AN OXFORD post office will close one week from today.
Botley Post Office on Elms Parade will shut on Saturday, August 1, at 12.30pm exactly.
The branch is to be replaced by a post office services at the new Midcounties Co-operative in the West Way development nearby.
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Post Office services will be provided from two serving positions alongside the retail counter.
The opening hours for those counters will be Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8pm.
That means post office services will be available for 26 extra hours a week, including Saturday afternoons.
The co-op also opens earlier and it closes later than the Elms Parade Post Office has done, meaning the Post Office as a company has touted the move as an improvement.
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The post office services will be offered at the co-op from 1pm on Monday, August 3.
Clare Downs, head of commercial partnerships at The Midcounties Co-operative said: “As a community retailer, we are delighted to soon be welcoming Post Office customers to our Botley store. Adding Post Office services will be of great benefit to the local community.”
Services will include bill payment, cash withdrawals and foreign currency, postage, home shopping collections and returns
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