Peak District town loses its last bank and two more Derbyshire banks set to close – is your bank on the list?

Three Derbyshire banks are among 245 branches to be shut down across the UK in 2024.
By Wiktoria Wrzyszcz
Published 28th Feb 2024, 12:38 GMT
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NatWest in Bakewell closed its doors permanently on February 22, the closure of the last bank branch in the Peak District National Park.

Lloyds Bank in Shirebrook will follow suit on March 25 and HSBC in Ripley is set to close later in the year, but the date has yet to be revealed.

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Barclays in Burton, at the border of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, is also expected to welcome its last customers in 2024.

NatWest in Bakewell closed its doors permanently last week and Lloyds Bank in Shirebrook and HSBC in Ripley are set to close later this year.NatWest in Bakewell closed its doors permanently last week and Lloyds Bank in Shirebrook and HSBC in Ripley are set to close later this year.
NatWest in Bakewell closed its doors permanently last week and Lloyds Bank in Shirebrook and HSBC in Ripley are set to close later this year.

This comes as it has been announced that 245 banks will close across the UK this year after major banking groups agreed closure plans for their branches in 2022 due to the increasing popularity of online banking. Further 15 banks have already confirmed they will close in 2025.

Since February 2022, 1,325 branches have been closed or announced that they will shut down permanently.

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