On 28 June 2006, Barclays announced that The Woolwich was to become the Barclays UK mortgage brand, supported by Barclays branches, and that Woolwich branches would be either closed or re-branded as Barclays. ... Although the Woolwich name lived on as the brand used for Barclays mortgages, this was discontinued in 2015.

Is the Woolwich now Barclays?

Woolwich Building Society became Woolwich in 1997 and in August 2000 it was purchased by Barclays. The systems ran separately until the accounts were migrated to Barclays' system in August 2007. Then each individual Woolwich account was given a corresponding Barclays account number.

What bank took over the Woolwich?

Woolwich has been taken over by Barclays bank and so I went to my local branch to get it sorted.