Cuffley's Barclays branch will be closing later this year, the bank has announced.

The site will be one of 14 to shut down by the end of 2023, with the closure date for the Station Road branch confirmed as October 13.

Barclays will shut 142 sites this year and in 2024, with a spokeperson saying: "As visits to branches continue to fall, we need to adapt to provide the best service for all our customers.

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"Where there is no longer enough demand to support a branch, we maintain an in-person presence though our Barclays Local network, live in over 200 locations, based in libraries, town halls, mobile vans and our new banking pods. 

"We also support access to cash with our cashback without purchase service, 24-hour deposit-taking ATMs and by working alongside the Post Office and Cash Access UK."

Barclays are joined by other major banks in announcing a raft of closures, with Lloyds Group shutting 186 sites, NatWest closing 83, and HSBC and TSB both losing 70 branches each.

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