List of POs in Kent to be closed

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7130545.stm

Post office approves 56 closures

Kent will lose 56 post office branches under the plans
Fifty-six post office branches are to close across Kent with the first ones winding up in the New Year.
The announcement by Post Office Ltd follows public consultation under which 58 branches were earmarked for closure.

Two branches, in Ramsgate and Hawkhurst, won a reprieve because of issues including transport and access.

But two more branches were added to the list for closure, with consultation starting on Tuesday. They are Lane End in Dartford and Goodnestone.

A statement from the Post Office said the two were added to meet set criteria, and ensure the network could be supported by available government funding.

It added that improvements would be made to 18 branches in the county, to improve accessibility for people with disabilities, and to provide additional counters, as a result of the six-week consultation.

Consultation 'too short'

But Kent County Council leader Paul Carter said the consultation was "a farce".

He said the process was "too short, it was further reduced by postal strikes and they then gave themselves just three weeks to review and evaluate the information".

Kent was one of the first areas of the country to see a six-week consultation get under way in October, alongside East Yorks and the East Midlands.

The government has said cuts were needed because the network loses £4m weekly.

Four million fewer people were using post offices each week than two years ago and losses had risen from £2 million a week in 2005 to £4 million a week last year, it added.

The 56 branches now facing closure are:


Approach Road, 63 Approach Road, Margate
Bellevue Road, 13 Bellevue Road, Ramsgate
Benenden Chest Hospital, Cranbrook
Bidborough, 14 Bidborough Ridge, Tunbridge Wells
Bingham Road, 185 Frindsbury Road, Rochester
Brompton, 25 High Street, Brompton, Gillingham
Byron Road, 34 Byron Road, Gillingham
Canterbury Road, 14-16 Canterbury Road, Whitstable
Capel Le Ferne, Capel Le Ferne Village Hall
Chalkwell, 69 London Road, Sittingbourne
Dane Road, 55 Upper Dane Road, Margate
Denton, 4 East Milton Road, Gravesend
Duke Of York's School, Guston, Dover
East Street, 85-89 East Street, Sittingbourne
Enbrook Valley, 99 Enbrook Valley, Eynsford, Folkestone
Eynsford, The Old Forge Tea Rooms, Riverside, Dartford
Farningham, 3 High Street, Farningham, Dartford
Gills Green, Station Garage, Hawkhurst
Grange Road, 34 Grange Road, Ramsgate
Great Mongeham, Mongeham Farm, Deal
Hardy Street, 84-86 Hardy Street, Maidstone
Hectorage Road, 82 Goldsmid Road, Tonbridge
High Street, 3 High Street, Herne Bay
High Street, 13 High Street, Sevenoaks
Hythe Road, 79 Hythe Road, Ashford
Langton Green, Langton Road, Tunbridge Wells
Littlestone, 4 Warren Road, New Romney
Longfield Hill, Main Road, Longfield Hill, Dartford
Mead Road, 11 Mead Road, Dartford
Minnis Road, 137 Minnis Road, Birchington
New Bridge, 15 Bench Street, Dover
Northgate, 65 Northgate, Canterbury
Oaten Hill, 3-4 Oaten Hill, Canterbury
Rodmersham Green, 1 St Patricks Row, Sittingbourne
Saltwood, The Fountain Stores, Saltwood, Hythe
Seabrook Road, 246 Seabrook Road, Hythe
Seal, 23-25 High Street, Seal, Sevenoaks
Shipbourne Road, 55 Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge
Shorncliffe, 2 Royal Military Avenue, Folkestone
Sole Street, The Little Shoppe, Sole Street, Gravesend
South Ashford, 108 Beaver Road, Ashford
South End, 115 High Street, Edenbridge
South Park, 192 Loose Road, Maidstone
South Willesborough, 62 Gladstone Road, Ashford
St Botolphs, 2 Station Parade, Sevenoaks
St Dunstans, 21-23 Whitstable Road, Canterbury
St Johns Road, 57 St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells
Station Road, 129 Station Road, Gillingham
Station Road, Station Road, Tonbridge
Temple Hill, 11 Temple Hill Square, Dartford
Tower Hamlets, 14 West Street, Dover
Upper Deal, 311 London Road, Deal
Westbrook, 101 Canterbury Road, Margate
Wilmington, 221 High Road, Dartford
Woodnesborough, The Street, Woodnesborough
Wrotham Road, 46 Wrotham Road, Gravesend