A major high street bank is closing more than a fifth of its branches across the UK.
Santander currently has 444 branches, but the bank announced this morning that it plans to close 95 of those.
Some 750 staff are at risk of redundancy.
A spokesperson said: ‘Closing a branch is always a very difficult decision and we spend a great deal of time assessing where and when we do this and how to minimise the impact it may have on our customers.’
Following the closures Santander said it will be left with 349 branches, 290 of which would be full-service branches.
In addition, 36 existing branches will operate with reduced hours, 18 will become counter-free branches, and there will be five work cafes.
Full list of Santander branches closing this year
The following branches have had their closure dates confirmed:
- Aberdare – June 24, 2025
- Arbroarth – June 17, 2025
- Armagh – July 1, 2025
- Blackwood – June 23, 2025
- Blyth – August 5, 2025
- Bognor Regis – July 14, 2025
- Borehamwood – July 1, 2025
- Brecon – June 25, 2025
- Brixton – August 11, 2025
- Caernarfon – July 7, 2025
- Camborne – July 7, 2025
- Canvey Island – August 5, 2025
- Clacton – June 16, 2025
- Cleveleys – June 23, 2025
- Colne – July 14, 2025
- Colwyn Bay – July 24, 2025
- Crowborough – July 23, 2025
- Croydon (128 North End) – June 16, 2025
- Cumbernauld – July 7, 2025
- Didsbury – July 8, 2025
- Downpatrick – August 6, 2025
- Dungannon – June 23, 2025
- Edgware Road – August 12, 2025
- Eltham – June 23, 2025
- Exmouth – July 15, 2025
- Falmouth – July 21, 2025
- Farnham – July 29, 2025
- Felixtowe – July 16, 2025
- Finchley – August 6, 2025
- Fleet – June 30, 2025
- Formby – August 11, 2025
- Gateshead Metro – June 16, 2025
- Glasgow (St Vincents Street) – June 24, 2025
- Glasgow (The Avenue) – June 23, 2025
- Greenford – June 24, 2025
- Hackney – July 15, 2025
- Hawick – July 24, 2025
- Herne Bay – July 8, 2025
- Hertford – July 29, 2025
- Holloway – July 14, 2025
- Holywell – August 13, 2025
- Honiton – July 14, 2025
- Kidderminster – June 18, 2025
- Kilburn – June 17, 2025
- Kirkby – July 22, 2025
- Launceston – June 16, 2025
- Louth – June 17, 2025
- Magherafelt – June 24, 2025
- Malvern – July 2, 2025
- Market Harborough – July 1, 2025
- Musselburgh – June 30, 2025
- New Milton – July 28, 2025
- Peterhead – June 16, 2025
- Plympton – August 14, 2025
- Portadown – June 30, 2025
- Pudsey – July 28, 2025
- Rawtenstall – July 15, 2025
- Ross-on-Wye – July 30, 2025
- Ruislip – July 7, 2025
- Rustington – August 5, 2025
- Saltcoats – July 21, 2025
- Seaford – July 15, 2025
- Shaftesbury – July 23, 2025
- Sidcup – August 11, 2025
- St Austell – July 8, 2025
- St Neots – July 30, 2025
- Stokesley – July 31, 2025
- Strabane – July 23, 2025
- Surrey Quays – November 10, 2025
- Swadlincote – June 30, 2025
- Tenterden – July 7, 2025
- Torquay – June 17, 2025
- Tottenham – July 8, 2025
- Whitley Bay – August 6, 2025
- Willerby – August 13, 2025
- Wimborne – August 4, 2025
- Wishaw – July 22, 2025
The following branches have not had their closing date confirmed yet:
- Bexhill
- Billericay
- Dover
- Droitwich
- Dunstable
- East Grinstead
- Holyhead
- Ilkley
- Larne
- Lytham St Annes
- Maldon
- Morley
- North Walsham
- Redcar
- Saffron Walden
- Turriff
- Uckfield
- Urmston
The closures are set to take place from June.
Branches with reduced hours will be open either Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9.30am-3pm, or Tuesday and Thursdays 9.30am-3pm and Saturdays 9.30am-12.30pm.
The only exception is the Caerphilly branch, which will be open Tuesday and Thursdays 9.30am-3pm.
The spokesperson added: ‘As customer behaviour changes, we are ensuring that our branches remain fit for the future.
‘Our new combination of full-service branches, alongside work cafes, counter-free branches and reduced hours branches, aims to provide the right balance between digital banking and face-to-face money management and guidance.’
Santander branches becoming counter-free or reducing opening hours
Branches with reduced hours from June 30:
- Alton
- Banbury
- Barry
- Beeston
- Bicester
- Braintree
- Bury St Edmunds
- Caerphilly
- Chippenham
- Cirencester
- Cricklewood
- Durham
- Ely
- Grantham
- Great Yarmouth
- Harlesden
- Hitchin
- Irvine
- Kendal
- Kettering
- Kilmarnock
- Lowestoft
- Newark
- Penrith
- Petersfield
- Retford
- Spalding
- Stamford
- Stevenagge
- Stroud
- Sudbury
- Trowbridge
- Washington
- Wellingborough
- West Bridgford
- Worksop
Branches set to become counter-free
- Abingdon – June 16, 2025
- Accrington – June 16, 2025
- Bracknell – July 7, 2025
- Bromsgrove – June 30, 2025
- Camberley – August 11, 2025
- Eastleigh – June 23, 2025
- Edgware – June 23, 2025
- Gravesend – August 4, 2025
- Hartlepool – July 14, 2025
- Liverpool (Allerton Road) – August 4, 2025
- Neath – June 23, 2025
- Northwich – June 30, 2025
- Nuneaton – July 14, 2025
- Orpington – August 11, 2025
- Rotherham – August 11, 2025
- Sittingbourne – June 30, 2025
- Stirling – June 16, 2025
- Streatham – June 30, 2025
Santander says the locations affected by bank closures will instead by covered by new community bankers who provide ‘face-to-face money management and general support for customers, visiting local communities weekly’ at local banking hubs.
The bank also says it’s invested ‘tens of millions of pounds’ into refurbishing 99 of its branches, with another 50 set to be improved in the next year.
They say they’ve seen a ‘rapid movement’ of customers banking digitally, with a 63% increase in digital transactions since 2019 and transactions in banks falling by 61% in the same period.
Santander also claims that 93% of the UK population will still be within 10 miles of a branch even after the closures, and adds its customers can also bank at the country’s Post Offices.
The news comes as Santander, a Spanish bank, reportedly considered leaving the UK due to ‘frustrations’ caused by ring-fencing rules, high costs, and interest rate differences.
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