 The town could be left with one post office |
Tunbridge Wells could lose two of its three post offices by the summer as both their leases are running out in the next six months. The town's MP Archie Norman has asked for an urgent meeting with Royal Mail bosses to discuss the situation.
He has said that any closures would cause problems for businesses which generate a lot of mail.
And he added that it would be unfair on pensioners who would have further to go to collect their pension.
 People tend to think Tunbridge Wells is only a little spa town  |
Tunbridge Wells is currently served by three main post offices spread across the town. But the lease on the post office in the Pantiles runs out in three months, followed three months later by the lease on the one inside the town centre's Safeway supermarket.
If both close, it would leave the post office in Grosvenor Road, close to the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre, as the only one in the town.
Mr Norman said: "I think people tend to think Tunbridge Wells is only a little spa town but actually it's a big town with 15,000 pensioners.
"It really isn't acceptable just to have one post office left."
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