that are left, are all closing too.”
Another added: “The banks are insisting that customers do online banking. Many don’t have smart phones or can’t handle technology.
“They’re used to going into the bank or post office. It gives them a reason to come out, meet people, have a coffee and chat and do some shopping.”
Full list of Lloyds bank branches closing
Lloyds
- Worle – October 15, 2024
- Torquay Fleet St – October 16, 2024
- Fulwood Preston – October 23, 2024
- Heaton – October 28, 2024
- Kettering – November 12, 2024
- Market Drayton – November 12, 2024
- Leighton Buzzard – November 26, 2024
- Gorleston-on-Sea – January 20, 2025
- Birmingham Kitts Green – January 27, 2025
- Swindon Old Town – February 3, 2025
- Cranbrook – February 11, 2025
- Stow-on-the-Wold – February 17, 2025
- Wadebridge – February 17, 2025
- Brynmawr – February 18, 2025
- Chesham – February 24, 2025
- St Ives Cambridge – February 24, 2025
- Kenilworth – February 25, 2025
- Liskeard – February 25, 2025
- Bletchley – March 3, 2025
- Presteigne – March 3, 2025
- Blyth – March 4, 2025
- Ashbourne – June 24, 2025
- Warwick – June 24, 2025
- Alcester – June 25, 2025
- Woodbridge – June 25, 2025
- Sheffield Firth Park – June 26, 2025
- Spennymoor Cheapside – June 26, 2025
- Stanley – June 26, 2025
Halifax
- Ormskirk – October 14, 2024
- Witham – October 14, 2024
- Heswall – October 21, 2024
- Canary Wharf – October 22, 2024
- Rugby – October 23, 2024
- Harwich – October 24, 2024
- Bishops Stortford – October 28, 2024
- Sale – October 30, 2024
- Blyth – November 4, 2024
- Evesham – November 5, 2024
- Maghull Westway – November 28, 2024
- Leighton Buzzard – January 20, 2025
- Stratford-upon-Avon – January 22, 2025
- Belfast Castlecourt – February 4, 2025
- Belfast Connswater – February 10, 2025
- Gillingham (Kent) – February 11, 2025
- Littlehampton – June 23, 2025
Bank of Scotland
- Bonnyrigg – October 16, 2024
- Mallaig – October 16, 2024
- Edinburgh Portobello – October 22, 2024
- Campbeltown – October 29, 2024
- Callander – October 30, 2024
- Dunfermline Bothwell – January 21, 2025
- Kirkcaldy Mitchelston – January 21, 2025
- Kyle – January 27, 2025
- Linlithgow – February 18, 2025
- North Berwick – February 19, 2025
- Newton Stewart – June 23, 2025
- Cowdenbeath – June 24, 2025
- Wick – June 25, 2025
- Bathgate – June 30, 2025
- Rothesay – June 30, 2025