Wick Mobile Post Office To Cease 6 January 2021

19th December 2020

The Post Office has posted a copy of a letter to customers on its web site,

Dear Customer

Wick Mobile Post Office

Located at: Riverside Car Park, MacLeay Lane, Wick, Caithness, KW1 4EA

Relocation of Post Office Service

We are writing to update you about the changes to the Post Office service in Wick.

The Wick Mobile Post Office service will cease on Wednesday 6 January 2021 at 15:00.

We are pleased to inform you that, a new Postmaster has been identified to operate a temporary Post Office from a new location.

Our priority is to safeguard Post Office services to the local community in the longer term.

This currently presents the best possible temporary solution to maintain Post Office services to the community in Wick, whilst we continue to seek a permanent solution.

The new Post Office service is scheduled to commence from Thursday 7 January 2021 at 11:00. Further details of the temporary service are provided below.

We will display posters at the new premises, the Mobile Van and locally to inform customers.

We would like to apologise for the inconvenience the temporary closure may cause. In the interim, we hope that our customers will continue to use Post Office services. Details of possible alternative Post Office branches in the area are provided below for your convenience:

● Watten Post Office, Thurso Road, Watten, Wick, Caithness, KW1 5XG

● Lybster Post Office, Main Street, Lybster, Caithness, KW3 6AE

● Thurso Post Office, Co-operative Group Ltd, Meadow Lane, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 8ER

The latest available branch information can be found on our website, www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder

It would be helpful if you could share this information with any local groups or organisations that you know within the community, for example on noticeboards, local charities and in GP surgeries, to help our customers and your constituents understand what is happening to the Post Office in the local community. If you would like a supply of these posters please let us know.

If you have any questions about the new service, please contact the National Consultation Team, as detailed below. Please note that your comments will not be kept confidential unless you expressly ask us to do so by clearly marking them "In Confidence".

We're carrying out this notification in line with our Principles of Community Engagement.

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Source - https://www.postofficeviews.co.uk/national-consultation-team/wick-kw1-4aj-324840-2/

Note - Anew post office will open in Wick