HSBC to close 114 branches including one in Manchester - full list

HSBC has announced the closure of 114 branches throughout the UK over the next few months, including one in Manchester. The closures come after HSBC undertook a review of banking habits in an era where “customer habits continue to migrate from physical to digital banking.”

It found footfall is at an “all time low” since the pandemic. In a statement released on Wednesday (November 30), HSBC said the bank would try to redeploy affected staff but about 100 would lose their jobs.

Jackie Uhi, HSBC UK’s Managing Director of UK Distribution, said: “People are changing the way they bank and footfall in many branches is at an all-time low, with no signs of it returning. Banking remotely is becoming the norm for the vast majority of us.

“Not only can we do it anywhere at any time of day or night, many more things can be done at the customers’ convenience and don’t rely on a branch visit. Branches will continue to play an important role in day-to-day banking, while providing specialist face-to-face support in moments that matter.

“In addition to our branch network, customers can access services through the Post Office network, our Community Pop-ups and soon-to-come Banking Hubs, alongside Live Chat, social media and through telephone banking. The decision to close a branch is never easy or taken lightly, especially if we are the last branch in an area, so we’ve invested heavily in our ‘post closure’ strategy, including providing free tablet devices to selected branch customers who do not already have a device to bank digitally, alongside one-to-one coaching to help them migrate to digital banking.”

HSBC is the latest bank to close its branches nationwide. According to Which? consumer group data, the shift to online banking has resulted in the closure of over 5,200 branches by High Street banks and building societies since 2015. Among these are NatWest, which has recently shut almost 1,200 branches. 

Which HSBC branch is closing in Manchester?

Manchester has one branch that is affected by the latest raft of closures. The branch is on Stamford Street Central in Ashton under Lyne, which is set to close on August 1, 2023.

Full list of HSBC branches closing in the UK

April 2023

Blandford Forum - 18/04/2023

Bristol Downend - 25/04/2023

Bexhill on Sea - 18/04/2023

Leominster - 25/04/2023

Abergavenny - 18/04/2023

Market Bosworth - 25/04/2023

Cromer - 18/04/2023

Alton - 25/04/2023

St Ives - 18/04/2023

Shaftesbury - 25/04/2023

St Austell - 18/04/2023

May 2023

Wilmslow - 02/05/2023

Stamford - 16/05/2023

Whitley Bay-  02/05/2023

Whitby - 16/05/2023

Coleraine - 02/05/2023

Bridport - 23/05/2023

Bideford - 02/05/2023

Hove - 23/05/2023

Gainsborough - 02/05/2023

Fakenham - 23/05/2023

Launceston - 02/05/2023

Sudbury - 23/05/2023

Arnold - 09/05/2023

Liskeard - 23/05/2023

Didcot - 09/05/2023

Bristol Filton - 30/05/2023

Brecon - 09/05/2023

Dundee - 30/05/2023

Minehead - 09/05/2023

Waltham Cross - 30/05/2023

Dover - 09/05/2023

Hinckley Road - 30/05/2023

Halesowen - 16/05/2023

Market Harborough - 30/05/2023

Stroud - 16/05/2023

Stourport on Severn - 30/05/2023

Brighouse - 16/05/2023

June 2023

Stirling - 06/06/2023

Twickenham - 20/06/2023

Pocklington - 06/06/2023

Ross on Wye - 20/06/2023

Chepstow - 06/06/2023

Hertford - 20/06/2023

Knutsford - 06/06/2023

Wells - 20/06/2023

Frome - 06/06/2023

Bicester - 20/06/2023

Portadown - 06/06/2023

Oakham - 20/06/2023

Penarth - 13/06/2023

New Milton - 27/06/2023

Ilkley - 13/06/2023

Lewes - 27/06/2023

South Shields - 13/06/2023

Pontypool - 27/06/2023

Skipton - 13/06/2023

Beccles - 27/06/2023

Honiton - 13/06/2023

St Neots - 27/06/2023

Sleaford - 13/06/2023

Wadebridge - 27/06/2023

July 2023

Portishead - 04/07/2023

Horsforth - 18/07/2023

Droitwich - 04/07/2023

Gosforth - 18/07/2023

Leatherhead - 04/07/2023

Harpenden - 18/07/2023

Palmers Green - 04/07/2023

Bognor Regis - 18/07/2023

Coalville - 04/07/2023

Marlow - 18/07/2023

Park Gate Southampton - 11/07/2023

Christchurch - 25/07/2023

Wetherby - 11/07/2023

Seaford - 25/07/2023

Port Talbot - 11/07/2023

Blackwood 25/07/2023

Kingswinford - 11/07/2023

Norwich Mile Cross - 25/07/2023

Long Eaton - 11/07/2023

Ripley - 25/07/2023

Bromborough - 18/07/2023

Tonbridge - 25/07/2023

August 2023

Bristol Westbury on Trym - 01/08/2023

Bethnal Green - 15/08/2023

Ormskirk - 01/08/2023

Hornchurch - 15/08/2023

Putney - 01/08/2023

Colwyn Bay - 15/08/2023

Ashton under Lyne - 01/08/2023

Dorchester - 22/08/2023

Kenilworth - 01/08/2023

Morley - 22/08/2023

Reigate - 08/08/2023

Wymondham - 22/08/2023

North Finchley - 08/08/2023

Ryde - 22/08/2023

Cirencester - 08/08/2023

Windsor - 22/08/2023

Henley on Thames - 08/08/2023

Cardiff Rhyd y Penau - 29/08/2023

Denbigh - 08/08/2023

Leighton Buzzard - 29/08/2023

122 Finchley Road - 15/08/2023

Eastwood - 29/08/2023

Chippenham - 15/08/2023

HSBC has also confirmed a select few branches that will shut down, but do not have an official date of closure yet. They are as follows:

Oxted

Hythe

Epworth

Cowbridge

Holsworthy

Settle

Tenby