Halifax Bank Address: What to Put on a Form
If a form is asking for the Halifax bank address, here is the answer to copy:
The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ
That is the registered office, and it works for every Halifax account on any form: payroll, Direct Debit, or an international transfer. The address to put for a Halifax account surprises almost everyone who looks it up: it is in Edinburgh, not Halifax.
At a glance
- The address to use
- The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ
- Needed for UK payments?
- No: sort code + account number route everything
- When it genuinely matters
- Payments from abroad (SWIFT)
- Branch address instead?
- Works, but unnecessary
🏦 What to put for bank address
You probably don't need it
Your employer does not need it
Payroll runs on BACS, which routes on sort code and account number only. The address box is a hangover from paper forms. If it will not let you submit without one, put your bank's registered office below: nobody checks it, and it cannot misroute your wages.
Halifax registered office
The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ
Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc, which is why the registered office is in Edinburgh.
Registered offices taken from each bank’s own website in August 2026: check Halifax’s current details. Registered offices do change, and a few banks use a separate correspondence address for post, so use this to fill a form rather than to send anything valuable. Nothing you select here is sent anywhere.
Why this address, and not a branch
Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc, whose registered office is The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. The Yorkshire town gave the brand its name, but the legal entity behind your account is Scottish. If a form checks the address against official records, Edinburgh is the one that matches.
You do not need your branch's address, even if you know it. UK payments route on sort code and account number alone, and the registered office is correct for every Halifax account on any form.
When the form actually needs it
Most of the time it does not. A UK payment (wages, a Direct Debit, a bank transfer) is routed using your sort code and account number, and nothing else. The address box is a leftover from paper mandates, and where it is mandatory, the registered office satisfies it without any risk of misrouting.
The exception is a payment from abroad. SWIFT transfers genuinely use a bank address alongside your IBAN and BIC. For a transfer from abroad, give the sender The Mound as the bank address, plus your IBAN and the BIC from Halifax's international payments page.
One caution that catches people out: if the form is a loan, credit or rental application, read the label again, because that address field usually means your address, the one being checked against the electoral roll and your credit file. And at an online checkout, an address field means your card's billing address: entering the bank's address there will fail the check and decline the payment.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Halifax's address in Edinburgh?
Because Halifax merged into Bank of Scotland (the HBOS merger, later part of Lloyds Banking Group), and your account legally sits with Bank of Scotland plc, registered at The Mound. The Halifax name survived as a brand.
What do I put if the form asks for a branch name too?
The branch that holds your account if you know it, or simply the registered office. Nothing checks this field against a live branch list.
General information, not financial advice. Registered offices can move: the address above was verified in August 2026, and the bank's own site is always the final word. For other banks, see what to put for a bank address.
