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Looks like Chiswick is going to be Post office Free

Looks like Chiswick is going to be Post office Free,so is Brentford.They direct you to one in Ealing and one in Richmond who is not going to last much longer according the guy behind the counter.Theirs a possibility, by the end of the year, there will be no post offices at all in west and Southwest London.

Bernard Allen ● 2407d10 Comments

The website of the post office in King Street implies it's still open - of course it could be wrong, impossible to tell if the latest information isn't posted.

Micki Hawkes ● 2407d

Meanwhile can I suggest you read the full and appalling story of the sub postmasters/postmistresses in the new edition of 'Private Eye'. It is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice ever. 'Eye' has followed this since 2011 - we can only hope that at long last this will be finally resolved and people will be vindicated, but what heads should roll? People have lost everything, some taking their lives, because of a failed IT system constantly defended by management who lied and lied again to MPs and Judges.

Vanessa Smith ● 2407d

I was alerted by Mailcoms, who supply franking machines, to delivery offices  also restricting opening times.  From Royal Mail website.Customer Service Points – Temporary Change in Opening HoursTo protect the health and safety of our people and the general public, from Monday 6 April, we are changing the opening times of our Customer Services Points in our local delivery offices.  Our largest locations will be open between 07:00-11:00am. All other Customer Service Points will be open between 07:00-09:00am. All will be closed on Wednesday and Sunday.To support the Government’s advice to stay at home and avoid non-essential journeys, we urge customers to only visit Customer Service Points where absolutely necessary. As a reminder, we can also redeliver your item(s) for free.  Schedule your redelivery here. Longer retention periods in Customer Service PointsTo give you longer to collect or have your item redelivered, we are temporarily extending the retention period to 30 calendar days from Monday 6 April before items are returned to sender.This applies to the following:    Items we’ve left a ‘Something for You’ card    Items that have a ‘Surcharge to Pay’    Items that have a ‘Customs Charge to Pay’    Local Collect items where the parcel is addressed to the Customer Service Point

David McLoughlin ● 2407d

Bernard, is there any reason to believe that this is anything other than a temporary closure to do with the coronavirus? You seem to be implying that this is going to prove permanent.

Felicity Caborn ● 2405d

I think that given they have been trying to close their delivery office at Chiswick for over a year now Dave's implication is very likely the tr This will hit elderly and disabled people the hardest. Re delivery cards require understanding someones writing, having a computer, being able to navigate the website if you have.  And finally getting to the door before the person delivering has left

Caroline Carney ● 2405d

I can only tell you that South Isleworth has been a Post Office free zone now for a couple of years, we used to have three. Either way you have to get on a bus (or walk if you are able) to Twickenham or a 37 bus near to Isleworth Station.

Vanessa Smith ● 2405d

The writing is on the wall for all post offices to close down.Ask any small post office about how things are going, the answer will be, we wont be going for much longer,

Bernard Allen ● 2405d

I'm sure the best we can expect in Chiswick is a small Post Office counter stuck at the back of WH Smiths.

Peter Evans ● 2405d

BT sent me a new super hub a few days ago. They told me which day it would arrive and approximately what time so that I could track it.It arrived promptly but was too big for letterbox so a card was left for me to either pick up from delivery office or book redelivery.Booked redelivery by email and received prompt reply. In 2 days time.Left a note on front door saying please leave parcel in food waste bin.Arrived promptly and since it was too big to close the lid, the bin was moved along the path where it couldn’t be seen from the pavement.Brilliant and well done.Washed my hands after picking it up!

Rima Jones ● 2405d

I think I am right in saying the Heathfield Terrace post office operates as a franchise so the owners have probably decided to furlough all staff. As Peter says the medium term plan must be to close this branch and resite in WH Smiths which surely must owe its continued existence only to the prospect of being revitalised by hosting a post office.If I recall correctly from previous reports on this site the original owner was Trillium the unit created by the post office to manage its property assets. They sold and leased back many sites over a decade ago including this one in a deal which was great in the short term (including presumably for directors' bonuses) but now gives them a major headache as the leases expire next year.If they were going to close the post office permanently they may see now as a good time as they could hope that it would be slipped through unnoticed. I'm sure redevelopment plans have already been drawn up but I checked on Hounslow's web site and nothing seems to have been submitted just yet.

Dan Evans ● 2404d