Post Office branches are at risk of closure

Full list of Post Office branches that could shut as 115 branches at risk

13 Nov 2024, 11:25 by Annabal Bagdi, Levi Winchester, https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/annabal-bagdi/ · Birmingham Live

Post Offices branches across the UK are at risk of shutting. The Post Office confirmed up to 115 of its branches could close.

Locations earmarked for closure are the last remaining sites directly owned by the Post Office, known as Crown Post Offices branches. These are generally located in city and town centres.

The Post Office said affected branches could also be transferred to retail partners or postmasters - which means they may not all close. There are 11,500 Post Office branches across Britain, with most run by independent postmasters.

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Some are operated by retailers such as WH Smith, Tesco, Morrisons and Co-Op, Mirror reports. Nigel Railton, chair of the Post Office, said: "The Post Office has a 360-year history of public service and today we want to secure that service for the future by learning from past mistakes and moving forward for the benefit of all postmasters.

"We can, and will, restore pride in working for a business with a legacy of service, rather than one of scandal. The value postmasters deliver in their communities must be reflected in their pockets, and this Transformation Plan provides a route to adding more than £250million annually to total postmaster remuneration by 2030, subject to government funding."

Dave Ward, Communication Workers Union (CWU) general secretary, said: "For the company to announce the closure of hundreds of Post Offices hot on the heels of the Horizon scandal is as tone deaf as it is immoral. CWU members are victims of the Horizon scandal – and for them to now fear for their jobs ahead of Christmas is yet another cruel attack."

Full list of Post Office branches at risk of closure

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
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

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