Step 1: Pick the location
Use featured cities for fast starts or search the full list when you already know the city name.
City Coverage Hub
Browse 1,484 active city summaries, compare local coverage quickly, and route to the right bank or lookup step.
How to use this hub
Choose a city to see local branch footprint, then open bank detail or run a direct lookup when you need decision-level certainty.
Step 2: Review coverage context
City pages show ranked institutions, warning counts, and freshness notes so you can judge confidence quickly.
Step 3: Confirm by sort code
Use the checker for branch-level confirmation before acting on high-risk payments.
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How to interpret city summaries without over-trusting them
City pages provide context for branch distribution and coverage quality, but critical payment decisions still require direct verification.
What this checker can confirm
A successful lookup can confirm how the current published dataset maps a sort code to institution, branch metadata, and scheme-state fields when those values are available.
What partial, limited, or unknown means
Partial, limited, or unknown means the current source record does not provide enough reliable data for that field. Branch presence without audited linkage is shown as incomplete rather than guessed. It is a trust boundary, not a hidden guess.
How freshness should be interpreted
Latest successful sync: March 20, 2026, 2:46 pm. This confirms when this site last refreshed its published dataset; it does not guarantee every upstream source changed at that exact time.
When to verify directly
Always verify directly with the bank or payee when a payment is high-value, time-sensitive, operationally critical, or when the lookup returns missing, limited, or conflicting details.
Need more than one lookup?
Use methodology, FAQ, and support routes when you need deeper evidence, issue reporting, or governance details.
Featured city routes
These curated routes highlight high-traffic city hubs. Use the full directory below for complete browsing.
London
161 branches
Belfast
53 branches
Birmingham
33 branches
Glasgow
32 branches
Sheffield
30 branches
Liverpool
26 branches
Manchester
24 branches
Bristol
20 branches
Leicester
20 branches
Leeds
18 branches
Coventry
17 branches
Newcastle
16 branches
Cardiff
14 branches
Portsmouth
14 branches
Stoke
14 branches
Wolverhampton
14 branches
Edinburgh
13 branches
Norwich
13 branches
Nottingham
13 branches
Reading
13 branches
Southampton
13 branches
Brighton
12 branches
Exeter
12 branches
Plymouth
12 branches
Swindon
12 branches
Derby
11 branches
Aberdeen
10 branches
Swansea
10 branches
Gillingham
3 branches
All active cities
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13 branches
Omagh
11 branches
Onich
2 branches
Orkney
1 branches
Ormiclate
2 branches
Ormiston
2 branches
Ormskirk
1 branches
Orpington
9 branches
Ossett
3 branches
Oswestry
10 branches
Otley
3 branches
Oxford
13 branches
Paddington
4 branches
Paignton
8 branches
Paisley
5 branches
Palmers Green
1 branches
Pathhead
2 branches
Patna
2 branches
Paxton
1 branches
Peckham
4 branches
Peebles
3 branches
Pembroke
2 branches
Pembury
2 branches
Pencaitland
2 branches
Pencoed
2 branches
Penicuik
3 branches
Penistone
1 branches
Penlan Street Pwllheli
2 branches
Penmaenmawr
2 branches
Penrhyn Bay
2 branches
Penrith
10 branches
Penzance
10 branches
Perry Barr
1 branches
Pershore
3 branches
Perth
5 branches
Peterborough
12 branches
Peterculter
2 branches
Peterhead
4 branches
Peterlee
3 branches
Petersfield
6 branches
Petworth
1 branches
Piccadilly
1 branches
Pickering
2 branches
Pinner
5 branches
Pitlochry
1 branches
Plockton
1 branches
Plumstead Road Woolwich
2 branches
Plymouth
12 branches
Plymstock
2 branches
Pontardawe
2 branches
Pontarddulais
2 branches
Pontefract
5 branches
Pontycymmer
2 branches
Pontypool
2 branches
Pontypridd
2 branches
Poole
12 branches
Poolewe
2 branches
Port Appin
2 branches
Port Askaig
2 branches
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