Barclays to close 180 branches in 2023- find out which ones

Every month more branches are set to go in 2023. Should you move bank?

In 2023, a total of 180 branches of Barclays will close their doors. And more could follow.

Here’s what you need to know if you bank with Barclays.

When are the banks closing?

Every few weeks it seems that Barclays is announcing more branches will go. It’s a sneaky tactic that makes it look like fewer are going than really are. Here’s what’s been announced so far. The list further down the article tells you which branches are going and when.

• late-August announcement – 15 locations
• mid-August announcement – 9 locations
• mid-July announcement – 14 locations
• late-June accountement – 10 locations
• early-June announcement – 10 locations
• late-May – 12 locations
• mid-May – 15 locations
• late-April 2023 – 11 locations
• early-April 2023 – 15 locations
• March 2023 – 28 locations (over two announcements)
• January 2023 – 30 locations (over two announcements)
• December 2022 – 11 locations

All 180 branches are to close by late December this year. Some have already gone. And that’s in addition to the 184 that disappeared last year.

You can find reasons for each closure on the Barclays website.

Opening times are changing too

Since 7 August 2023 almost all Barclays branches will open at 9.30am and close at 3pm from Monday to Friday. They now close at 1pm on Saturdays. There are a few exceptions for branches in some shopping centres which stay open later in the week.

What to do if your branch is closing

If you use your branch

If you do regularly visit a branch it’s going to be bad news. You can pay in and withdraw money from your local Post Office, which might be enough, though there may be limitations on how amounts per day.

Alternatively, you can open up another account at a bank which does have a local branch near you (though that’s not always easy at the rate they are going at all the banks).

Depending on the new bank you choose, if you also switch (which will close your existing Barclays account), you might be able to nab a switching bonus of up to £200 from the other bank.

Plus all your Direct Debits, standing orders and payments into your account will be moved over for you, so you won’t need to change anything manually.

However you don’t need to switch to access another branch – you can just open an account with that bank direct.

If you don’t use your branch

The reason the branches are closing is that very few Barclays transactions are done in person. So if you do everything online, you’re probably not going to worry about losing access to a branch’s facilities.

In that case you don’t have to do anything, and can keep your Barclays account. If you do, make sure you’ve joined the Barclays Blue Rewards scheme to access the 5.12% paying Rainy Day saver account – it’s one of the highest paying savings accounts out there right now.

Which Barclays Bank branches will close in 2023? (a-z)

late-August 2023 announcement

Edmonton Green	4/6 South Mall	England	N9 0TN	12/7/23
Notting Hill	137 Ladbroke Grove	England	W11 1PR	11/24/23
Whitley Bay	86 Park View	England	NE26 3RA	12/1/23
Waterlooville	81A London Rd, Waterlooville, Portsmouth	England	PO7 7ER	11/24/23
Manchester	Unit A1 Longsight Shopping Centre	England	M12 4JH	11/24/23
West Wickham	47 High St	England	BR4 0NP	11/28/23
Orpington	229 High St	England	BR6 0JU	12/1/23
Beccles	23c New Market	England	NR34 9HD	11/24/23
Southwold	67 High Street	England	IP18 6DT	11/30/23
Woodbridge	4 Church Street	England	IP12 1DJ	12/1/23
Hove	149 Church Road	England	BN3 2AE	12/8/23
Whitby	21 Baxtergate	England	YO21 1BW	12/8/23
London	27 Soho Square	England	W1D 3QR	12/14/23
Bicester	36 Market Square	England	OX26 6AQ	12/13/23
Stourbridge	81 High Street	England	DY8 1EB	12/15/23

mid-August 2023 announcement

Barrow In Furness	86/90 Dalton Road	England	LA14 1JH	11/17/23
Cirencester	28 Market Place	England	GL7 2NP	11/17/23
Durham	6 Market Place	England	DH1 3NB	12/8/23
London	505 – 507 Kingsbury Road	England	NW9 9EG	11/10/23
London	93 Euston Road	England	NW1 2RA	11/15/23
Middleton in Teesdale	7 Market Place	England	DL12 0QF	11/17/23
Pontypridd	91 Taff Street	Wales	CF37 4SN	11/16/23
Pwllheli	64 High Street	Wales	LL53 5RL	11/15/23
Redcar	56 Station Road	England	TS10 1DX	11/15/23

