On topic mind - the nearest cash point to me only seems to dish out £20’s!
That said with the “current situation”, I saw someone spend a minute or two rubbing their hands all over the screen and buttons… for no good reason as far as I can tell…
A few years ago the local post office was also a bakery.
They of course didn’t take card payments because only Greggs seems to do that, but they didn’t have an issue withdrawing a couple of quid from the bank. I think I just did it to be annoying, I wasn’t going to carry cash around.
I also recall the self service machines offering cashback too because of the countless times I handed in money that was left in the machine by the previous user.
I think you now have to ask for it and most shops don’t prompt you any more, probably due to a general decline in cash usage, but based on anecdotally seeing people at the checkout in shops it does still seem fairly popular.
Most shops can do it as far as I know - small local places might not want to as they would prefer to keep their cash in the till as a float.
There is (only time I had cash out in 2020) bar 2 trips for cashback for haircuts (I have my hair very long and yes I’ve been mistaken for a girl at one point)