Lloyds and Halifax bank branches to close in February 2026

Among the locations set for closure this year are 19 UK bank branches that are shutting down in February.

The Lloyds Banking Group, which runs Lloyds, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland, will shut 71 branches across 2026.

Among those planned closures are 40 Lloyds bank branches, 14 Halifax location and 17 Bank of Scotland sites.

All of the businesses have cited the increase in the number of people banking online rather than in person as one of the reasons behind the planned branch closures.

These are the branches closing in February.

Halifax bank closures

• Thetford – February 4
• Belfast (Castle Court) – February 4
• Kendal – February 10
• Belfast (Connswater Shopping Centre) – February 10
• Gillingham – February 11

Lloyds bank closures

• Swindon – February 3
• Kendal – February 10
• Brecon – February 11
• Cranbrook – February 11
• Wadebridge – February 17
• Stow-on-the-Wold – February 17
• Brynmawr – February 17
• St Ives – February 24
• Chesham – February 24
• Liskeard – February 24
• Kenilworth – February 24

Bank of Scotland bank closures

• Thetford – February 4
• Belfast (Castle Court) – February 4
• Kendal – February 10
• Belfast (Connswater Shopping Centre) – February 10
• Gillingham – February 11

Santander is also closing a host of bank branches this year.

The Spain-based banking giant announced the closure of 44 of its sites in a move putting 291 jobs at risk.

It comes less than a year after the business announced the closure of 95 branches last March, in a round of cuts which hit 750 workers.

Santander said closing branches will be replaced with “community bankers”, who will operate from Santander Local stores or banking hubs to keep a presence in local communities.

Santander bank closures

This is the full list of Santander bank branch closures scheduled for this year.

April 2026

• Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland – April 28
• Boston, Lincolnshire – April 28
• Evesham, Worcestershire – April 28
• Mold, Clwyd – April 28
• Ramsgate, Kent – April 28
• Woking, Surrey – April 28
• Bangor, County Down – April 29
• Bridgwater, Somerset – April 29
• Kirkintilloch, Lanarkshire – April 29
• Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire – April 29
• Newbury, Berkshire – April 29
• Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire – April 29
• Tonbridge, Kent – April 29

May 2026

• Bishop Auckland, County Durham – May 5
• Gosport, Hampshire – May 5
• Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire – May 5
• Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire – May 5
• Pontefract, West Yorkshire – May 5
• Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire – May 5
• Glengormley, County Antrim – May 6
• Leyland, Lancashire – May 6
• Mansfield, Nottinghamshire – May 6
• Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan – May 6
• Northallerton, North Yorkshire – May 6
• Ringwood, Hampshire – May 6
• Andover, Hampshire – May 12
• Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan – May 12
• Enniskillen, County Fermanagh – May 12
• Macclesfield, Cheshire – May 12
• Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire – May 12
• Cwmbran, Gwent – May 13
• Golders Green, London – May 13
• Heswall, Merseyside – May 13
• Redditch, Worcestershire – May 13
• Stranraer, Wigtownshire – May 13
• Newton Abbot, Devon – May 19
• Stafford, Staffordshire – May 19
• Banbridge, County Down – May 19
• Liskeard, Cornwall – May 20
• Shirley, West Midlands – May 20

By the end of January 2027

• Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
• Ormskirk, Lancashire
• Whitehaven, Cumbria
• Wilmslow, Cheshire