Newark’s NatWest bank branch to close permanently from June

A town centre bank is to close its doors permanently later this year.

From June 17, 2025, Newark’s NatWest branch at 1 Market Place, will close — with a community pop-up site to be introduced following the closure for up to 12 weeks.

The branch is currently open 9.30am to 4.30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and 10am to 4.30pm on Wednesdays. It is closed on weekends.

Following the closure, the nearest branch will be a mobile branch every other week on Fridays at Bingham Market Place, while the nearest permanent branch will be at 27-28 St Peters Hill, Grantham.

A NatWest spokesman said: “Our customers are using digital banking more than ever before — over 80% of our active current account holders now use our digital services and over 97% of retail accounts with us are now opened online.

“Like any business, we strive to meet our customers’ changing needs and expectations and we’ve been responding to the industry wide shift towards digital services by investing to broaden what customers can do themselves and to offer them greater personalisation.

“We are also significantly investing in refreshing our network — we expect to invest in excess of £20m in our network across the UK in 2025 to improve customer service, enhance the look and feel of our branches, and reduce the environmental impact of our buildings, as well as continuing to invest in shared solutions like the Post Office and banking hubs.

“Digital banking continues to provide new and inclusive ways of allowing the overwhelming majority of our individual and business customers, including the elderly and vulnerable, to bank with us in ways that they weren’t able to before. But we know that a small number of people are not yet comfortable with it, which is why we are proactively reaching out to support them with this transition, having made over 200,000 calls last year. We also have experts that they can speak to for support and guidance.”