More than 2,000 UK banks have either shut down or announced plans to close since the launch of an initiative designed to protect access to cash on the high street - including over 30 Cambridgeshire branches.

Since February 2022, the closure of 2,209 bank branches across the UK has been announced. That’s an average of around 11 closure announcements per week, or 49 per month. In November alone, 24 banks are scheduled to shut, including 16 Lloyds branches.

By the end of December, 536 banks will have closed in 2025, with another 72 banks already scheduled to shut in 2026, and 49 more due to close at a date yet to be announced.

In Cambridgeshire, 32 banks have closed since February 2022. That includes 12 banks which shut this year, most recently the NatWest branches in Ely and Wisbech

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