{"id":3077,"date":"2026-01-29T08:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2026-01-29T08:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:40:19","slug":"major-uk-bank-to-close-44-branches-full-list-of-locations-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3077","title":{"rendered":"Major UK bank to close 44 branches &#8211; full list of locations revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-around-300-jobs-are-at-risk\">Around 300 jobs are at risk <\/h2>\n<p>A major UK bank is set to close 44 bank branches with the full list of locations being revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest hit to the high street, another major UK bank is set to close dozens of branches across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the likes of Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays have closed branches in the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Santander UK are set to shut down 44 of their branches, leaving the bank with just 244 full service branches.<\/p>\n<p>The move is expected to put around 291 jobs at risk.<\/p>\n<p>As more people use online banking, Santander said the closures were down to \u201cchanging customer behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The bank claims that it has experienced 96 per cent surge in digital transactions since 2019 while branch transactions have fallen by 66 per cent in the same period of time. <\/p>\n<p>It comes during a difficult time for the UK high street, following a number of closures from businesses falling into administration.<\/p>\n<p>Only this week both Claire\u2019s and The Original Factory Shop were reported to be entering administration, putting a collective 2,500 jobs at risk as well as hundreds of stores.<\/p>\n<p>This follows on from a number of other retail giants struggling in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Poundland,\u00a0River Island, Claire\u2019s, and a number of\u00a0travel agents\u00a0have flirted with administration, been forced to restructure, or disappeared completely from the high street.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-full-list-of-locations-set-to-be-closed-by-santander-uk\">Full list of locations set to be closed by Santander UK <\/h2>\n<p>Andover, Hampshire, 12 May<br \/>Banbridge, County Down, 19 May<br \/>Bangor, County Down, 29 April<br \/>Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, 28 April<br \/>Bishop Auckland, County Durham, 5 May<br \/>Boston, Lincolnshire, 28 April<br \/>Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, 12 May<br \/>Bridgwater, Somerset, 29 April<br \/>Cwmbran, Gwent, 13 May<br \/>Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, 12 May<br \/>Evesham, Worcestershire, 28 April<br \/>Glengormley, County Antrim, 6 May<br \/>Golders Green, London, 13 May<br \/>Gosport, Hampshire, 5 May<br \/>Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, 5 May<br \/>Heswall, Merseyside, 13 May<br \/>Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, 5 May<br \/>Kirkintilloch, Lanarkshire, 29 April<br \/>Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, by end of January 2027<br \/>Leyland, Lancashire, 6 May<br \/>Liskeard, Cornwall, 20 May<br \/>Macclesfield, Cheshire, 12 May<br \/>Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 6 May<br \/>Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 29 April<br \/>Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, 6 May<br \/>Mold, Clwyd, 28 April<br \/>Newbury, Berkshire, 29 April<br \/>Newton Abbot, Devon, 19 May<br \/>Northallerton, North Yorkshire, 6 May<br \/>Ormskirk, Lancashire, by the end of January 2027<br \/>Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 5 May<br \/>Ramsgate, Kent, 28 April<br \/>Redditch, Worcestershire, 13 May<br \/>Ringwood, Hampshire, 6 May<br \/>Scunthorpe, South Humberside, 29 April<br \/>Shirley, West Midlands, 20 May<br \/>Stafford, Staffordshire, 19 May<br \/>Stranraer, Wigtownshire, 13 May<br \/>Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, 12 May<br \/>Tonbridge, Kent, 29 April<br \/>Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 5 May<br \/>Whitehaven, Cumbria, by the end of January 2027<br \/>Wilmslow, Cheshire, by the end of January 2027<br \/>Woking, Surrey, 28 April<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Bottom ad unit --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Custom pseudo content\/category -->\n            <\/div>\n<p>#Major #bank #close #branches #full #list #locations #revealed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 300 jobs are at risk A major UK bank is set to close 44 bank branches with the full list of locations being revealed. 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