Barclays has this week announced that 11 more of its branches will close this summer, including the branch in The Galleries shopping centre, in Washington.
The latest closures bring the total of Barclays branches closing to 95 by the end of this year. With the latest closure announcement from Barclays, high street banks have set out plans to shut 228 branches since the start of this year, with 15 in the North East.
Whitley Bay, in North Tyneside, will have lost three banks by the end of the summer, with HSBC closing next Friday, May 2, the town's Halifax branch closing on June 21, followed by NatWest on July 20.