Santander has announced plans to close 44 bank branches, placing almost 300 jobs at risk.The lender said its move was a continuing response to the changing needs of its customers as more people bank online.
News of the fresh closures come less than a year after it revealed plans to shut 95 sites.Santander UK said its latest decision would leave it with just 244 full service branches.The company revealed a list of the locations affected and the dates when closures are due to take place:
Andover, Hampshire, 12 MayBanbridge, County Down, 19 MayBangor, County Down, 29 AprilBerwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, 28 AprilBishop Auckland, County Durham, 5 MayBoston, Lincolnshire, 28 AprilBridgend, Mid Glamorgan, 12 MayBridgwater, Somerset, 29 AprilCwmbran, Gwent, 13 MayEnniskillen, County Fermanagh, 12 MayEvesham, Worcestershire, 28 AprilGlengormley, County Antrim, 6 MayGolders Green, London, 13 MayGosport, Hampshire, 5 MayHaverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, 5 MayHeswall, Merseyside, 13 MayHuntingdon, Cambridgeshire, 5 MayKirkintilloch, Lanarkshire, 29 AprilLeighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, by end of January 2027Leyland, Lancashire, 6 MayLiskeard, Cornwall, 20 MayMacclesfield, Cheshire, 12 MayMansfield, Nottinghamshire, 6 MayMelton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 29 AprilMerthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, 6 MayMold, Clwyd, 28 AprilNewbury, Berkshire, 29 AprilNewton Abbot, Devon, 19 MayNorthallerton, North Yorkshire, 6 MayOrmskirk, Lancashire, by the end of January 2027Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 5 MayRamsgate, Kent, 28 AprilRedditch, Worcestershire, 13 MayRingwood, Hampshire, 6 MayScunthorpe, South Humberside, 29 AprilShirley, West Midlands, 20 MayStafford, Staffordshire, 19 MayStranraer, Wigtownshire, 13 MayStratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, 12 MayTonbridge, Kent, 29 AprilWelwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 5 MayWhitehaven, Cumbria, by the end of January 2027Wilmslow, Cheshire, by the end of January 2027Woking, Surrey, 28 AprilThe Spain-based bank group said 96% of all transactions were now being completed on digital channels.
It moved to reassure critics of wider industry branch closures around access to banking, insisting its community bankers programme would be expanded to help in the areas where full branches were shutting.A spokeswoman said: “We will continue to invest in both our branch network – comprising of full-service branches, counter-free branches, reduced-hour branches, Santander Locals, and our increasingly popular work cafes – as well as our digital banking services, so we can be there to support our customers however they choose to bank with us.”
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