Santander is to shut 44 of its bank branches in a move putting 291 jobs at risk.
The Spain-based banking giant said the closures are part of an overhaul of its store network linked to a shift from its customers towards its digital services.
It said 96% of all transactions are now being completed in digital channels after a rapid increase in online banking customers.
It comes less than a year after the business announced the closure of 95 branches last March, in a round of cuts which hit 750 workers.
Santander said closing branches will be replaced with “community bankers”, who will operate from Santander Local stores or banking hubs to keep a presence in local communities.
A spokeswoman for Santander said: “In response to a continuing and sizeable shift towards customers using digital banking, we are making changes to our branches to better support our customers.
“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.”
Santander bank closures
This is the full list of Santander bank branch closures scheduled for this year.
April 2026
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland – April 28
- Boston, Lincolnshire – April 28
- Evesham, Worcestershire – April 28
- Mold, Clwyd – April 28
- Ramsgate, Kent – April 28
- Woking, Surrey – April 28
- Bangor, County Down – April 29
- Bridgwater, Somerset – April 29
- Kirkintilloch, Lanarkshire – April 29
- Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire – April 29
- Newbury, Berkshire – April 29
- Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire – April 29
- Tonbridge, Kent – April 29
May 2026
- Bishop Auckland, County Durham – May 5
- Gosport, Hampshire – May 5
- Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire – May 5
- Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire – May 5
- Pontefract, West Yorkshire – May 5
- Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire – May 5
- Glengormley, County Antrim – May 6
- Leyland, Lancashire – May 6
- Mansfield, Nottinghamshire – May 6
- Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan – May 6
- Northallerton, North Yorkshire – May 6
- Ringwood, Hampshire – May 6
- Andover, Hampshire – May 12
- Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan – May 12
- Enniskillen, County Fermanagh – May 12
- Macclesfield, Cheshire – May 12
- Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire – May 12
- Cwmbran, Gwent – May 13
- Golders Green, London – May 13
- Heswall, Merseyside – May 13
- Redditch, Worcestershire – May 13
- Stranraer, Wigtownshire – May 13
- Newton Abbot, Devon – May 19
- Stafford, Staffordshire – May 19
- Banbridge, County Down – May 19
- Liskeard, Cornwall – May 20
- Shirley, West Midlands – May 20
By the end of January 2027
- Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
- Ormskirk, Lancashire
- Whitehaven, Cumbria
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Santander is not the only major bank to announce branch closures in the UK this year.
The Lloyds Banking Group, which runs Lloyds, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland, will shut 71 branches across 2026.
Among those planned closures are 40 Lloyds bank branches, 14 Halifax location and 17 Bank of Scotland sites.
Halifax and Lloyds have already begun closing branches this year, with 24 either shut, or set to shut, in January.
All of the businesses have cited the increase in the number of people banking online rather than in person as one of the reasons behind the planned branch closures.
Halifax bank closures
- Havant – January 1
- Seaford – January 1
- Middleton – January 8
- Yeovil – January 12
- Wandsworth, London – January 15
- Deal – January 22
- Hastings – January 22
- Skipton – January 26
Lloyds bank closures
- Alfreton – January 1
- Havant – January 1
- New Addington – January 1
- Mitcham – January 8
- Totnes – January 8
- Ammanford – January 12
- Bideford – January 13
- Fleet – January 13
- Chester-le-Street – January 14
- Ivybridge – January 14
- Lewes – January 19
- Swadlincote – January 20
- Hedge End – January 21
- Penzance – January 21
- Petersfield – January 21
- Hedon – January 28
