NATWEST is shutting the doors on 55 bank branches for good in yet another hit to Britain’s already struggling high streets.
Despite the closures, the bank says it will invest over £20million in its remaining network to modernise services and reduce environmental impact.

Closures will begin from September 24, 2025, and continue through to February 5, 2026, marking another major pullback from bricks-and-mortar banking.
It comes just months after NatWest revealed plans to shut 53 other branches in 2025 — as it continues to scale back face-to-face services.
A spokesperson for NatWest said: “Over 80 per cent of our active current account holders now use our digital services and over 97 per cent of retail accounts with us are now opened online.
“Our customers appreciate the speed and convenience of digital banking for everyday transactions, and often, when it comes to making bigger, more complex decisions they value speaking to our skilled and experienced colleagues.”
They added: “We expect to invest over £20m in our network across the UK in 2025 to improve customer service, enhance the look and feel of our branches, and reduce the environmental impact of our buildings, as well as continuing to invest in shared solutions like the Post Office and Banking Hubs.
“We will also provide temporary support for transitions to our new network in selected locations through our 12-week Community Pop-Ups.”
The bank has confirmed it will close 52 permanent branches and axe three mobile banking vans in locations across the UK, including Torquay, Birmingham, Abingdon, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Northampton.
NatWest has already drastically reduced its branch numbers in recent years.
Since 2015, the NatWest Group — which also includes Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank — has shut 1,409 branches.
In 2023, the bank closed nearly 20 locations, followed by 48 more closures last year.
The latest move comes amid a wider trend across the industry with major high street banks shutting hundreds of branches between them.
According to Which?, around 6,100 bank and building society branches have closed across the UK since January 2015.
That’s 61 per cent of all branches shut in just 10 years.
Banks have blamed the closures on declining footfall and a steady shift towards online and mobile banking.
But the move has sparked concern from community groups and campaigners, particularly for older people and those less comfortable with digital technology.
Research shows 39 per cent of people aged over 65 do not use online banking, putting them at high risk of financial exclusion.
And a Which? survey last year found that more than half of disabled or impaired customers were negatively impacted by bank closures, making everyday banking much harder.
Full list of NatWest banks closing
1. Abingdon, 11 Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HH, 24/9/2025
2. Birmingham – Acocks Green, Shop 3, 1160 Warwick Road, Birmingham, B27 6DF, 16/9/2025
3. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 54 Market Street, Ashby-De-La-Zouch, LE65 1BB, 18/9/2025
4. Bicester, 1-7 Manorsfield Road, Bicester, OX26 6DA, 30/9/2025
5. Bridgwater, 9 York Buildings, Bridgwater, TA6 3BS, 27/10/2025
6. Bridport, 22 East Street, Bridport, DT6 3LG, 29/10/2025
7. Cardiff – Canton, 277 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, CF5 1WX, 16/9/2025
8. Chippenham, 30 High Street, Chippenham, SN15 3HB, 15/10/2025
9. Cirencester, 32 Market Place, Cirencester, GL7 2NU, 17/9/2025
10. Cromer, 61 Church Street, Cromer, NR27 9YY, Date to be confirmed
11. Cwmbran, 36-37 Gwent Square, Cwmbran, NP44 1YW, 1/9/2025
12. Dorchester, 49 South Street, Dorchester, DT1 1DW, 22/10/2025
13. Birmingham – Edgbaston, 30A Harborne Road, Birmingham, B15 3AA, 11/9/2025
14. Ely, 16 Market Street, Ely, CB7 4YY, 10/9/2025
15. Evesham, 2 Bridge Street, Evesham, WR11 4RS, Date to be confirmed
16. Bristol – Fishponds, 778 Fishponds Road, Bristol, BS16 3TX, 4/9/2025
17. Halesowen, 2 Hagley Road, Halesowen, B63 4RQ, 3/9/2025
18. Hinckley, 13 The Borough, Hinckley, LE10 1NL, 17/9/2025
19. Honiton, 94 High Street, Honiton, EX14 1JL, 21/10/2025
20. Kettering, 16 High Street, Kettering, NN16 8SZ, 28/10/2025
21. Launceston, 14 Westgate Street, Launceston, PL15 7AG, Date to be confirmed
22. Luton – Leagrave, 11 Marsh Road, Luton, LU3 2QP, 15/9/2025
