The bank giant is making sweeping closures between now and October 2026.
Several Scottish high streets are set to lose their Bank of Scotland’s starting from this month. The group is the latest banking firm to announce closures this year.
Between now and October 2026, the Edinburgh-based bank giant has confirmed it will be shuttering branches located in 12 areas. These will kick off with the Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, branch later this month on Wednesday, June 10.
Other locations earmarked for closure over the coming months include Grangemouth, Largs, Hawick, Blairgowrie and Haddington. It comes days after the Garrowhill and Penicuik branches closed down on June 4, taking the total over the next few months to 14.
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Cash machines available at the affected locations will also be closed down. More information about where to find another free-to-use alternative in the same area can be found on the Bank of Scotland website.
The closures are being made in areas where customers are preferring to use mobile banking, rather than visiting a in-person branch. In documents for each affected area, the bank wrote: “Before we close any branch, we look at how customers are doing their banking.
“Most customers prefer to use our mobile app, online banking or call us.”
It means that Bank of Scotland customers in each area will need to find alternative ways to access their bank and cash. This includes online by using the mobile banking app that is “simple and safe to use.”
They can also visit an alternative cash machine or Post Office. For those who prefer a in-person experience, they can do so by heading to a Halifax or Lloyds branches in the same area since they are part of the same family that owns the Bank of Scotland.
Cash access network Link is now said to be reviewing access to cash in some of the locations included on the list of closures. The outcome of the review will be available on the UK ATM network’s website.
This will see Hawick get a banking hub when its branch closes down on October 7. This is a a shared banking space that is owned by Cash Access UK and run by the Post Office, with operating hours being 9am to 5pm between Monday to Friday.
Those within Kelso will be able to receive more support when a community banker visits the area following the closure of its only branch later this month on June 18.
It’s just the latest round of bank closures to affect the UK recently. With more customers choosing to bank digitally for their everyday needs, many other firms have been making similar moves.
Just last week NatWest reported that it would be shuttering six Scottish Royal Bank of Scotland branches between September 8-17. These will be Arbroath, Biggar, Castle Douglas, Giffnock, Milngavie and Motherwell.
In a statement on Friday morning, the bank advised that these would “be the last” closures it would make within three years, as it pledges not to shut anymore of its Natwest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank brands until at least 2029.
Lloyds and Halifax has also closed down several branches across the UK, although these have not affected Scotland, only England and Wales. The Daily Record previously reported on the full list of areas that would be shuttering back in February.
Full list of Bank of Scotland closures
Upcoming closures
- Bridge of Don – June 10
- Haddington – June 11
- Rutherglen – June 11
- Broughty Ferry – June 15
- Blairgowrie – June 18
- Stonehaven – June 18
- Kelso – June 18
- Lochgilphead – June 22
- Benbecula – July 1
- Largs – July 29
- Hawick – October 7
- Grangemouth – October 8
Branches already closed
- Garrowhill – closed June 4.
- Penicuik- Closed June 4
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