Santander is set to cut its opening hours in a number of Kent towns.

The majority of the bank's branches in the county will be operating on reduced hours on Saturdays from mid-July.

A total of 300 branches will be moving from being open from 9.30am to 4pm on Saturdays to operating a half-day service, closing at 12.30pm.

The move is part of a wider shake-up of changes to opening hours being introduced by the bank from July 18.

According to the bank, a total of 13 out of the 15 branches in Kent will be operating the reduced hours.

These are: Ashford, Canterbury, Chatham, Dartford, Dover, Folkestone, Gravesend, Maidstone, Ramsgate, Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.

It means the only two branches in the county keeping their normal opening hours are Herne Bay and Tenterden.