July 2023 announcement

Ashton-under-Lyne	Unit 33, Arcades Shopping Centre	England	OL6 7JE	13/10/2023
Caerphilly	The Twyn	Wales	CF83 1UE	13/10/2023
Cardiff	42 Wellfield Road, Roath Park	Wales	CF24 3YR	20/10/2023
Dumfries	3 Castle Street	Scotland	DG1 1DJ	13/10/2023
Dunstable	16 High Street North	England	LU6 1JZ	13/10/2023
Easingwold	Chapel Street	England	YO61 3AE	13/10/2023
Hoddesdon	51 High Street	England	EN11 8TG	17/11/2023
Leighton Buzzard	2 Market Square	England	LU7 1EY	18/10/2023
Malton	23 Yorkersgate	England	YO17 7AE	19/10/2023
Norwich	3 St James Court, Whitefriars	England	NR3 1RJ	27/10/2023
Norwich	Station Road, Hoveton	England	NR12 8UP	01/12/2023
Potters Bar	28 Station Road, Cuffley	England	EN6 4HE	13/10/2023
Salford	Unit 2 Blue, Media City UK	England	M50 2AD	20/10/2023
Thirsk	24 Market Place	England	YO7 1LF	25/10/2023

June 2023 announcement

Bournemouth	The Shopping Village, Castle Point Centre B	BH8 9UP	9/20/23
Bude	2 The Strand	EX23 8QX	9/29/23
Cambridge	Addenbrookes Hospital	CB2 0QQ	9/15/23
Chalfont St Peter	32 High Street	SL9 9QD	8/31/23
Fakenham	17 Market Place	NR21 9BE	10/6/23
Harpenden	16 High Street	AL5 2TD	9/6/23
Haverhill	39 High Street	CB9 8AE	9/8/23
Hemsworth	Bank Street	WF9 4JX	9/15/23
Leominster	4 Corn Street	HR6 8LX	9/1/23
Lichfield	1 Breadmarket Street	WS13 6JY	9/15/23
London	61 Lower Ground Floor, The Arcade, Westfield	E20 1EH	9/1/23
London	131 Finchley Road	NW3 6JA	9/6/23
London	60 Putney High Street	SW15 1SF	9/1/23
London	21 Hanover Square, Mayfair	W1S 1JW	9/29/23
London	25 Charing Cross Road	WC2H 0HZ	10/6/23
Newquay	2 Chester Road	TR7 2RX	10/13/23
Pontefract	5 Market Place	WF8 1AG	9/22/23
Redditch	26 Evesham Walk, Kingfisher Shopping Centre	B97 4EX	9/29/23
St Andrews	100 Market Street	KY16 9PB	9/8/23
Wellingborough	8 Market Street	NN8 1AT	9/1/23

May 2023 announcement two (19/5/23)

Biggleswade	45 High Street	8/18/2023
Birmingham	35 Frederick Street	8/18/2023
Birmingham	351/359 Soho Road	8/24/2023
Brecon	9 The Bulwark	8/25/2023
Diss	14 Market Hill	8/23/2023
Framlingham	27 Market Hill	8/25/2023
Frome	18 Stony Street	8/23/2023
Harleston	6 Market Place	TBC
Newark	41 Market Place	8/17/2023
Wilmslow	59 Grove Street	8/25/2023
Windsor	29/30 High Street	8/23/2023
Worksop	30/32 Bridge Street	8/24/2023

May 2023 announcement one (12/5/23)