23. Leicester – Melton Road, 2 Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 5EA, 2/9/2025
24. Leighton Buzzard, 27 High Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1DX, 28/10/2025
25. Llangefni, Glanhwfa Road, Llangefni, LL77 7WY, 4/9/2025
26. Cardiff – Llanishen, Westminster Chambers, 50-52 Station Road, Cardiff, CF14 5QP, 11/9/2025
27. Lowestoft, 53 London Road North, Lowestoft, NR32 1BJ, 15/10/2025
28. Melton Mowbray, 7 High Street, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0TT, 29/9/2025
29. Midsomer Norton, 3 High Street, Radstock, BA3 2LE, 8/10/2025
30. Mold, 48-50 High Street, Mold, CH7 1BA, 21/10/2025
31. Neath, 35 Green Street, Neath, SA11 1DB, 13/10/2025
32. Newmarket (Suffolk), 18 High Street, Newmarket, CB8 8LH, 24/9/2025
33. Northampton – Weston Favell Shopping Centre, 17 Weston Favell Centre, Northampton, NN3 8FZ, 15/9/2025
34. Leicester – Oadby, 5 The Parade, Leicester, LE2 5BB, 10/9/2025
35. Paignton, 15 Victoria Street, Paignton, TQ4 5DE, 2/10/2025
36. Portishead, 25 High Street, Bristol, BS20 6BL, Date to be confirmed
37. Rayleigh, 43 High Street, Rayleigh, SS6 7EW, 2/9/2025
38. Redditch, Church Green House, Church Green East, Redditch, B98 8DG, 14/10/2025
39. Ringwood, 11 High Street, Ringwood, BH24 1BA, 1/10/2025
40. Romsey, 27 Market Place, Romsey, SO51 8ZH, 13/10/2025
41. Leamington Spa, Royal Priors, 59 Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4ZX, 1/10/2025
42. Birmingham – Shirley, 231 Stratford Road, Solihull, B90 3AJ, 29/9/2025
43. Birmingham – Smethwick, 34-38 High Street, Smethwick, B66 1DU, 25/9/2025
44. Stevenage, 26-28 Queensway, Stevenage, SG1 1BS, 7/10/2025
45. Stratford-upon-Avon, 31 Rother Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, CV37 6ZS, 8/10/2025
46. Sudbury, 32 Market Hill, Sudbury, CO10 2EN, 30/9/2025
47. Torquay, 108 Union Street, Torquay, TQ2 5PH, 3/9/2025
48. Trowbridge, 62 Fore Street, Trowbridge, BA14 8EX, 16/10/2025
49. Wellingborough, 40 Market Street, Wellingborough, NN8 1AD, 7/10/2025
50. Wickford, 63 High Street, Wickford, SS12 9AH, 18/9/2025
51. Wisbech, 1 Market Place, Wisbech, PE13 1DT, 1/9/2025
52. Yate, 3-5 North Walk, Bristol, BS37 4AG, 25/9/2025
53. (MOBILE) Prestatyn, Lower High Street Car Park, Prestatyn, LL19 9LG, 29/9/2025
54. (MOBILE) Abergele, Tesco Car Park, Abergele, LL22 7AA, 29/9/2025
55. (MOBILE) Welshpool, Tesco Welshpool Car Park, Welshpool, SY21 7BL, 29/9/2025
The three mobile branches being scrapped also affect rural and hard-to-reach communities who rely on them to manage their money without travelling long distances.
While some services will be available via the Post Office or new shared banking hubs, critics say this doesn’t go far enough to meet local needs.
Customers are urged to check if their local branch is on the chopping block and prepare for alternative ways to bank.
Other major banks are also swinging the axe, cutting thousands of branches up and down the country.
Lloyds Banking Group, which includes Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, has announced over 170 closures for 2024 and 2025 combined.
Barclays has already closed more than 1,200 branches since 2015 and confirmed over 100 more will shut by the end of this year.
HSBC is also slashing locations, with 114 branches closed in 2023 alone — and more due to follow in 2025.
TSB and Santander have also trimmed their networks in recent years, with TSB shutting over 250 sites since 2020, while Santander closed 111 branches in 2021.
Customers being forgotten
Customers are being forgotten, writes The Sun's Head of Consumer, Tara Evans.
Customers are being forgotten, writes The Sun’s Head of Consumer, Tara Evans.
With branches closing and online banking taking over, customers can be left feeling cut off.
We wrote about forgotten customers back in July on our Sun Money pages in our weekly newspaper section.
People like David Elkins, 82, a retired service engineer from Calne, Wilts, who saw his HSBC branch close in 2023 and had to travel ten miles to the next nearest.
He has a kidney issue and needs frequent dialysis, making it impractical.
Banking hubs are emerging as a solution to address the gaps left by widespread closures – but there are not enough of them.
There are plans for 146 of these, but so far there are only 60.
You can use one of the Post Office’s 11,635 branches to perform basic banking tasks, but they don’t allow you to open or close accounts for example.
