Royal Mail today (2nd October 2007)
finally annouced the list of post offices
that are due to close in the
Tunbridge Wells area.
There will be a six week
consultation period before any final decisions are made.
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The post offices due to shut in the area are:
Bidborough Post Office
Langton Green Post Office
St Johns Road Post Office |
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Gary Herbert, Post Office Ltd’s Network Development Manager for Kent said: “Taking the decision to close any Post Office Branch is always very difficult and we know will cause concern to many of our customers. We want to ensure that everyone who uses, relies on or has any concern with Post Office® services is both fully aware of the proposed changes, and able to give views on them.
“Post Office Ltd’s aim is to continue to provide essential services and support retail businesses and the local economy in as many communities as possible, subject to the minimum access criteria set by the Government. Rural parts of the community where 32% of the population live – would be served by a total of 164 branches, of which 106 provide the only access to cash in their communities. Urban areas would be served by 131 branches.
“We believe these proposals offer the best prospect for a sustainable way forward for Post Office services in Kent bearing in mind the minimum access criteria and the other factors to which we have to have regard. |
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| Councillor Melvyn Howell - one of the borough councillors representing Bidborough said, "Everybody is concerned about the closures, but villages like Bidborough were always vunerable to these changes. To lose the Post Office in Bidborough would be very sad, villages need Post Offices, they are important to the community. It is also very likely that without the Post Office the village shop will have to close." |
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| Councillor Jennie Coulson-Ellis who represents Langton Green commented, "This is very regretable for local people. The Post Office claims that there are regular bus services between Langton Green and Rusthall or Groombridge, for people to use the Post Offices services in these villages but, this is not true." |
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Click HERE for a full ist of branch closures across Kent |
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