NATWEST has announced that it plans to close two more branches in Hampshire later this year.

The branches in Fleet and Southampton (Bitterne Road) will both permanently close at the end of April.

This is on top of the branch closures in Eastleigh and Waterlooville announced by the bank last year.

A spokesperson for the Fleet Branch said: "This branch will permanently close on 27/04/2023. We will introduce a community pop-up site following closure for up to 12 weeks."

Farnborough is the nearest alternative branch. 

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It comes a week after Lloyds Banking Group said it would close 40 Halifax and Lloyds sites in England and Wales.

At the time the company blamed footfall, which has been rapidly decreasing since the onset of online banking and dropped further during the pandemic.

Lloyds said the number of customers visiting the branches it plans to close had dropped by 60 per cent on average over the last five years.

In October last year, NatWest announced it planned to close 43 branches, adding to 15 announced in May and 21 in February.