A MAJOR refit will close the village Post Office and stores in Middle Barton, near Chipping Norton, for three weeks.

Postmaster Diane Vale wants to modernise the Worton Road shop including relocating the Post Office counter and installing a ramp.

The Post Office at the back of the shop is being moved to the front and will be a modern open place counter alongside the shop counter.

The store will close on February 22, from 5.30pm, and the work will take up to three weeks to complete.

The branch is expected to reopen on Friday, March 9 at 1pm.

During the closure, customers are being advised to use Glympton Post Office in Woodstock or Steeple Aston Post Office near Bicester.