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Santander is closing a further 10 branches this week as it shifts towards a focus on digital services - is your local on the list? It comes as the Spanish bank and other high street giants operating in the UK restructure how they deliver banking services amid a broader shift online.

Santander said customers increasingly opt for online services, in line with a trend across major lenders. The bank says 96% of customer transactions are now carried out via digital platforms. Dozens of branches have already shuttered for good this year as part of a wider campaign of closures.

Santander announced in January an an additional tranche of 44 branches would disappear, bringing the total number set to close in 2026 and 2027 to 58.

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A spokesperson for Santander UK, said: "In response to a continuing and sizeable shift towards customers using digital banking, we are making changes to our branches to better support our customers.

"We will continue to invest in both our branch network - comprising of full-service branches, counter-free branches, reduced-hour branches, Santander Locals, and our increasingly popular Work Cafés - as well as our digital banking services, so we can be there to support our customers however they choose to bank with us."

Santander says the branches will be be replaced by Community Bankers providing ongoing face-to-face support, and will continue to invest in its existing branch network and digital and telephone banking services.

12 branches have closed this month so far, including:

• 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

A further ten will close this week from tomorrow (Tuesday, May 12). These include:

• 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

The following week, Santander will shutter five more across the UK, among them are:

• Newton Abbot, Devon - May 19
• Stafford, Staffordshire - May 19
• Banbridge, County Down - May 19
• Liskeard, Cornwall - May 20
• Shirley, West Midlands - May 20

Four more are scheduled to close by the end of January, the affected branches are

• Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
• Ormskirk, Lancashire
• Whitehaven, Cumbria
• Wilmslow, Cheshire