AROUND 750 jobs are at risk of redundancy at Santander UK as the high street lender announced 95 branch closures and sweeping changes across its network.
The banking giant said it was shutting the branches from June 16, while also cutting hours across 36 sites and switching 18 to be counter-free.
Santander said it will be left with 349 branches, down from 444 currently, after the overhaul, which will include five so-called work cafes.
The move will put about 750 jobs at risk if the plans get the go ahead after consultations with unions, the bank said.
A Santander UK spokesperson said: “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.”
He added: “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.”
It comes after the firm shut 111 branches in 2021 – around a fifth of its network at the time – as part of a previous major network review.
The full list of Santander branch closures
According to Santander, these are the 95 branches which will close down from June 2025.
- Aberdare
- Arbroath
- Armagh
- Bexhill
- Billericay
- Blackwood
- Blyth
- Bognor Regis
- Borehamwood
- Brecon
- Brixton
- Caernarfon
- Camborne
- Canvey Island
- Clacton
- Cleveleys
- Colne
- Colwyn Bay
- Crowborough
- Croydon North End
- Cumbernauld
- Didsbury
- Dover
- Downpatrick
- Droitwich
- Dungannon
- Dunstable
- East Grinstead
- Edgware Road
- Eltham
- Exmouth
- Falmouth
- Farnham
- Felixstowe
- Finchley
- Fleet
- Formby
- Gateshead Metro
- Glasgow Newton Mearns
- Glasgow St Vincents Street
- Greenford
- Hackney
- Hawick
- Herne Bay
- Hertford
- Holloway
- Holyhead
- Holywell
- Honiton
- Ilkley
- Kidderminster
- Kilburn
- Kirkby
- Larne
- Launceston
- Louth
- Lytham St Annes
- Magherafelt
- Maldon
- Malvern
- Market Harborough
- Morley
- Musselburgh
- New Milton
- North Walsham
- Peterhead
- Plympton
- Portadown
- Pudsey
- Rawtenstall
- Redcar
- Ross-On-Wye
- Ruislip
- Rustington
- Saffron Walden
- Saltcoats
- Seaford
- Shaftesbury
- Sidcup
- St Austell
- St Neots
- Stokesley
- Strabane
- Surrey Quays
- Swadlincote
- Tenterden
- Torquay
- Tottenham
- Turriff
- Uckfield
- Urmston
- Whitley Bay
- Willerby
- Wimborne
- Wishaw
Santander branches moving to reduced hours
There are 36 Santander sites that are cutting branches, and these fall into two categories.
These branches will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9:30am-3pm:
- Banbury HS
- Barry
- Bury St Edmunds
- Cricklewood
- Great Yarmouth
- Hitchin
- Kendal
- Kilmarnock
- Newark
- Petersfield
- Stamford
- Stroud
- Sudbury
- Trowbridge
- Washington
- Wellingborough
- West Bridgford
- Worksop
These branches will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30am-3pm and Saturdays 09:30am-12:30pm:
- Alton
- Beeston
- Bicester
- Braintree
- Caerphilly (the Saturday opening hours don’t apply to this branch)
- Chippenham
- Cirencester
- Durham
- Ely
- Grantham
- Harlesden
- Irvine
- Kettering
- Lowestoft
- Penrith
- Retford
- Spalding
- Stevenage
The Santander branches which will become 'counter-free'
- Abingdon
- Accrington
- Bracknell
- Bromsgrove
- Camberley
- Eastleigh
- Edgware
- Gravesend
- Hartlepool
- Liverpool Allerton Road
- Neath
- Northwich
- Nuneaton
- Orpington
- Rotherham
- Sittingbourne
- Stirling
- Streatham
