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Warning to UK households in 30 towns and villages who have a bank account

Over half of UK's bank and building society branches have shut since January 2015, the research has found

by · Birmingham Live

New research from This is Money has shown the 30 towns and villages that could be left completely without a bank in 2024. Jenny Ross, Which? Money Editor, said: "These closures are yet another nail in the coffin for the UK's high-street banking infrastructure and will see some towns lose more than one bank within a matter of days or weeks - suggesting little thought has been given to the impact on the communities they serve."

Over half of UK's bank and building society branches have shut since January 2015, the research has found. It leaves just short of 3,900 branches still open and not (yet) scheduled to close, the publication has gone on to warn, amid a raft of Lloyds, NatWest, Santander, Barclays and HSBC closures.

"The Government must protect the needs of local communities." Ms Ross went on, explaining: "Banking hubs could play an important role in this, but the rollout is taking far too long and more hubs must open as soon as possible to stop millions of consumers being left behind."

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Towns and villages at risk of being bankless in 2024 include:

Ballymoney, County Antrim - Danske

Bolsover, Derbyshire - Lloyds

Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire - Virgin Money

Colne, Lancashire - Santander

Dolgellau, Gwynedd - HSBC

Erskine, Renfrewshire - Halifax

Flint, Flintshire - TSB

Glossop, Derbyshire - Lloyds

Guisborough, North Yorkshire - HSBC

Holywell, Flintshire - Santander

Ilkley, West Yorkshire - Santander

Jarrow, South Tyneside - Lloyds

Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria - NatWest

Lampeter, Ceredigion - HSBC

Linlithgow, West Lothian - Bank of Scotland

Moreton-in-March, Gloucestershire - Lloyds

Norbury, South London - NatWest

Okehampton, Devon - Lloyds

Pickering, North Yorkshire - Barclays

Portishead, Somerset - NatWest

Renfrew, Renfrewshire - Bank of Scotland

Ripon, North Yorkshire - HSBC

Saxmundham, Suffolk - HSBC

Somerton, Somerset - Lloyds

Spennymoor, County Durham - Lloyds

Storrington, West Sussex - HSBC

Totnes, Devon - Lloyds

Wednesbury, West Midlands - Lloyds

Whitchurch, Shorpshire - Lloyds