Newington Post Office branch to open in September

The Post Office is opning a counter at the Premier shop in Newington Road

Newington will have a new Post Office branch opening next month.

Post Office Ltd has agreed to open the service at Rams News & Off Licence, 73 Newington Road, on Monday, September 24 at 1pm.

The branch will be open throughout the store’s opening hours Monday to Sunday: 6am – 8pm. This equals 98 hours of Post Office service a week.

The previous Newington branch at 85 Newington Road closed temporarily in 2017 due to operational reasons.

This will be a local Post Office service with Post Office services delivered from an open-plan counter alongside the retail counter.

On demand Euros and dollars will be added to the wide range of Post Office services available, which will also include special delivery, local collect, home shopping returns, online banking cash deposits and withdrawals. Other services include Post Office Card Account withdrawals, sending funds abroad using Moneygram, and customers can also pay bills, pre-order travel money, apply for travel insurance and top up mobile phones.