Hullbridge Post Office

We spoke with the Post Office again last week and after weeks of pressure it looks like good news.  An announcement (as long as nothing goes wrong) is planned for this week, the 1st November, and we should be able to confirm the good news then with some details as well. UPDATE (Thursday 1 November) We can …

Post Office Update

We are now able to update residents a little more about the Post Office Closure. The Post Office at Budgens will be closing on 17 October, this has not changed and is unlikely to.  As has been pointed out by other people we are not sure what happened about the supposed 6 week consultation period on Post Office changes, …

Hullbridge Post Office

There has been a story in each of two local papers. The Evening Echo here and the Yellow Advertiser here. The Post Office is actively working to find a new location for this and It is very important that pressure is kept up on them and a petition, which has been started, will be at the Post Office from …

Hullbridge Post Office – Update

A successful and well attended protest was held outside the Post Office at Budgens yesterday, with the Echo newspaper in attendance.  This is all part of the pressure being put onto the Post Office to find a new location for the Village Post Office. Cllr Michael Hoy has now spoken to other shops in Hullbridge, and with …

Hullbridge Post Office to close – again!

Cllr Michael Hoy has received a letter from the Post Office saying the Hullbridge Post Office, at Budgens in Ferry Road, is to be closed from 17 October 2012.  This comes just a year after the village Sub Post Office was closed and a years trial begun of the new style Post Office at Budgens with a …

Hullbridge Post Office

The latest news on Hullbridge Post Office is that the current Sub-postmaster retires on 11 October and that will be the last day for the Post Office in One Stop.  On the 12th October the new Post Office, branded as a Post Office Local, will open in Budgens. We hesitate to complain too much about …

Hullbridge Post Office

The consultation on the relocation of the Post Office from its current position in One Stop, roughly in the centre of the village, to Budgens, at one end,has now finished.  Cllr Michael Hoy has received a letter today confirming the relocation to Budgens with a change over date of 12 October. Although originally not happy with …

Changes to Hullbridge Post Office

It appears that the Post Office in Hullbridge may be moving.  The Post Office is proposing to trial a new service based in Budgens at 1-9 Ferry Road.  The consultation is taking place over the summer with the new service planned to start during October 2011. The Post Office currently operates from One Stop, roughly …