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Full list of Lloyds and Halifax bank branches set to close in Greater Manchester
Banking is changing.
Emily Sergeant -
30th January 2025 
Lloyds Banking Group has announced that it will be closing dozens of high street banking branches across the UK.
As the group, which owns Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland, accelerates its plans to cut costs and digitise banking, a total of 136 branches nationwide are set to close permanently between May of this year and March 2026 – with 61 Lloyds branches, 61 Halifax, and 14 Bank of Scotland branches affected.
Six branches in Greater Manchester are set to close, along with several more across the North West.
Lloyds says its decision to shut the high street branches is due to customers shifting away from banking in-person, and preferring to use mobile services instead.
The announcement that 136 branches are set to close also comes weeks after Lloyds decided to allow customers of either Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland to use the sites across any of its brands for in-person banking.
The six Greater Manchester branches set to close before May 2026 are:
Lloyds
- Farnworth, Bolton
- Bury
- Newton Heath
- Moston
Halifax
- Bolton
- Walkden
Some of the other North West branches of both Lloyds and Halifax listed to be closing include a number in major Lancashire towns such as Blackpool, Southport, and St Annes, as well as some in Cheshire like Wilmslow and Northwich, and some in Merseyside and on the Wirral.
Lloyds said that transactions across these particular branches fell by an average of 48% over the past five years, with customers using app payments more frequently.
“Over 20 million customers are using our apps for on-demand access to their money, and customers have more choice and flexibility than ever for their day-to-day banking,” a spokesperson for Lloyds Banking Group said as the closure announcement was made.
“Alongside our apps, customers can also use telephone banking, visit a community banker or use any Lloyds, Halifax, or Bank of Scotland branch.
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“Customers can also do their everyday banking at over 11,000 branches of the Post Office or in a Banking Hub.”
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