West Midlands Lloyds and Halifax branches to close

A host of Lloyds and Halifax branches across Birmingham and the West Midlands have been tabled for closure over the coming months.

The group is among 136 which the banking group has confirmed will be shut down.

The first to close will be Lloyds and Halifax branches in High Street, Bromsgrove, at the end of May.

They will be followed by Halifax, in Erdington's High Street in September, and Lloyds in Vicar Street, Kidderminster, just a few weeks later.

Lloyds branches in Foleshill Road, Coventry, and High Street, Shipston-on-Stour, will both close in the first half of November and finally Halifax in Bearwood Road, Smethwick, will cease trading in March next year.

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Across the wider region there are branches in Staffordshire, Shropshire and the East Midlands also earmarked for closure.

In total, 61 Lloyds, 61 Halifax and 14 Bank of Scotland branches will shut their doors for good between May and March 2026.

The closures come weeks after Lloyds Banking Group said it would allow customers of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to use stores across any of its brands for in-person banking.

The group has blamed the move on customers shifting away from banking in person to using mobile services but stressed it would offer affected workers roles elsewhere in the company.

A statement said: "Over 20 million customers are using our apps for on-demand access to their money and customers have more choice and flexibility than ever for their day-to-day banking.

"Alongside our apps, customers can also use telephone banking, visit a community banker or use any Halifax, Lloyds or Bank of Scotland branch, giving access to many more branches.

"Customers can also do their everyday banking at over 11,000 branches of the Post Office or in a banking hub."

The announcement means that more than 1,700 bank branches have shut or announced their intention to close since February 2022 when a voluntary agreement saw the major banking groups commit to assessing the impact of every closure.

This has included both Lloyds and Halifax branches in Birmingham city centre and elsewhere across the region.

It works out at an average of around 50 closures announced per month, with around 289 branches expected to shut this year.