Santander closures: major bank closing UK branches as high street retreat accelerates - full list of locations
Customers in dozens of towns are facing the loss of face-to-face banking 🏦
- Santander will close 44 bank branches across the UK and Northern Ireland, putting 291 jobs at risk
- The bank says 96% of transactions are now digital, reducing demand for in-branch services
- The closures follow last year’s shutdown of 95 branches and wider job cuts across the business
- Santander plans to replace some services with community bankers and banking hubs
- But the move is another blow to high street banking, especially in towns with limited alternatives
A major banking institution is set to shut 44 bank branches across the UK - including two in Yorkshire - putting around 291 jobs at risk.
For Santander customers, the move raises concerns about access to face-to-face banking, as it shifts away from in-person branches and towards digital services.
The company insists it will maintain a local presence through alternatives such as “community bankers” and banking hubs.
But the closures mark another significant step in the long-running retreat of banks from the high street, particularly in towns where Santander may be the last remaining major bank.
The Spain-based banking giant said the decision reflects a dramatic change in how customers manage their money.
According to Santander, 96% of all customer transactions are now completed through digital channels, following a rapid rise in online and mobile banking use. As a result, it argues that demand for traditional branch services has fallen sharply.
This latest round of closures comes less than a year after Santander announced it would shut 95 branches in March, a move that affected around 750 workers.
Speaking in July, UK chief executive Mike Regnier said the bank had already cut roughly 2,000 roles over the previous year as part of an ongoing overhaul, and warned that further job losses were likely.
Despite the cuts, Santander says it is not abandoning physical banking altogether. The bank plans to replace some branch services with “community bankers”, who will operate out of Santander Local sites or shared banking hubs to provide in-person support, particularly for vulnerable customers or those less comfortable with digital banking.
Once the 44 branches have closed, Santander will be left with 244 full-service branches. Alongside these, it will continue to operate 19 counter-free branches, 36 reduced-hour branches, six work cafés and 111 Santander Local sites.
The lender also said that it is continuing to invest heavily in its remaining network, having refurbished more than 220 branches over the past six years, with a further 30-plus refurbishments planned over the next year.
A spokesperson for Santander said the changes are designed to ensure the bank can support customers “however they choose to bank”, whether online or in person.
Below is the full list of Santander branches confirmed for closure:
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