Which NatWest and RBS bank branches are closing in 2025?

Emily White

Senior Information & Investigations Reporter

24 January 2025

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NatWest and Royal Financial institution of Scotland (RBS), that are each a part of the NatWest Group, will shut at the very least 56 of their financial institution branches in 2025 and past, after the Group introduced an extra 53 NatWest closures.

Under, we have rounded up the deliberate closures for every model and what the options are should you nonetheless need face-to-face banking. Click on in your financial institution’s identify for a full checklist of the department closures introduced to date:

• NatWest – 53 extra branches closing (54 in complete).

• RBS – no new closure bulletins (two in complete).

• Ulster Financial institution – no closures introduced to date for 2025.

Alternative routes to financial institution face-to-face with NatWest, RBS and Ulster Financial institution

• See if there is a ‘cellular department’ close to you. This can be utilized for banking providers, together with making deposits and withdrawing money. You could find out the place your nearest cellular department is, or when it should subsequent be in your space, on the NatWest web site, the RBS web site or the Ulster Financial institution web site.

• Verify if you need to use one of many Group’s sister financial institution branches. NatWest prospects can use RBS branches, whereas RBS prospects can use NatWest branches for on a regular basis banking, reminiscent of money deposits, withdrawals and paying in cheques – discover your nearest RBS department or discover your nearest NatWest department.

  There aren’t any NatWest or RBS branches for Ulster Financial institution prospects to make use of in Northern Eire.

• Strive a close-by Submit Workplace. Prospects of all three manufacturers can withdraw money and make deposits into their checking account by way of the Submit Workplace.

For full particulars in your choices, see our Financial institution department options information.

For those who want department entry and do not have various providers close by, think about switching

For those who not need to stick with NatWest, RBS or Ulster Financial institution, you would possibly need to think about switching to a financial institution that does have a neighborhood department close by – though keep in mind there is not any assure that too will not shut.

• First Direct – get a free £175 for switching, plus entry to a 7% common saver, fee-free spending abroad and a £250 0% overdraft. To get the free money, you possibly can’t have ever had any account with First Direct, and you’ll’t have had an account with HSBC since January 2018.

  First Direct would not have any branches of its personal, however First Direct prospects can use HSBC branches to pay in cheques, in addition to deposit and withdraw money. So, it might be an possibility if in case you have an HSBC department close by. HSBC additionally pledged in August 2024 to not shut any additional branches till at the very least 2026.

• Nationwide FlexDirect – get a free £175 for switching, plus 5% curiosity on as much as £1,500, 1% cashback for 12 months and entry to a 6.5% common saver. To get the free money, you possibly can’t have switched to a Nationwide account, or have obtained swap money from Nationwide, since 18 August 2021.

  Nationwide pledged in 2019 to maintain all of its present financial institution branches open till at the very least the beginning of 2028.

• Santander Edge – get a free £150, plus entry to a 6% easy-access saver and 1% cashback on payments. To get the free money, you possibly can’t have had a swap bonus from Santander since September 2021, and also you should be switching from a non-Santander, Cahoot or Cater Allen account.

• TSB Spend & Save – get a free £100, plus £10 a month cashback for six months, plus selection of an additional reward in September. To get the free money, you possibly can’t have had a swap bonus from TSB since 1 October 2022.

NatWest – full checklist of 54 branches closing

We have bolded the newly introduced closures:

RBS – particulars of the 2 branches closing