Nationwide has confirmed the future of its 696-branch network. In a recent update, the building society re-stated its pledge to keep all 696 of its branches, which includes 605 Nationwide and 91 Virgin Money branches, open on UK high streets until at least the start of 2030. The announcement comes after 432 bank branches from a range of providers closed across the UK in just one year.
Commitment Amidst Closures
The pledge has been made despite a swathe of rival bank closures, including Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, NatWest and Santander. Nationwide said that many vulnerable and older customers rely on face-to-face support from a branch, making its branches a valued part of the UK's high streets. But the building society said many younger people also use branches, with more than one in 10 of its new student accounts being opened in branches in the new academic year.
Branch Network Details
As of June 4, Nationwide has more branches than any other banking provider on the UK high street, amounting to 696 in total. It comes after the building society acquired Virgin Money in 2024, gaining an additional 91 branches on top of its existing 605 Nationwide locations. The commitment to keeping branches open until at least 2030 also applies to Virgin Money branches, even if these are located close to a Nationwide branch.
Executive Comments
Commenting on its branch commitment in May this year, Mandy Beech, Nationwide's Director of Retail Services, said: "As banks continue to close their doors and step back from the high street, Nationwide will become the UK's largest group branch network. This is a major milestone for us and reflects our belief in the value of in-person banking and the reassurance it offers our members and the communities we support. Our data shows branches are very much valued by our customers, with usage rising, and as part of our investment in giving customers real choice in how they bank – whether online, in branch or on the phone - we're proud to stand by our commitment to keep every one of our branches open until 2030."
Branch Usage and Community Support
The building society said it has seen a particular increase in account openings in locations where it is the "last branch in town" and since January 2025, another 33 Nationwide branches have become the last in town when other banks have closed their branches. Nationwide said a third (33%) of its current accounts and about a fifth (22%) of savings accounts were opened in branch in the six months to the end of September 2025, with volumes up compared with a year earlier.
The society also uses branches to host dementia clinics via Dementia UK's specialist admiral nurses, to hold digital lessons to boost people's tech confidence and to provide "safe spaces" to support victim-survivors of domestic abuse.
Bank Closures Across the UK
Nationwide's commitment to keeping its 696 branches open comes following 432 bank closures across the UK in 2025, according to analysis from Which?. These included 105 from NatWest, 101 from Halifax, 95 from Santander, 93 from Lloyds, 24 from the Bank of Scotland, eight from TSB and six from Barclays. So far this year, a total of 71 bank branches have been scheduled to close including 40 from Lloyds, 17 from the Bank of Scotland and 14 from Halifax.
Full List of Nationwide Branches
Listed are all 696 Nationwide UK bank branches that will remain open until at least 2030:
