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NatWest is shutting four of its bank branches in the UK this week as part of planned closures. Earlier this year, parent company Nat West Group, announced it would shut 30 branches this year, adding another nine to the list in an announcement made on June 5.
This week’s closures include two branches in London, one in Edinburgh and another in West Yorkshire. NatWest‘s branch at 17 High Street in Grays, Edinburgh, permanently closes today (Tuesday, June 16). This is reportedly due to a drop in footfall. The Nat West at 216 Bishopsgate, London, will close its doors for the last time on Wednesday while branches in Waterhouse Street, Halifax, and Fulham Broadway, London, are due to close on Thursday.
After all the planned closures have been completed, Nat West Group will have 336 branches across the country.
These are made up of 249 NatWest branches in England and Wales, 62 Royal Bank of Scotland branches and 25 Ulster Bank branches in Northern Ireland.
Since the beginning of 2015, the banking group has closed more than 1,500 branches, according to consumer magazine, Which?.
Nat West is one of many banks exiting from high streets across the UK, including Lloyds, Santander and Halifax.
Despite its closures, Nat West Group pledged earlier this month that it will not make any further branch closure announcements across its NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank brands until at least 2029.
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The group said it will invest a further £50million in its network over 2026/2027, with a focus on modernising existing locations and improving customer experience.
It said it will also increase the number of mobile branch stops, expanding flexible, face-to-face services in communities across the UK.
NatWest also said it would explore opportunities to open new branches where there was clear customer demand.
Other account providers have made similar commitments over keeping branches open. This includes Nationwide Building Society, which has 605 branches and previously promised to keep all of them open until at least 2030.
NatWest Group said that while 95% of its customers choose to bank digitally for their day-to-day banking needs, it recognises in-person support remains an important part of how customers manage their finances.
Solange Chamberlain, Chief Executive for Retail Banking at NatWest Group, said in a statement issued on June 5: “We will not announce any further branch closures until at least 2029 and are expanding more flexible and accessible ways to bank, with enhanced support to help customers act with confidence and achieve their financial goals.”
