![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/more-than-2-2million-people-live-in-constituencies-with-zero-bank-branches/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/newspress-collage-23888152-1694301206334.jpg&description=DON'T BANK ON IT Published : 0:21, 10 Sep 2023 Updated : 0:21, 10 Sep 2023 MILLIONS of people are living in constituencies without a single bank branch as thousands of sites are axed across the country. More than 2.2million customers have to travel miles for face-to-face services, with millions more only having access to one local branch . 4 Millions of people in Britain are living in constituencies without a single bank branch Credit: Alamy 4 More than 2.2million residents have to travel miles for face-to-face services Credit: Alamy 4 Millions more only have access to one local bank branch Credit: Alamy Britain is now nicknamed a "banking desert", as 23 constituencies have had all of their bank branches closed down. The closures come as big banks look to move more of their services online. Data from the UK's largest cash machine network, LINK, keeps track of any planned branch closures across the UK. A number of banks are set to close their branch doors for the final time this month. Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and Halifax are among those impacted across locations such as London, Suffolk and Newcastle . Barclays closed four branches earlier this month. The nationwide closures have been blasted by campaigners, who say that the elderly have been left "high and dry". They say older people are less likely to bank online due to a lack of confidence and fears of being scammed. Some major UK banks have axed more than 80 per cent of their branches in the last eight years, says consumer group Which? "It is a banking desert in many ways," said former NatWest executive and banking campaigner Derek French. "People now must go to a city or a large town. "That used to be a reasonable mileage away, but now the large town might have lost its banks and people have to go 20 or 30 miles or more to their nearest branch." Charity director at Age UK, Caroline Abrahams, labelled the decline in bank branches in recent years as a "serious blow" to elderly customers. "The rapid declin){kind=link}
MILLIONS of people are living in constituencies without a single bank branch as thousands of sites are axed across the country.
More than 2.2million customers have to travel miles for face-to-face services, with millions more only having access to one local branch.
Britain is now nicknamed a “banking desert”, as 23 constituencies have had all of their bank branches closed down.
The closures come as big banks look to move more of their services online.
Data from the UK’s largest cash machine network, LINK, keeps track of any planned branch closures across the UK.