Barclays closing Durham and Whitby branches this week

The banking giant has already closed 11 locations across the North East since April, with the two closures this week among six more planned by the end of the year.

Branches in Durham City and Whitby, North Yorkshire will both serve their final customers on Friday (December 8) this week.

Barclays said 92% of those using its Durham branch also use online or telephone banking, a figure that stands at 85% in Whitby.

The closures come as banks continue to push forward with the move to online banking. The number of people using in-person services has been falling for years as people switch to digital.

Last week Barclays named another 18 branches to close in 2024, including four in the North East, while Lloyds announced it would be closing 45 of its branches nationally.

Twenty-seven branches across the North East and North Yorkshire have shut down so far this year leaving many customers without a local store.

Another twelve have been earmarked for closure by various bank brands with the final withdrawals to be made in the coming months, including these two Barclays branches.

Some areas have seen several branches close within months including Whitley Bay in North Tyneside where four sites have shut.

Here are all of the North East banks which have closed so far this year, and those set to close in the coming months (as of December 4, 2023):

Barclays

• Stanhope, County Durham – DL13 2TU – CLOSED April 21
• Bedale, North Yorkshire – DL8 1AD – CLOSED April 26
• Leyburn, North Yorkshire – DL8 5BQ – CLOSED May 5
• Saltburn, Teesside - TS12 1AB - CLOSED June 30
• Alnwick, Northumberland – NE66 1TF – CLOSED July 7
• Yarm, Teesside – TS15 9AH – CLOSED July 14
• Seahouses, Northumberland – NE68 7SJ – CLOSED July 14
• The Galleries, Washington, Sunderland - NE38 7SH - CLOSED July 21
• Prudhoe, Northumberland – NE42 5PU – CLOSED August 11
• Haltwhistle, Northumberland – NE49 9AG – CLOSED August 18
• Thirsk, North Yorkshire – YO7 1LF – CLOSED October 25
• Redcar, Teesside – TS10 1DX – CLOSED November 15
• Middleton in Teesdale, County Durham – DL12 0QF – CLOSED November 17
• Whitley Bay, North Tyneside – NE26 3RA 0- closing December 1
• Durham – DH1 3NB – closing December 8
• Whitby, North Yorkshire – YO21 1BW – closing December 8
• Hexham, Northumberland - NE46 1PE - closing March 1, 2024
• Northallerton, North Yorkshire - DL7 8LJ - closing March 14, 2024
• Team Valley, Gateshead - NE11 0JW - closing March 15, 2024
• Richmond, North Yorkshire - DL10 4JH - closing on or before December 4, 2024

HSBC

• Whitley Bay, North Tyneside – NE26 2SW – CLOSED May 2
• Whitby, North Yorkshire – YO21 1BD – CLOSED May 16
• South Shields, South Tyneside – NE33 1NW – CLOSED June 14
• Gosforth, Newcastle – NE3 1HE – CLOSED July 18

Halifax

• Chester-le-Street, County Durham – DH3 3BD – CLOSED April 19
• Whitley Bay, North Tyneside – NE26 2TH – CLOSED June 21
• Gosforth, Newcastle – NE3 1HX – closing January 8, 2024
• Newton Aycliffe, County Durham - DL14 7EQ – closure delayed to March 27, 2024

Lloyds

• Benton, North Tyneside – NE7 7EE – CLOSED July 17
• Newburn, Newcastle – NE15 8LS – CLOSED September 14
• Thirsk, North Yorkshire – YO7 1HB – CLOSED October 31
• Gateshead, Tyne and Wear – NE11 0EN – closing January 9, 2024
• Seaham, County Durham – SR7 7SD – closing June 19, 2024
• Whitley Bay, North Tyneside - NE26 2SY - closing November 12, 2024

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NatWest

• Whitley Bay, North Tyneside – NE26 2TQ – CLOSED July 20

Virgin Money

• Durham – DH1 3NP – CLOSED November 6
• Hexham, Northumberland – NE46 1NJ – CLOSED November 7
• Gosforth, Newcastle – NE3 1JZ – CLOSED November 8