THE Wimborne Minster and New Milton branches of Santander will close later this year, the bank has confirmed.
This comes after Santander announced it is set to close 95 branches across the UK, putting 750 jobs at risk.
The bank said these closures are needed due to an increasing number of people switching to online banking rather than in-person.
The New Milton branch, found on Station Road, will close on Monday, July 28.
The Wimborne Minster branch will close on Monday, August 4.
Santander says all locations where branches will close will be covered by new Santander community bankers providing face-to-face money management and general support for customers, visiting local communities weekly, as well as attending banking hubs.
The bank has seen a rapid movement of customers choosing to do their banking digitally, with a 63% increase in digital transactions since 2019, while financial transactions completed in branches reduced by 61% in the same period.
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A spokesperson for Santander UK 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 cafés, counter-free branches and reduced hours branches, aims to provide the right balance between digital banking and face-to-face money management and guidance.
“As a business, we must move with customers and balance our investment across all the places where we interact with customers, to deliver the very best for them now and in the future.
“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.
“However, we believe that the introduction of our new community bankers and the exciting plans we have for our remaining network of 349 branches and work cafés, alongside the rapid and innovative improvements to our award-winning mobile banking app, will provide the right balance of digital banking and human interaction when required.”
Full list of branches set to close:
- Aberdare
- Arbroath
- Armagh
- Blackwood
- Blyth
- Bognor Regis
- Borehamwood
- Brecon
- Brixton
- Caernarfon
- Camborne
- Canvey Island
- Clacton
- Cleveleys
- Colne
- Colwyn Bay
- Crowborough
- Croydon 128 NE
- Cumbernauld
- Didsbury
- Downpatrick
- Dungannon
- Edgware Road
- Eltham
- Exmouth
- Falmouth
- Farnham
- Felixstowe
- Finchley
- Fleet
- Formby
- Gateshead Metro
- Glasgow LDHQ
- Glasgow MX
- Greenford
- Hackney
- Hawick
- Herne Bay
- Hertford
- Holloway
- Holywell
- Honiton
- Kidderminster
- Kilburn
- Kirkby
- Launceston
- Louth
- Magherafelt
- Malvern
- Market Harborough
- Musselburgh
- New Milton
- Peterhead
- Plympton
- Portadown
- Pudsey
- Rawtenstall
- Ross-On-Wye
- Ruislip
- Rustington
- Saltcoats
- Seaford
- Shaftesbury
- Sidcup
- St Austell
- St Neots
- Stokesley
- Strabane
- Surrey Quays
- Swadlincote
- Tenterden
- Torquay
- Tottenham
- Whitley Bay
- Willerby
- Wimborne
- Wishaw
We are very disappointed that the New Milton branch of Santander is to close in July 2025. We have used this branch and the staff are amazing also we have recommended this branch to friends who will also be disappointed. Please confirm whereabouts the hubs will be located.
I wasn’t happy about Spanish takeover of Abbey and have no intension of using a “hub”, typical big business arrogance which I shall be rewarding by closing my account later today.