Aberdare, Aberdeen, Abergavenny, Aberystwyth, Abingdon, Accrington, Addlestone, Airdrie, Alcester, Aldershot, Alexandria, Alfreton, Alnwick, Alton, Altrincham, Amesbury, Andover, Annan, Anstruther, Ashbourne (2), Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ashford, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Ashton-under-Lyne, Atherstone, Attleborough, Aylesbury, Ayr, Ballymena, Ballynahinch, Banbury, Bangor (2), Barking, Barkingside, Barnet, Barnsley, Barnstaple, Barrow-in-Furness, Barry, Basildon, Basingstoke, Bath, Bathgate, Batley (3), Battle, Beaconsfield, Beccles, Beckenham, Bedford, Bedworth, Beeston, Belfast, Benfleet (2), Berkhamsted, Bexhill-on-Sea, Bexleyheath, Bicester, Bideford, Biggleswade, Billericay, Bilston, Birchington, Birkenhead, Birmingham (5), Birstall, Bishop's Stortford, Blackburn, Blackpool, Blairgowrie, Blandford Forum, Bletchley, Blyth, Bognor Regis, Bolton, Bootle, Borehamwood, Boston, Bourne, Bournemouth (2), Bracknell, Bradford, Braintree, Brentwood, Bridgend, Bridgnorth, Bridgwater, Bridport, Brigg, Brighton (2), Bristol (2), Brixton, Broadstairs, Broadstone, Bromborough, Bromley, Bromsgrove, Burgess Hill, Burnham-on-Sea, Burnley, Burton Upon Trent, Bury, Bury St. Edmunds, Buxton, Caernarfon, Caerphilly, Camberley, Camborne, Cambridge, Camden Town, Cannock, Canterbury, Canvey Island, Cardiff, Carlisle, Carmarthen, Carrickfergus, Caterham (2), Catterick Garrison, Chard, Chatham, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Chepstow, Chesham, Chester, Chester-Le-Street, Chesterfield, Chichester, Chingford, Chippenham, Chiswick, Chorley, Christchurch, Cirencester, Clacton-on-Sea, Cleethorpes, Clevedon, Coalville, Coatbridge, Colchester, Coleraine, Colwyn Bay, Congleton, Corby, Coventry, Cowes, Cranbrook, Cranleigh, Crawley, Crewe, Crewkerne, Cromer, Crook, Crowthorne, Croydon, Cumnock, Cupar, Cwmbran, Dagenham, Dalkeith, Dalry, Darlington, Dartford, Daventry, Deal, Derby (3), Devizes, Didcot, Dingwall, Diss, Doncaster (3), Dorchester, Dorking, Dover, Dovercourt, Droitwich (2), Dudley (2), Dulverton, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline (2), Dunstable, Durham, Ealing, Earl Shilton, East Cowes, East Dereham, East Grinstead, East Ham, Eastbourne, Eastleigh, Ebbw Vale (2), Edgware, Edinburgh (3), Egham, Elgin, Ellesmere Port, Eltham, Ely, Enfield, Enniskillen, Epping, Epsom, Evesham, Exeter, Exmouth, Fakenham, Falkirk, Falmouth, Fareham, Farnborough, Farnham, Faversham, Felixstowe, Feltham, Ferndown, Filey, Finchley, Fleet, Fleetwood, Folkestone, Fordingbridge, Forfar, Frinton-on-Sea, Frodsham, Frome, Gainsborough, Galashiels, Garstang, Gillingham, Glasgow (6), Glastonbury, Glenrothes, Glossop, Gloucester, Godalming (2), Goole, Gosport, Grangemouth, Grantham, Gravesend, Grays, Great Dunmow, Great Yarmouth, Greenford, Greenock, Grimsby, Guildford, Hailsham, Halifax, Halstead, Hamilton, Hammersmith, Harlow, Harpenden, Harrogate, Harrow, Hartlepool, Hastings, Hatfield, Havant, Haverfordwest, Haverhill (2), Hawick, Hayes, Haywards Heath, Heanor, Helensburgh, Hemel Hempstead, Henley-on-Thames, Hereford, Herne Bay, Hertford, Hessle, Heswall, High Wycombe, Hinckley, Hitchin, Hoddesdon, Holloway, Holyhead, Horley, Horncastle, Hornchurch, Horsham, Houghton Le Spring, Hounslow, Hove, Huddersfield, Hull (3), Hungerford, Hunstanton, Huntingdon, Hythe, Ilford, Ilfracombe, Ilkeston, Ilkley, Immingham, Inverness, Ipswich, Irvine, Islington, Keighley, Kendal, Kenilworth, Kensington, Kettering, Kidderminster, Kilburn, Kilmarnock, King's Lynn, Kingston upon Thames, Kingswinford, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Knutsford, Lanark, Lancaster, Langholm, Largs, Larkhall, Larne (3), Leamington Spa, Leatherhead, Leeds (4), Leicester, Leigh, Leigh-on-Sea, Leighton Buzzard, Leiston, Leominster, Letchworth Garden City, Leven, Lewes, Lichfield, Lincoln, Linlithgow, Lisburn, Littlehampton (2), Liverpool (2), Livingston, Llandudno, Llanelli, London (19), Londonderry, Long Eaton, Longfield, Loughborough, Loughton, Lowestoft, Ludlow, Luton, Lymington, Lytham St. Annes (2), Macclesfield, Maidenhead, Maidstone, Maldon (2), Malvern, Manchester (4), Mansfield (4), March, Margate, Market Harborough, Marlborough, Marlow, Marple, Matlock, Melksham, Melton Mowbray, Merthyr Tydfil, Mexborough, Middlesbrough, Middlewich, Midhurst, Milford Haven, Milton Keynes (2), Mitcham, Moffat, Mold, Monmouth, Montrose, Morden, Morecambe, Motherwell, Muswell Hill, Nantwich, Neath, Nelson (2), New Malden, New Milton, Newbury, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newmarket, Newport (2), Newport Isle of Wight, Newport Pagnell, Newquay, Newry, Newton Abbot, Newton Stewart, Newtown, Newtownabbey, Newtownards, Normanton, North Berwick, North Hayes, North Walsham (3), Northampton (6), Northwich, Northwood, Norwich, Nottingham (2), Nuneaton, Oban, Oldham, Olney, Omagh, Ormskirk, Orpington (2), Oswestry, Oxford, Oxted, Paddock Wood, Paignton, Paisley, Peacehaven, Peebles, Pembroke Dock (2), Penarth, Pentre, Penzance, Perth, Peterborough, Peterculter, Peterhead, Peterlee, Petersfield, Pinner, Plymouth (2), Pocklington, Pontefract, Pontypool, Pontypridd, Poole (2), Port Talbot, Portadown, Portsmouth (2), Potters Bar, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Preston (3), Princes Risborough, Purley, Rainham, Ramsey, Ramsgate, Rayleigh, Reading, Redcar, Redditch, Redhill, Redruth, Reigate, Retford, Richmond (2), Rickmansworth, Ringwood, Ripley, Rochdale, Romford, Romsey, Ross-On-Wye, Rossendale, Rotherham, Rothesay, Rothwell, Royston (2), Rugby, Rugeley, Ruislip, Runcorn, Rushden, Rutherglen, Ryde, Rye, Saffron Walden, Sale, Salford, Salisbury, Sandbach, Sandwich, Sawbridgeworth, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Seaford, Seaham (2), Seaton, Sedgley, Selkirk, Sevenoaks, Shanklin, Sheerness, Sheffield (4), Sheringham, Shirley, Shotton, Shrewsbury, Sidcup, Sittingbourne, Skegness, Skelmersdale, Sleaford, Slough, Solihull, South Woodford, Southall, Southampton (2), Southend-on-Sea, Southport, Spalding (2), Spennymoor (2), St Andrews, St Helens, St. Albans, St. Ives, St. Leonards-on-Sea, St. Neots, Stafford (2), Staines, Stamford, Stanley, Stanmore, Stevenage, Stirling, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Stourbridge, Stowmarket, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Streatham, Street (2), Stretford, Strood, Stroud, Sudbury, Sunderland, Surbiton, Sutton, Sutton Coldfield, Sutton-In-Ashfield, Swadlincote, Swaffham, Swanage, Swansea (4), Swindon (2), Tamworth, Taunton, Telford, Tenterden, Thame, Thetford, Thirsk, Thornhill, Tiverton, Todmorden (2), Tonbridge, Tooting, Torquay, Torrington, Totton, Towcester, Trowbridge, Truro, Tunbridge Wells, Turriff, Twickenham, Uckfield, Upminster, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Wallingford, Wallington, Wallsend, Walsall, Waltham Cross, Walthamstow, Walton-On-Thames, Wandsworth, Wantage, Wareham, Warminster, Warrington, Warwick (2), Washington, Waterlooville, Watford, Wednesbury, Wednesfield, Wellingborough (2), Wellington, Welwyn Garden City, Wembley, West Bromwich, West Kilbride, West Malling, West Wickham, Westbury-On-Trym, Westerham, Weston-Super-Mare, Weymouth, Whitby, Whitchurch, Whitley Bay, Whitstable, Whittlesey, Wick, Wickford, Wigan, Wigston, Wilmslow, Wimbledon, Wimborne, Winchester (2), Windsor, Winsford, Wisbech, Witham, Witney, Woking, Wokingham, Wolverhampton (3), Wood Green, Woodbridge, Woodley, Worcester, Worcester Park, Worksop, Worthing, Wrexham, Wymondham, Yate, Yeovil, York (6).
