Lloyds and Halifax branches closing this month and through 2027

Lloyds Banking Group is set to close 250 branches by the end of 2027, as part of a wider shake-up affecting its UK high street presence. The bank has already closed more than 20 Lloyds branches in October, following another 31 closures earlier in the year. Its other brands are also being affected, including Halifax, while Bank of Scotland saw four branches shut earlier in 2025.

More than a dozen Lloyds branches are due to close this month and next, with a further 14 scheduled for 2027. Halifax is also set to lose 14 branches by the end of this year, followed by another six closures in 2027. So, which Lloyds and Halifax branches are closing?

If you want to keep up with the latest updates, you can sign up for Metro’s News Updates newsletter, or turn on Breaking News alerts to hear about major stories as soon as they happen. Expect to see fewer of these banks on UK high streets over the coming months. Which Lloyds Bank branches are closing in November 2026?

The 13 Lloyds Bank branches that have already shut, or are scheduled to close later this month, are: Gorseinon, Swansea: Closed November 2 Accrington, Lancashire: Closed November 3 Wallsend, Tyne and Wear: Closed November 3 Ilkeston, Derbyshire: Closed November 5 Willenhall, West Midlands: Closed November 5 Deal, Kent: Closed 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 Harrogate, North Yorkshire: November 19 A branch in Southampton, Hampshire, is also due to close on December 7. What Lloyds Bank closures are planned for 2027? So far, 14 Lloyds Bank branches are scheduled to close in 2027: 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 Kirkby, Liverpool: June 23 The announcement comes just weeks after Lloyds Banking Group, which also owns Halifax, confirmed it was shutting down the Halifax banking app ahead of plans to eventually phase out the Halifax brand altogether.

The app was removed from online stores on October 31. Halifax customers now have to bank through Lloyds and use the Lloyds app to access their accounts. Are any Halifax branches closing this year?

Halifax is also facing a wave of closures in 2026 and beyond. A total of 14 Halifax branches have already closed, or will close later this month and next. They include: Kingsland Dalston, London: Closed November 2 Redcar, North Yorkshire: Closed November 2 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire: Closed November 3 Ilford, Essex: Closed November 4 Leigh, Lancashire: Closed November 4 Huyton, Liverpool: Closed November 4 Clacton-on-Sea, Essex: November 9 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 Woking, Surrey: December 16 After that, six more Halifax branches are due to close in the first half of 2027: Hillsborough, Sheffield: January 11 Tottenham, London: January 14 Mexborough, South Yorkshire: March 15 Armthorpe, Doncaster: March 17 Skelmersdale, Lancashire: March 18 Cheetham Hill, Salford: June 23 These are the latest closures to hit the UK high street, following a year in which several restaurant and retail chains also shut sites across the country.

Stationery chain Typo has confirmed UK closures, while HMV announced last month that it will close its iconic Oxford Street store in London, just three years after reopening, because of rising rent. Earlier this year, TG Jones, formerly WH Smith, also announced shop closures, along with Premier Inn-owned restaurant and pub chains Beefeater and Brewers Fayre.