The closures are the latest in a long line of branch closures as high street banks grapple with changing customer behaviours and the shift to mobile and digital-first banking.
Lloyds Banking Group says it has 19.1 million online banking customers and 15.6 million mobile app users, while visits to the 66 branches set to close have tumbled by 60% on average in the last five years.
Lloyds Banking Group director of consumer relationships, Russell Galley, says: “As our customers do more online, visits to some branches have fallen by as much as 85% over the last five years.
