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Distance to the nearest bank branch, km, every council ranked

Measured in a straight line from where people live and averaged, to the branches of the ten banks whose branch lists are open. Nationwide, TSB, building societies and banking hubs are not counted yet. Figures for October 2026, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: City of London, 0.5. The council in the middle: Torfaen, 3.2. Highest: Isles of Scilly, 59.5.

Distance to the nearest bank branch, km, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1City of LondonLondon0.5
2 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon0.7
2 jointWestminsterLondon0.7
4 jointCamdenLondon0.9
4 jointHackneyLondon0.9
4 jointIslingtonLondon0.9
4 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon0.9
4 jointHaringeyLondon0.9
9 jointTower HamletsLondon1.1
9 jointBrentLondon1.1
11 jointWandsworthLondon1.2
11 jointSouthwarkLondon1.2
11 jointLambethLondon1.2
14 jointMertonLondon1.3
14 jointEnfieldLondon1.3
14 jointWaltham ForestLondon1.3
17 jointNewhamLondon1.4
17 jointRushmoorSouth East1.4
19 jointHyndburnNorth West1.5
19 jointLewishamLondon1.5
19 jointSuttonLondon1.5
19 jointTorbaySouth West1.5
23 jointWorthingSouth East1.6
23 jointBarnetLondon1.6
25 jointEalingLondon1.7
25 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands1.7
25 jointLeicesterEast Midlands1.7
25 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon1.7
25 jointSloughSouth East1.7
25 jointPortsmouthSouth East1.7
31 jointBelfastNorthern Ireland1.8
31 jointBirminghamWest Midlands1.8
31 jointAshfieldEast Midlands1.8
31 jointCastle PointEast of England1.8
31 jointWest DunbartonshireScotland1.8
31 jointBlackpoolNorth West1.8
31 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West1.8
38 jointBlaenau GwentWales1.9
38 jointLiverpoolNorth West1.9
38 jointHillingdonLondon1.9
38 jointKnowsleyNorth West1.9
38 jointSalfordNorth West1.9
38 jointBexleyLondon1.9
38 jointDartfordSouth East1.9
38 jointCheltenhamSouth West1.9
38 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon1.9
38 jointCrawleySouth East1.9
38 jointWarwickWest Midlands1.9
49 jointOxfordSouth East2.0
49 jointEast DunbartonshireScotland2.0
49 jointRochdaleNorth West2.0
49 jointWorcesterWest Midlands2.0
49 jointGlasgow CityScotland2.0
49 jointTraffordNorth West2.0
49 jointWatfordEast of England2.0
49 jointRedbridgeLondon2.0
49 jointCity of EdinburghScotland2.0
49 jointHarlowEast of England2.0
49 jointHastingsSouth East2.0
60 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands2.1
60 jointThurrockEast of England2.1
60 jointWalsallWest Midlands2.1
60 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West2.1
60 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands2.1
60 jointIpswichEast of England2.1
60 jointNorwichEast of England2.1
60 jointStevenageEast of England2.1
60 jointHarrowLondon2.1
60 jointLutonEast of England2.1
60 jointNottinghamEast Midlands2.1
60 jointTamesideNorth West2.1
60 jointErewashEast Midlands2.1
73 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East2.2
73 jointGreenwichLondon2.2
73 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber2.2
73 jointPendleNorth West2.2
73 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East2.2
73 jointHounslowLondon2.2
73 jointSolihullWest Midlands2.2
73 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands2.2
73 jointBurnleyNorth West2.2
73 jointDudleyWest Midlands2.2
73 jointExeterSouth West2.2
73 jointSandwellWest Midlands2.2
73 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England2.2
73 jointBroxbourneEast of England2.2
73 jointHartlepoolNorth East2.2
73 jointArunSouth East2.2
73 jointNorth TynesideNorth East2.2
73 jointThanetSouth East2.2
73 jointManchesterNorth West2.2
73 jointBromleyLondon2.2
73 jointTamworthWest Midlands2.2
94 jointLancasterNorth West2.3
94 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East2.3
94 jointSt AlbansEast of England2.3
94 jointEastleighSouth East2.3
94 jointReadingSouth East2.3
94 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon2.3
94 jointCambridgeEast of England2.3
94 jointDarlingtonNorth East2.3
94 jointMid SussexSouth East2.3
94 jointRedditchWest Midlands2.3
94 jointRochfordEast of England2.3
94 jointBracknell ForestSouth East2.3
94 jointWirralNorth West2.3
94 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands2.3
94 jointBoltonNorth West2.3
94 jointMansfieldEast Midlands2.3
110 jointAdurSouth East2.4
110 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber2.4
110 jointHaveringLondon2.4
110 jointCaerphillyWales2.4
110 jointMerthyr TydfilWales2.4
110 jointBristolSouth West2.4
110 jointSt. HelensNorth West2.4
110 jointHaltonNorth West2.4
110 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England2.4
110 jointFyldeNorth West2.4
110 jointLincolnEast Midlands2.4
121 jointHavantSouth East2.5
121 jointWokingSouth East2.5
121 jointEastbourneSouth East2.5
121 jointMedwaySouth East2.5
121 jointRenfrewshireScotland2.5
121 jointSouthamptonSouth East2.5
121 jointSwanseaWales2.5
121 jointSunderlandNorth East2.5
