Major UK bank shuts another Oxfordshire site after over 500 closures

The Barclays van outside Morrisons in Carterton is set to shut after a gradual drop in customer usage, the town council has announced.

The service is set to shut on Thursday, October 22.

The council said users of the van will still be able to pay cash and cheques into Barclays account at the nearby Post Office.

Instead customers will now have to travel six miles to the nearest Barclays branch in Witney.

The council said “please share this post with anyone who may be affected so they are aware of the upcoming change”.

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The former Chipping Norton Barclays branch (Image: Google maps)

A Barclays local van is a mobile, cashless banking vehicle that travels to community to provide face-to-face support where traditional branches have closed.

Its part of Barclays flexible banking network, which includes pods, vans, libraries, and town halls.

In February 2023, Barclays announced nearly 100 branch closures throughout 2024 and 2025, in addition to the 177 branches it closed in 2023.

This included the branch in Abingdon, which went on to close in February 2024.

Earlier this year bosses at Barclays announced plans to reopen more high-street branches, in a dramatic U-turn for the bank.

Over the past decade, thousands of high-street bank branches have shut their doors across the country, including those belonging to Barclays, leaving just 206 still operating throughout the UK.