A Barclays bank in Harrow is set to shut its door to customers this summer.

The branch at 235 Northolt Road, South Harrow, will close on July 14, after Barclays said fewer than 10 customers use it regularly as the only way to do their banking.

It comes as the high street bank announced that it would be closing 15 outlets across the UK in the month of July.

In total, 73 Barclays branches will be shutting their doors to customers this year.

With the latest closure announcement from Barclays, plans to close 228 high street branches have been announced across the sector since the start of this year

Barclays said: “As visits to branches continue to fall, we need to adapt to provide the best service for all our customers.

“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 reported that 93% of people who use the South Harrow branch also banked using the app, online and by phone in 2021.

The bank advised customers who still wished to do their banking in-person to use either the Harrow branch at 355 Station Road, or the Wembley branch at 506 High Road.

In South Harrow, Barclays said the Post Office at 279 Northolt Road was also available for face-to-face banking.

Jenny Ross, money editor at Which?, told PA: “Bank branch closures don’t just make access to cash more difficult for the millions of people across the country who rely on it, but also cuts vital in-person banking services, which are particularly important for customers who are not ready or able to bank online.

“Schemes introduced by the banking industry to protect these services, such as banking hubs, are a good start in plugging gaps left by the removal of physical branches, but they must be rolled out much more quickly if consumers are to feel their benefits.”