Bognor Regis — 9 August

Burnham-on-Crouch — 22 August

Chelmsford — 11 August

Dunfermline — 18 August

Eastleigh — 11 August

Falmouth – 15 September

Haltwhistle — 18 August

Kidsgrove — 11 August

Newcastle-under-Lyme — 25 August

Prudhoe — 11 August

Risca — TBC

Southampton — 17 August

St Ives — 8 September

Stirling — 11 August

Wokingham — 18 August

April 2023 announcements

Alnwick 7 July 2023

Barnsley 26 July 2023

Bentham 12 July 2023

Brixton, London 19 July 2023

Canvey Island 7 July 2023

Chipping Norton 6 July 2023

East Grinstead 21 July 2023

Fleet 19 July 2023

Hayes 13 July 2023

Heathfield 27 July 2023

Kingsland, London, 29 July 2023

Kingswood 6 July 2023

Lisburn 21 July 2023

Llangollen 7 July 2023

Market Harborough, 28 July 2023

Oadby 20 July 2023

Oswestry 14 July 2023

Portadown 28 July 2023

Seahouses 14 July 2023

Sheffield, Arena Court 21 July 2023

South Harrow 14 July 2023

Sudbury 6 July 2023

Treorchy TBC

Washington 21 July 2023

Wombourne 12 July 2023

Yarm 14 July 2023

Second March 2023 announcement

Bootle	30 June 2023
Cambridge	28 June 2023
Caterham	23 June 2023
Chippenham	23 June 2023
Folkestone	23 June 2023
Holmes Chapel	27 June 2023
Holmfirth	23 June 2023
Honiton	23 June 2023
Llandeilo	23 June 2023
Loughton	22 June 2023
Mold	30 June 2023
Saltburn-by-the-sea	30 June 2023
Tiverton	28 June 2023
Wallington	28 June 2023

First March 2023 announcement

Beckenham	14 June 2023
Colchester	13 June 2023
Ebbw Vale	9 June 2023
Kirkintilloch	9 June 2023
Knowle	16 June 2023
London (Knightsbridge)	7 July 2023
London (Notting Hill Gate)	16 June 2023
Lymington	15 June 2023
Manningtree	7 June 2023
Methyr Tydfil	14 June 2023
Mildenhall	14 June 2023
Newmarket	9 June 2023
Ringwood	8 June 2023
West Bridgford	15 June 2023

Second Jan 23 announcement

Bedale (18a North End)	26 April 2023
Bridgewater (16 High Street)	26 April 2023
Chislehurst (7 High Street)	4 May 2023
Gosport (43/44 High Street)	26 April 2023
Heywood (2 Church Street)	28 April 2023
Leyburn (Market Place)	5 May 2023
London (19 Fleet St)	3 May 2023
Oakham (10 High Street)	28 April 2023
Oundle (2 New St)	5 May 2023
Radlett (221 Watling St)	5 May 2023
St Helens (10 Church St)	4 May 2023
Stamford (46/49 Broad Street)	28 April 2023
Talbot Green (3 Ely Valley Road)	5 May 2023
Watton (56 High Street)	3 May 2023
Wymondham (45 Market Street)	28 April 2023

Dec 22 and first Jan 23 announcements

Amersham (4 Sycamore Road) – 3 January 2023

Bargoed (1 Hanbury Road) – 14 April 2023

Barnoldswick (5 Church Street) – 14 April 2023

Birmingham (161 High Street, Kings Heath) – 10 March 2023

Bishop Auckland (55 Front Street, Stanhope) – 21 April 2023

Bridlington (6 Manor Street) – 6 March 2023

Dagenham (227/231 Heathway) 3 March 2023

Ellesmere Port (100 Whitby Road) – 2 March 2023

Flitwick (3 Station Road) – 14 April 2023

Guiseley (45 Oxford Road) – 12 April 2023

Hunstanton (42 High Street) – 12 April 2023

Keswick (Market Square) – 21 April 2023

Leeds (390 Harrogate Road) – 21 April 2023

Liskeard (The Parade PL14 6AR) – 2 March 2023

London (104/108 Tower Bridge Road) – 19 April 2023

London (260 Walworth Road) – 13 April 2023

London (304 Green Street E7 8LG) – 20 April, 2023

Macclesfield (10 Market Place) – 14 April 2023

Milton Keynes (8/10 High Street, Woburn Sands) – 18 April 2023

Shenfield (93-95 Hutton Road) – 19 April 2023

Sittingbourne (85 High Street) – 8 March 2023

Sleaford (21 Market Place) – 8 March 2023

Swansea (16 Newton Road, Mumbles) – 7 March, 2023

Torquay (39/40 Fleet Street) – 8 March 2023

Warley (70 Birmingham Road, Rowley Regis) – 21 April 2023

Weymouth (2B St Mary Street) – 3 March 2023