Barclays shuts its 9 High Street branch at 3pm on Friday 4 December and reopens at 10a Culver Street West on 14 December. What the gap means for you.

Barclays will close its Colchester branch at 9 High Street at 3pm on Friday 4 December and reopen at 10a Culver Street West, CO1 1JG, on Monday 14 December. The dates are on Barclays’ own branch page for Colchester, which says: “This branch will be closed from 3pm on Friday 4 December, and a new branch will open nearby at 10a Culver Street West, Colchester CO1 1JG on Monday 14 December.”

That leaves Colchester without a Barclays branch for a week, from Saturday 5 December to Saturday 12 December.

The move was confirmed in June

The relocation itself is not new. On 29 June, Colchester City Council and the InColchester Business Improvement District issued a joint statement after Barclays confirmed it would leave the High Street for the Culver Square area. What was missing until now was the date.

Councillor David King, the council’s deputy leader, said in that statement: “We are naturally disappointed to see Barclays move from the High Street, where it has long been part of Colchester’s historic core. However, we welcome their decision to remain in the city centre and continue serving residents and businesses locally.”

Hours until it closes

Barclays lists these hours for the High Street branch:

Day Hours
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm
Saturday 9.30am to 1pm, self-service counter only
Sunday Closed

On its last day, Friday 4 December, the branch shuts at 3pm rather than 4.30pm.

Barclays says that on Saturdays the branch has a self-service counter only, so customers “won’t be able to make large cash and coin transactions or arrange a temporary debit card” then. The branch page also lists an outside cash machine that takes deposits, a mortgage adviser, self-service machines for paying in cash and cheques, and an account verification service.

The page does not say whether the High Street cash machine will stay in use after 4 December, or what hours and services the Culver Street West branch will have.

What it means for you

  • Need a counter before Christmas? Go before 3pm on Friday 4 December, or wait until Monday 14 December. Barclays suggests booking an appointment for anything that needs documents, such as a mortgage meeting.
  • Large cash or coin deposits: do these on a weekday. The Saturday service does not take them.
  • The new address: 10a Culver Street West, CO1 1JG, a short walk south of the current branch towards Culver Square.

For more on the city centre’s empty units, see our report on the council’s High Street debate, and for parking near Culver Square, our Colchester parking guide.