Post Office closures

[PeteXXX]

Lots of closures... Some in places that will really miss them!!

Spoiler: Full List

Here is the full list of Post Office's earmarked for closure:

Antrim

Bangor

Belfast City

Edinburgh City

Glasgow

Haddington

Inverness

Kirkwall

Londonderry

Newtownards

Saltcoats

Springburn Way

Stornoway

Wester Hailes

Barnes Green

Bransholme

Bridlington

Chester Le Street

Crossgates

Eccles

Furness House

Grimsby

Hyde

Kendal

Manchester

Morecambe

Morley

Poulton Le Fylde

Prestwich

Rotherham

Salford City

Sheffield City

South Shields

St Johns

Sunderland City

The Markets

Birmingham

Breck Road

Caernarfon

Didsbury Village

Harlesden

Kettering

Kingsbury

Leigh

Leighton Buzzard

Matlock

Milton Keynes

Northolt

Old Swan

Oswestry

Oxford

Redditch

Southall

St Peters Street

Stamford

Stockport

Wealdstone

Barnet

Cambridge City

Canning Town

Cricklewood

Dereham

Golders Green

Hampstead

Harold Hill

Kilburn

Kingsland High Street

Lower Edmonton

Roman Road

South Ockendon

Stamford Hill

Bideford

Dunraven Place

Gloucester

Liskeard

Merthyr Tydfil

Mutley

Nailsea

Newquay

Paignton

Port Talbot

Stroud

Teignmouth

Yate Sodbury

Baker Street

Bexhill On Sea

Cosham

Great Portland Street

Croydon High Street (10)

Kensington

Knightsbridge

Melville Road

Paddington Quay

Portsmouth

Raynes Park

Romsey

Westbourne

Windsor

Worlds End

Aldwych

Brixton

Broadway

City of London

Clapham Common

East Dulwich

Eccleston Street

High Holborn

Houndsditch

Islington

Kennington Park

London Bridge

Lupus Street

Mount Pleasant

Vauxhall Bridge Road

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[alicat]

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[Psamathe]

My nearest sub post office, two counters normally with 2 staff working and a queue "closed. Their signs were that "some Post Office services will be available at the main checkout" - but given they are closing two full-time Post Office counters and always have a queue reality is it's closing.

And I wondered why given how busy it always is and only reason I can think is that they don't make enough money from each transaction to justify staffing and the floor space. I guess it will impact Royal Mail as well as they used it to leave parcels that need signing for (can't deliver) with a significant catchment area.

I only use the Post Office to return some online orders so can't appreciate the impact on others. I assume a lot of Post Office users can have alternatives (buy online, Post person collecting parcels) but do worry about the impacts on eg older pensioners, particularly given how most local branches of banks have closed down.

Ian

 

[wiggydiggy]

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I hope not, I'd put this above NACA as its a vital service.

I have 3 near me, neither are closing though all three are not dedicated branches. All are either a counter in the building or a sub branch in the building (with actual counters, glass walls etc).

My nearest is really busy to be fair, it's recently changed hands and chatting to the new post master the biggest hurdle to running a post office is still actually the post office! He does a fair amount of parcel trade, I noticed what appeared to be 2 seats wrapped up for delivery and that is literally what they are, he said 2 local lads break cars as a side business and Royal Mail is the cheapest apparently.

Alphabetical list BTW:

Aldwych

Antrim

Baker Street

Bangor

Barnes Green

Barnet

Belfast City

Bexhill On Sea

Bideford

Birmingham

Bransholme

Breck Road

Bridlington

Brixton

Broadway

Caernarfon

Cambridge City

Canning Town

Chester Le Street

City of London

Clapham Common

Cosham

Cricklewood

Crossgates

Croydon High Street (10)

Dereham

Didsbury Village

Dunraven Place

East Dulwich

Eccles

Eccleston Street

Edinburgh City

Furness House

Glasgow

Gloucester

Golders Green

Great Portland Street

Grimsby

Haddington

Hampstead

Harlesden

Harold Hill

High Holborn

Houndsditch

Hyde

Inverness

Islington

Kendal

Kennington Park

Kensington

Kettering

Kilburn

Kingsbury

Kingsland High Street

Kirkwall

Knightsbridge

Leigh

Leighton Buzzard

Liskeard

London Bridge

Londonderry

Lower Edmonton

Lupus Street

Manchester

Matlock

Melville Road

Merthyr Tydfil

Milton Keynes

Morecambe

Morley

Mount Pleasant

Mutley

Nailsea

Newquay

Newtownards

Northolt

Old Swan

Oswestry

Oxford

Paddington Quay

Paignton

Port Talbot

Portsmouth

Poulton Le Fylde

Prestwich

Raynes Park

Redditch

Roman Road

Romsey

Rotherham

Salford City

Saltcoats

Sheffield City

South Ockendon

South Shields

Southall

Springburn Way

St Johns

St Peters Street

Stamford

Stamford Hill

Stockport

Stornoway

Stroud

Sunderland City

Teignmouth

The Markets

Vauxhall Bridge Road

Wealdstone

Westbourne

Wester Hailes

Windsor

Worlds End

Yate Sodbury

 

[Mo1959]

You can usually do basic banking in them too, and given most towns have now had banks closed as well, it’s a bit worrying.

 

[PeteXXX]

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Why?

 

[Mo1959]

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I hope not. It’s a perfectly good topic which doesn’t need to get political.

 

[numbnuts]

Mine is closing

 

[wiggydiggy]

Just adding a souce for this as well: 115 Post Offices facing axe - full list of every at risk branch

This is interesting: "The group said it plans to offload 115 directly owned branches within its 11,500 network, which could see them transferred to retail partners or postmasters, or potentially closed.". I'm assuming then the branches are all a dedicated post office building rather than a concession within another building.

 

[alicat]

Why?

It's news as in 'News, Current Affairs and Politics'.

 

[PeteXXX]

It's news as in 'News, Current Affairs and Politics'.

I reckon it's of interest to folk without any necessity for it to get political.
I'm sure Nacarites can start their own tantrums about it if they so wish. 😊

 

[Alex321]

I reckon it's of interest to folk without any necessity for it to get political.
I'm sure Nacarites can start their own tantrums about it if they so wish. 😊

NACA is "News, Current affairs and Politics".

It isn't just about politics. Though personally I see no reason this thread should not exist here, I can understand why Alicat thinks it may not be allowed.

 

[presta]

I think the majority of those are in places big enough to have multiple Post Offices. I don't know of anywhere that still has a post office in the traditional sense, they're all just counters in shops these days.

 

[Drago]

Why?

Because some people get a vicarious pleasure from stirring the pot rather than having a constructive adult conversation.

It doesn't bother me directly, but I can see it may have an impact on the elderly, vulnerable, and those on a limited income.

I wont go into the reasons - as that would indeed become heavily political on several different fronts - but it's probably been a long time coming for those unspecified reasons.

At the moment at least it seems to be places mainly with alternative PO venues available.

 

[bonzobanana]

You can now drop off Royal Mail post at many Collectplus drop off points, I did it yesterday in the Esso petrol station on Reckleford in Yeovil. First time I had done it. This will clearly mean the money for taking in parcels will be spread about to many more places making some sites less viable. So now some post offices take in Evri in addition to Royal Mail and Collectplus are now taking Royal Mail in addition to Yodel etc although for the moment its not all collectplus sites. I print my royal mail labels at home and then just drop off at various sites. At the moment I'm mainly using Yodel (£2.69 for a up to 1kg parcel) and Royal Mail with the very occasional Evri parcel, 1 in 100 maybe as their pricing isn't very competitive at the moment I find.