Santander said closing branches will be replaced with “community bankers”, who will operate from Santander Local stores or banking hubs to keep a presence in local communities. “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 cafes – as well as our digital banking services, so we can be there to support our customers however they choose to bank with us.”Santander bank closuresThis is the full list of Santander bank branch closures scheduled for this year. The Lloyds Banking Group, which runs Lloyds, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland, will shut 71 branches across 2026. Among those planned closures are 40 Lloyds bank branches, 14 Halifax location and 17 Bank of Scotland sites. Halifax bank closuresHavant – January 1Seaford – January 1Middleton – January 8Yeovil – January 12Wandsworth, London – January 15Deal – January 22Hastings – January 22Skipton – January 26Lloyds bank closures