NatWest announces closure of 43 branches

NatWest has announced plans to close 43 bank branches next year.

The bank said that the move was driven by a shift to mobile and online banking.

NatWest has seen average counter transactions across the bank decrease by 64 per cent between January 2019 and January 2022, while the number of customers using mobile apps jumped by 38 per cent during the same period.

The move follows the closure of 90 bank branches from across the major UK banks in August.

Figures published by British ATM network Link revealed that Lloyds, Halifax, Nationwide, Barclays, Bank of Scotland, HSBC, NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Santander would all close bank branches this year.

“We understand and recognise that digital solutions aren’t right for everyone or every situation, and that when we close branches we have to make sure that no one is left behind,” said a NatWest spokesperson. “We take our responsibility seriously to support the people who face challenges in moving online, so we are investing to provide them with support and alternatives that work for them.”

List of closing NatWest branches:

Henley-on-Thames
Thame
Cheltenham Bath Road
Ayr
Dundee
Devizes
Beeston
Berkhamsted
St. Neots
Cleethorpes
Broadstone
Market Harborough
Clitheroe
Eastleigh
Shipley
Ilkley
Buxton
Glossop
Aberdeen
Southsea
Tonbridge
Sandbach
Waterlooville
Cheadle
Glasgow
Headington
Caterham
Oxted
Coventry Walsgrave Road
Edinburgh
Gerrards Cross
Lewes High Street
Balham
Uckfield
Addiscombe
Stourbridge
Whitehaven
Wetherby
Potters Bar
Bromsgrove
Wokingham
Bloomsbury Parr's
Upper Parkstone

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