Sussex post offices set to close

More than 200 post office branches will remain open across Sussex

Forty-one post offices across East and West Sussex are to close after a public consultation which ended in December.

Post Office Ltd said the first would be effective from March, with outreach solutions replacing another two sites.

Gary Herbert, network development manager for Sussex, said: "These are difficult decisions which have not been taken lightly."

Postwatch, which represents Post Office customers, is reviewing the proposed closure of another eight branches.

At the start of the public consultation the Post Office said more than 99% of the area's population would either see no change, or would remain within a mile of a branch.

The government said cuts were needed because the post office network was losing £4m weekly.

During the six-week process, the Post Office received about 6,600 responses and attended 26 meetings with customers.

Mr Herbert said the comments made had been considered very carefully.

"We believe that the amended plan offers our customers across Sussex the best prospect for a sustainable network in the future," he said.

The 41 branches which will close under the Sussex Area Plan are:

Bowness Avenue, 8 Seadown Parade, Lancing

Church Road, 137 Lower Church Road, Burgess Hill

Claremont Road, 23 Claremont Road, Seaford

Copthorne, Common Road, Copthorne, Crawley

Crowhurst, Crowhurst, Battle

Downlands, 1 Downlands Parade, Worthing

Durgates, Durgates, Wadhurst

Elm Grove, 150 Elm Grove, Brighton

Etchingham Road, Etchingham Road, Eastbourne

Fairways Estate, 4 Newick Close, Seaford

Framfield, The Street, Framfield, Uckfield

Franklands Village, Franklands Village, Haywards Heath

Hailsham Road, Hailsham Road, Heathfield

Heene Road, 62-66 Heene Road, Worthing

London Road, 91 London Road, Bexhill-On-Sea

Mount Pleasant, 2 Avis Parade Shops, Newhaven

New England Road, 42-44 America Lane, Haywards Heath

North Chailey, Haywards Heath Road, Lewes

North Lancing, Mill Road, North Lancing

Old Shoreham, Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham-By-Sea

Preston, 221 Preston Road, Brighton

Preston Road, 13 Preston Road, Brighton

Richardson Road, Richardson Road, Hove

Slindon, Slindon Top Road, Slindon, Arundel

South Lancing, 83 South Street, South Lancing

Southern Cross, 86 Trafalgar Road, Portslade, Brighton

St Johns Common, 95 London Road, Burgess Hill

St Leonards Green, 45 Springfield Road, St Leonards

The Broadway, 1/2 The Broadway, Eastbourne

The Parade, 40 Broadwater Road, Worthing

The Strand, The Strand, Worthing

Tilling Green, Tilling Green News, 45 Lea Avenue, Rye

Town Row, Yew Tree Lane - Town Row, Crowborough

Trafalgar Street, 8 Trafalgar Street, Brighton

Upper Dicker, Coldharbour Road, Upper Dicker, Hailsham

Wannock, 41 Farmlands Way, Polegate

Warnham, 3 Church Street, Warnham, Horsham

WashingtonThe Frankland Arms, London Road, Pulborough

West Beach, 132 Beach Green, Shoreham-By-Sea

White Rock, 32-33 White Rock, Hastings

Willingdon, 116 Wish Hill, Willingdon, Eastbourne

Two branches to be replaced by an outreach solution are the Barns Green post office in Horsham, and Plaistow in Billingshurst.

The future of the following eight branches is still under consideration:

Marine Parade, 15/17 Seaside, Eastbourne

Old Town Hastings, 70 George Street, Hastings

Collington, 2 Collington Mansions, Bexhill-On-Sea

Landport, 34 Lee Road, Lewes

Station Road, 12-14 Station Road, Horsham

Queen Street, 70 Queen Street, Horsham

St Leonards Road, 15 St Leonards Road, Horsham

North Parade, 24 North Parade, Horsham