121 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber2.5
121 jointCroydonLondon2.5
131 jointWyreNorth West2.6
131 jointBasildonEast of England2.6
131 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales2.6
131 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber2.6
135 jointGosportSouth East2.7
135 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands2.7
135 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West2.7
135 jointNorth LanarkshireScotland2.7
135 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber2.7
135 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands2.7
135 jointDacorumEast of England2.7
135 jointElmbridgeSouth East2.7
143 jointBuryNorth West2.8
143 jointChelmsfordEast of England2.8
143 jointGatesheadNorth East2.8
143 jointStockportNorth West2.8
143 jointBrentwoodEast of England2.8
143 jointGraveshamSouth East2.8
143 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber2.8
143 jointSpelthorneSouth East2.8
143 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber2.8
143 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands2.8
143 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East2.8
143 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East2.8
143 jointNewportWales2.8
143 jointPrestonNorth West2.8
157 jointOldhamNorth West2.9
157 jointSeftonNorth West2.9
157 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands2.9
157 jointGloucesterSouth West2.9
157 jointCounty DurhamNorth East2.9
157 jointSouth RibbleNorth West2.9
157 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East2.9
157 jointCoventryWest Midlands2.9
165 jointGedlingEast Midlands3.0
165 jointChorleyNorth West3.0
165 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands3.0
165 jointWiganNorth West3.0
169 jointEpping ForestEast of England3.1
169 jointRibble ValleyNorth West3.1
169 jointTandridgeSouth East3.1
169 jointBraintreeEast of England3.1
169 jointCheshire EastNorth West3.1
169 jointSurrey HeathSouth East3.1
169 jointRugbyWest Midlands3.1
169 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands3.1
169 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber3.1
178 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber3.2
178 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands3.2
178 jointCardiffWales3.2
178 jointTorfaenWales3.2
178 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East3.2
178 jointEast RenfrewshireScotland3.2
178 jointNorth SomersetSouth West3.2
178 jointRunnymedeSouth East3.2
178 jointAberdeen CityScotland3.2
178 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England3.2
178 jointSouth TynesideNorth East3.2
189 jointDerbyEast Midlands3.3
189 jointWest LancashireNorth West3.3
189 jointColchesterEast of England3.3
189 jointBedfordEast of England3.3
189 jointMilton KeynesSouth East3.3
189 jointStaffordWest Midlands3.3
189 jointDundee CityScotland3.3
189 jointCanterburySouth East3.3
189 jointSwindonSouth West3.3
189 jointWychavonWest Midlands3.3
199 jointPlymouthSouth West3.4
199 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England3.4
199 jointEast HampshireSouth East3.4
199 jointWarringtonNorth West3.4
199 jointGuildfordSouth East3.4
199 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East3.4
199 jointWest LothianScotland3.4
199 jointFalkirkScotland3.4
199 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber3.4
199 jointInverclydeScotland3.4
209 jointAshfordSouth East3.5
209 jointNeath Port TalbotWales3.5
209 jointWaverleySouth East3.5
209 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber3.5
209 jointTest ValleySouth East3.5
214 jointBlabyEast Midlands3.6
214 jointClackmannanshireScotland3.6
214 jointPeterboroughEast of England3.6
214 jointBassetlawEast Midlands3.6
214 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands3.6
214 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber3.6
214 jointSouth LanarkshireScotland3.6
214 jointBostonEast Midlands3.6
222 jointFarehamSouth East3.7
222 jointCherwellSouth East3.7
222 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands3.7
222 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England3.7
222 jointFlintshireWales3.7
222 jointDoverSouth East3.7
228 jointAntrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland3.8
228 jointEast LothianScotland3.8
228 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East3.8
228 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands3.8
232 jointLichfieldWest Midlands3.9
232 jointRossendaleNorth West3.9
234 jointArds and North DownNorthern Ireland4.0
234 jointHartSouth East4.0
234 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland4.0
234 jointSouth AyrshireScotland4.0
234 jointWest SuffolkEast of England4.0
234 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East4.0
234 jointEast SuffolkEast of England4.0
241 jointWokinghamSouth East4.1
241 jointTeignbridgeSouth West4.1
241 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West4.1
241 jointCornwallSouth West4.1
241 jointDerry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland4.1
