Anger from residents as Santander announces five East Sussex closures

SANTANDER has announced it will be closing five branches in East Sussex.

Affected branches in the county are Bexhill, East Grinstead, Crowborough, Seaford and Uckfield. The banks haven’t said when Bexhill and Uckfield will close, but the other branches will shut their doors in June.

The bank has blamed customer habits for the closures with more people banking online, rather than visiting the branches.

A spokesperson for Santander UK, said: “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.”