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FIVE HAVERING POST OFFICES FACE AXE

The Royal Mail propose to close 169 post offices across London including five outlets in Havering. Camborne Avenue and Gobions in Romford are joined by Berther Road, Hylands and Woodhall Parade in Hornchurch on the hit list.

London has already lost more than 300 post offices in four years, with numbers cut from 1,175 to 849.

A six-week public consultation exercise is being undertaken and t hose wishing to register their views should contact postoffice.co.uk/networkchange or write to Post Office Ltd at Freepost Consultation (no stamp required) or email consultation@postoffice.co.uk.

Picture shows Cllr Andy Mann, Denis Stevens and Kevin Tonks outside
Gobions Avenue Post Office.

22.2.08