241 jointMid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland4.1
241 jointSevenoaksSouth East4.1
248 jointBridgendWales4.2
248 jointMaidstoneSouth East4.2
248 jointNew ForestSouth East4.2
248 jointSwaleSouth East4.2
252 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands4.3
252 jointMeltonEast Midlands4.3
252 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands4.3
252 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands4.3
256 jointHertsmereEast of England4.4
256 jointHorshamSouth East4.4
256 jointMole ValleySouth East4.4
256 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber4.4
256 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England4.4
256 jointWealdenSouth East4.4
256 jointArmagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland4.4
256 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East4.4
256 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber4.4
256 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England4.4
266 jointBaberghEast of England4.5
266 jointWinchesterSouth East4.5
266 jointWrexhamWales4.5
266 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West4.5
266 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East4.5
266 jointVale of GlamorganWales4.5
272 jointDenbighshireWales4.6
272 jointNorthumberlandNorth East4.6
272 jointHarboroughEast Midlands4.6
272 jointFifeScotland4.6
276 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands4.7
276 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands4.7
276 jointNorth AyrshireScotland4.7
276 jointBroadlandEast of England4.7
276 jointIsle of WightSouth East4.7
281 jointThree RiversEast of England4.8
281 jointTendringEast of England4.8
283 jointMonmouthshireWales4.9
283 jointBolsoverEast Midlands4.9
283 jointRutlandEast Midlands4.9
286MidlothianScotland5.0
287 jointNewry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland5.1
287 jointShropshireWest Midlands5.1
287 jointWest BerkshireSouth East5.1
287 jointAngusScotland5.1
291MaldonEast of England5.2
292 jointEast AyrshireScotland5.3
292 jointEast DevonSouth West5.3
292 jointCumberlandNorth West5.3
295 jointSomersetSouth West5.4
295 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England5.4
295 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber5.4
298 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England5.6
298 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands5.6
298 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands5.6
298 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East5.6
298 jointBrecklandEast of England5.6
303 jointCauseway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland5.7
303 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England5.7
303 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands5.7
306StroudSouth West5.8
307ConwyWales5.9
308 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England6.0
308 jointWiltshireSouth West6.0
308 jointMid SuffolkEast of England6.0
308 jointChichesterSouth East6.0
312North WarwickshireWest Midlands6.1
313 jointRotherSouth East6.2
313 jointIsle of AngleseyWales6.2
315North West LeicestershireEast Midlands6.3
316 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West6.4
316 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands6.4
318 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands6.5
318 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East6.5
318 jointGwyneddWales6.5
321 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands6.6
321 jointVale of White HorseSouth East6.6
321 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands6.6
321 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East6.6
321 jointPerth and KinrossScotland6.6
326 jointUttlesfordEast of England6.7
326 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands6.7
328Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands6.9
329 jointDorsetSouth West7.0
329 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands7.0
329 jointCarmarthenshireWales7.0
332 jointStirlingScotland7.1
332 jointScottish BordersScotland7.1
334TewkesburySouth West7.2
335South HollandEast Midlands7.3
336Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland7.4
337HerefordshireWest Midlands7.5
338TorridgeSouth West7.8
339 jointForest of DeanSouth West8.0
339 jointSouth HamsSouth West8.0
341 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England8.1
341 jointPowysWales8.1
343 jointNorth DevonSouth West8.3
343 jointMid DevonSouth West8.3
345East LindseyEast Midlands8.4
346FenlandEast of England8.7
347CeredigionWales8.8
348 jointFermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland8.9
348 jointPembrokeshireWales8.9
348 jointOrkney IslandsScotland8.9
351 jointCotswoldSouth West9.1
351 jointDumfries and GallowayScotland9.1
353MorayScotland9.2
354AberdeenshireScotland10.0
355LewesSouth East10.7
356Argyll and ButeScotland11.5
357West DevonSouth West12.5
358HighlandScotland13.4
359Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland15.1
360Shetland IslandsScotland16.1
361Isles of ScillySouth West59.5

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