Santander has announced plans to close 44 bank branches, placing almost 300 jobs at risk.The lender said its move was a continuing response to the changing needs of its customers as more people bank online.
Santander UK said its decision would leave it with just 244 full service branches after the closures.The company revealed a list of the locations affected and the dates when closures are due to take place:Andover, Hampshire, 12 MayBanbridge, County Down, 19 MayBangor, County Down, 29 AprilBerwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, 28 AprilBishop Auckland, County Durham, 5 MayBoston, Lincolnshire, 28 AprilBridgend, Mid Glamorgan, 12 MayBridgwater, Somerset, 29 AprilCwmbran, Gwent, 13 MayEnniskillen, County Fermanagh, 12 MayEvesham, Worcestershire, 28 AprilGlengormley, County Antrim, 6 MayGolders Green, London, 13 MayGosport, Hampshire, 5 MayHaverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, 5 MayHeswall, Merseyside, 13 MayHuntingdon, Cambridgeshire, 5 MayKirkintilloch, Lanarkshire, 29 AprilLeighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, by end of January 2027Leyland, Lancashire, 6 MayLiskeard, Cornwall, 20 MayMacclesfield, Cheshire, 12 MayMansfield, Nottinghamshire, 6 MayMelton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 29 AprilMerthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, 6 MayMold, Clwyd, 28 AprilNewbury, Berkshire, 29 AprilNewton Abbot, Devon, 19 MayNorthallerton, North Yorkshire, 6 MayOrmskirk, Lancashire, by the end of January 2027Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 5 MayRamsgate, Kent, 28 AprilRedditch, Worcestershire, 13 MayRingwood, Hampshire, 6 MayScunthorpe, South Humberside, 29 AprilShirley, West Midlands, 20 MayStafford, Staffordshire, 19 MayStranraer, Wigtownshire, 13 MayStratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, 12 MayTonbridge, Kent, 29 AprilWelwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 5 MayWhitehaven, Cumbria, by the end of January 2027Wilmslow, Cheshire, by the end of January 2027Woking, Surrey, 28 April
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