Consultation on proposed move of Whitehaven Lowther Street Post Office

The post office is carrying out a consultation, which runs until 23rd December 2014, on a proposal to move the Crown post office at Lowther Street, Whitehaven to the W.H. Smith branch at King Street.

Details of the proposed change can be found at

https://www.postofficeviews.co.uk/branchcode.php?query=005410&frmnd=liveconsultation

(If you go to this page via the Post Office main site, the branch consultation code for this particular proposed change is 005410.)

The main advantage for customers is extended opening hours at the weekend: it is proposed that the new Post Office branch at Smiths will be open on Saturday and Sunday afternoons in addition to the current Saturday morning opening.

The new branch is proposed to have four service positions, two screened and two open plan: that is supposed to be based on the current demand levels but strikes me as a bit light (the current post office has six screened positions, and although they are not usually all open I have seen more than four open at peak times.)

If you have views on this, please put them forward before Christmas. Options to do this include going online at the above website (it takes about five minutes to fill in as there are a lot of mandatory questions), by sending an email to comments@postoffice.co.uk or by phoning 08456 223344.

And yes, you can do it by post at "FREEPOST Your Comments."

Comments

Jim said…
What will become of the Lowther street site i wonder. It a nice building.

One thing that springs to mind though with the post office at its current location is the lack of Parking. I must say I dont use it very often at all these days, the main thing i ever used it for was car tax, but of course these days I do that online. With the sorting office being on new town then thats were Amazon goodies devlived on a week day when im at work used to go. Again poor parking. I have not been in the post office for ages.
only really use them these days if its to post somthing i sold on ebay or something, but then i tend to use a local branch rather than the big one
Jim said…
So I have no strong feelings on it, just really hope the building is put to good use

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