A BLOW has been dealt to three Cotswold villages after it was revealed they would lose their mobile bank service.

Bourton-on-the-Water, Bishop's Cleeve and Broadway will no longer have their Lloyds mobile branch after the bank decided to close the Moreton-in-Marsh route.

The decision came after the bank revealed that fewer customers were using mobile banking.

A spokesperson for Lloyds Bank said: "We have been looking at how customers are using our Mobile Branches.

"Many are using them less and choosing other ways to bank instead.

"Because of this, we have made the decision to end this service.

"This includes all the stops on this route."

A detailed report on how people use the mobile bank found that only 13 customers used the branch regularly across six months. 

It revealed 76% of customers who use the route have also used Lloyds Bank branches, Internet Banking or PhoneBank, and 50% of customers also use their local Post Office.

Within the three villages, a total of 530 transactions were done by personal customers from August 2022 to July 2023.

All three villages will now need to bank through their post office instead of through a bank branch unless they wish to travel to Evesham, Stow-on-the-Wold, or Cheltenham.

Lloyds will no longer be offering the service from May 31, 2024.

When is the last day Lloyds will be doing its Moreton-in-Marsh route?

Bourton-on-the-Water - May 20, 2024

Bishop's Cleeve - May 21, 2024

Broadway - May 22, 2024