There's no bank at all in my village (the only one closed a couple of years ago) and now the nearest town is losing its BoS and RBS... Which I think will leave just the TSB and Santander.
That said, I can see why, as I haven't set foot in a physical bank for years. I do all of my banking online and the shop banks at the post-office (which used to be a large standalone place but is now a counter tucked away at the back of an off-licence
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