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A MAP shows the locations of the 21 bank branches shutting this month including Lloyds and Halifax.

A swathe of branches are shutting across England, Wales and Scotland in March, according to the latest data from LINK, which tracks bank closures.

It comes after 19 Lloyds Banking Group bank branches closed their doors for the final time in February.

Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and TSB are all shutting locations between them before the end of the month.

This includes two closing permanently today in Bletchley, Bucks, and Presteigne in Powys, Wales.

Nineteen other branches will shut their doors for good within a matter of weeks.

Bank branches have closed at an alarming rate across the UK in recent years as customers turn online.

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and British Banking Association (BBA) reveals between 1986 and 2024 the number of UK branches in operation went from 21,643 to 6,870.

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