Lloyds Banking Group Branch Closures Hit 245 by End of 2026
lloyds banking group branch closures will reach 245 by the end of 2026, with eight Greater Manchester sites included in the schedule. The closures hit customers who still rely on in-person banking, even as more daily transactions move to mobile services.
245 branches now have fixed closure dates across the major banks by the end of 2026, and three of the Greater Manchester losses came in June 2026 alone. The Halifax on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury was scheduled to shut on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, while the Lloyds branch in Stamford New Road, Altrincham, was expected to close on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.
Greater Manchester loses three branches
3 Greater Manchester branches closed in June 2026, including the Halifax in Ashton-under-Lyme at the start of the month. Those closures leave fewer local counters for customers who need cash, face-to-face help, or support with routine account tasks that are harder to handle digitally.
82 Lloyds branches have already shut or are scheduled to close in 2026, making Lloyds customers the hardest hit within the group. Halifax accounts for 43 branches already shut or scheduled to close in 2026, while Bank of Scotland has 28. Lloyds Banking Group said it would close 166 branches in 2026 and 2027.
LINK recommends 277 hubs
277 bank hubs have been recommended by LINK so far to cover places that lose a local branch. That gives affected areas a practical fallback, but only where a hub is opened and kept within reach of the customers most dependent on in-person service.
2,167 branches have either shut down or been announced for closure since February 2022, when major banking groups committed to a voluntary agreement to assess the impact of each closure. Richard Lloyd launched a consultation on the impact of branch closures and their implications for the future, and that review now sits against a pace of nearly 10 closures each week.
54 Santander branches and 35 NatWest branches are also due to close in 2026, showing the pullback is not limited to one lender. For customers, the immediate issue is whether their local branch is among the sites already dated for closure and whether a nearby bank hub or free ATM has been put in place before the door shuts.
