Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed plans to close more UK high street branches next month as part of a move to shut 250 locations by the end of 2027. A total of 21 Lloyds branches shut this month, with a further two set to close this week. It comes after 31 locations were closed across the country earlier in the year.
Which Lloyds Bank branches are closing in November 2026?
The 10 Lloyds Bank branches marked for closure next month include Gorseinon, Swansea (November 2); Accrington, Lancashire (November 3); Wallsend, Tyne and Wear (November 3); Ilkeston, Derbyshire (November 5); Willenhall, West Midlands (November 5); Deal, Kent (November 5); Melton Road, Leicester (November 9); Huyton, Liverpool (November 9); Wakefield, West Yorkshire (November 10); Wingston, Leicester (November 11); Worksop, Nottinghamshire (November 11); Wigston Magna, Leicestershire (November 11); and Harrogate, North Yorkshire (November 19).
Following those closures, a branch in Southampton, Hampshire, will shut on December 7.
What Lloyds Bank closures are planned for 2027?
So far, 13 Lloyds Bank branches are planned for closure in 2027, including Sheffield High Street, South Yorkshire (January 14); Clevedon, Bristol (March 15); Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent (March 15); Street, Somerset (March 15); Honiton, Devon (March 16); Wednesbury, West Midlands (March 16); Heswall, Merseyside (March 16); Ringwood, Hampshire (March 16); Longton, Stoke-on-Trent (March 17); Didcot, Oxfordshire (March 17); Hinckley, Leicestershire (March 17); Newmarket, Suffolk (March 18); Handsworth, Birmingham (June 23); and Kirkby, Liverpool (June 23).
Lloyds Banking Group, which also owns Halifax, is also closing branches of its other franchises, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland. Four Bank of Scotland stores have shut this year, with no further closures planned.
Halifax closures and app changes
A total of 38 Halifax bank branches have closed so far this year, with a further 20 planned to close this month, including two on October 27. Seven more will shut next month, including Newark, Nottinghamshire (October 27); Waterlooville, Hampshire (October 27); Gravesend, Kent (October 28); Wellingborough, Northamptonshire (October 28); Boston, Lincolnshire (October 29); Lowestoft, Suffolk (October 29); Kingsland Dalston, London (November 2); Redcar, North Yorkshire (November 2); Llanelli, Carmarthenshire (November 3); Ilford, Essex (November 4); Leigh, Lancashire (November 4); Huyton, Liverpool (November 4); and Clacton-on-Sea, Essex (November 9). Further closures include Ealing, London (December 1); Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (December 14); Wimbledon, London (December 14); Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (December 16); High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (December 16); Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (December 16); and Woking, Surrey (December 16).
Six Halifax branches are set to close throughout the first half of 2027, including Hillsborough, Sheffield (January 11); Tottenham, London (January 14); Mexborough, South Yorkshire (March 15); Armthorpe, Doncaster (March 17); Skelmersdale, Lancashire (March 18); and Cheetham Hill, Salford (June 23).
The news comes weeks after Lloyds Banking Group confirmed that it is shutting down the Halifax banking app ahead of plans to scrap the Halifax banking brand entirely. All Halifax banking apps will be removed from app stores on October 31. Halifax customers will instead need to bank with Lloyds and use the Lloyds app to access their accounts.
The closures are the latest to hit the UK high street after numerous restaurant and shopping chains closed their doors over the course of the year. Stationery chain Typo confirmed closures across the UK earlier this month, and HMV announced weeks ago that it will be closing its London Oxford Street location three years after reopening due to rising rent. Earlier this year, TG Jones, formerly WH Smith, announced shop closures, along with the Premier Inn-owned restaurant and pub chains Beefeater and Brewers Fayre.
