St Annes to lose last remaining bank as Santander prepares to close - here's when and why
A Fylde Coast town will lose its last remaining bank this week, as Santander continues to shut branches across the UK.
Last year, the Spanish-owned banking giant confirmed its branches in Cleveleys and St Annes would be among a raft of banks set to close.
The Cleveleys branch on Victoria Road West closed in June 2025, with the St Annes site, on St Annes Road, set to close this week.
Santander informed LINK, the UK’s main ATM network, about the branch closures.
In response, LINK recommended a new banking hub for St Annes to protect the town’s access to cash, after Halifax and NatWest closed their doors last year.
The new, permanent banking hub is scheduled to open at the former NatWest building, on St Annes Road West, in April.
Until then, a temporary hub has launched at The Drive Methodist Church, on Clifton Drive. Open from March 4 until mid-April, the hub allows residents to deposit and withdraw cash, as well as allowing businesses to access change.
The weekly schedule for bank representatives at the banking hub is as follows:
- Monday: Barclays
- Tuesday: Halifax
- Wednesday: NatWest
- Thursday: HSBC
- Friday: Santander (from March 19)
According to Santander’s assessment of the St Annes site, 94% of its customers use a variety of ways to their banking with 72% using Online, Mobile or Telephone Banking services.
The nearest Santander for residents will now be the Blackpool bank on Church Street.
A spokesperson for Santander said: “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.”