In the middle of next month, details will be released and after a 'consultation process', the branches will shut - though the first closures will probably not take place until the New Year.
The cull will start in Kent and spread rapidly across the country. By the end of next year, 2,500 branches will have shut - more than one in five of the 14,300-strong network.
One of the first areas in the firing line is Maidstone. It has 32 branches in the town and nearby villages. At least six are expected to go.
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Campaign backs local post offices
People have been urged to make "full use" of their post offices and add their names to petitions against threatened closures.
A Kent County Council (KCC) campaign is backing the local post office network.
Council leader Paul Carter said Kent was one of the first to go through a national review that would identify rural and urban branches for closure.
He said the move could lead to people paying to travel further and also make some people isolated and vulnerable.
The authority also fears if post offices close, other businesses nearby could suffer reduced trade, he added.
Mr Carter said: "We believe that Kent's communities cannot afford to lose their post offices, so we're doing everything we can to support the people of Kent and put their needs first.
"The message to residents is very simple: Use it or lose it."
Campaign backs local post offices
People have been urged to make "full use" of their post offices and add their names to petitions against threatened closures.
A Kent County Council (KCC) campaign is backing the local post office network.
Council leader Paul Carter said Kent was one of the first to go through a national review that would identify rural and urban branches for closure.
He said the move could lead to people paying to travel further and also make some people isolated and vulnerable.
The authority also fears if post offices close, other businesses nearby could suffer reduced trade, he added.
Mr Carter said: "We believe that Kent's communities cannot afford to lose their post offices, so we're doing everything we can to support the people of Kent and put their needs first.
"The message to residents is very simple: Use it or lose it."
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets
Illegitimi non carborundum
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets
Illegitimi non carborundum