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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

UK post offices to close or be franchised – the list in full

Post office box
Post offices are to be closed and franchised out. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Changes announced on Tuesday by the Post Office will lead to three branches being closed and 39 branches being franchised off to private companies, likely to include retailers such as WH Smith. The post offices are expected to move from current premises into the franchisees’ stores.

Branches due to close

Barry, South Wales

Antrim, Northern Ireland

Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Branches to be franchised to private companies

Aberystwyth
Halifax
Paisley
Harborne, Birmingham
Penzance
Banbury
Harlow
Peterborough City
Harpenden
Pinner
Beckenham, London
Hartlepool
Beeston, Leeds
Headingley, Leeds
Sheerness
Bognor Regis
Honiton
St Andrew’s Cross, Birmingham
Bromsgrove
Kilmarnock
St Austell
Bury St Edmunds
Lancaster
St John’s Wood, London
Cirencester Town
Lewes
Sudbury
Crouch End, London
Longton, Preston
Sydenham, London
Denbigh
Lower Edmonton, London
Wakefield
Durham
Maidenhead
Walworth Road, London
Felixstowe
Muswell Hill, London
Waterlooville

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