Reminder: Express Your Views About Possible Post Office Closures
| Published: 22nd August 2008 09:31 |
Royal Mail claims that with the increasing use of new technology, people are using post offices less and closures need to be made to make the network more sustainable. As a result, the following four post offices have been chosen for potential closure in Hitchin and the surrounding villages:
Blakes Corner: 99-100 Ickleford Road, Hitchin SG5 1TL
- Nearest Alternative 1:Redhill Road, 12 Redhill Road, Hitchin, SG5 2NJ
- Nearest Alternative 2: Highbury, 20-21 Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RZ
St Ippolyts: Waterdell Lane, St Ippolyts, Hitchin SG4 7RB
- Nearest Alternative 1: Highbury, 20-21 Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RZ
- Nearest Alternative 2: Hitchin, T Brooker & Sons Ltd, 39 Bucklersbury, Hitchin, SG5 1BQ
Hexton: New Cottages, Hexton, Hitchin SG5 3JD
- Nearest Alternative 1: Barton-Le-Clay, 29 Bedford Road, Barton-Le-Clay, Bedford, MK45 4LL
- Nearest Alternative 2: Shillington, 55 High Road, Shillington, Hitchin, SG5 3LP
Whitwell: 62 High Street, Whitwell, Hitchin SG4 8AG
- Nearest Alternative 1: Kimpton, 1A Claggy Road, Kimpton , Hitchin, SG4 8PZ
- Nearest Alternative 2: Codicote, 80 High Street, Codicote, SG4 8XQ
Have Your Say
Contact the Post Office directly by post (National Consultation Team, Post Office Ltd, Fresspost Consultation Team), telephone (08457 22 33 44) or by the e-mail form on the Post Office website. The Post Office consultation closes on 26 August 2008.
Also, Herts County Council is gathering evidence of the impact of possible closures and you have until 16 August 2008 to give your comments in the form of a web survey. In the survey you will be asked your views on the suitability of the nearest alternatives detailed above.
If you would like to share your views on the potential closures with your community please use the Community Comment facility below.
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