Herefordshire villages set to benefit from mobile post office

Goodrich and Eaton Bishop, near Ross-on-Wye, are to be added to the list of villages served by the initiative, set up by the Post Office after several rural shops closed in recent years.

This has left villagers having to travel many miles for post office services such as parcel posting, banking, bill paying and travel money.

The Post Office has promised that the the new Goodrich service will run on Thursday afternoons between 1pm and 2pm, and the van will visit Eaton Bishop between 2.30pm and 3.30pm on Fridays.

RELATED NEWS:

• Herefordshire post office run by same family for 100 years – but it’s now closing
• Hereford village to get new post office after long-serving postmaster's retirement
• Herefordshire shop and post office goes up for sale after 22 years

The travelling post office is aboard a specifically designed vehicle.

It will be operated by the postmaster for St Weonards who already provides service to 10 rural communities.

These include Herefordshire villages Almeley, Wigmore, Pembridge, Weobley, Whitney-on-Wye, and Dorstone.

OTHER NEWS:

• Herefordshire garage selling petrol 12p cheaper per litre calls supermarkets greedy
• 140 more homes earmarked for growing Herefordshire town
• Hereford trains cancelled due to staff shortage at signal box

Also restored to the mobile service are border villages Drybrook, near Monmouth, and Grosmont, near Abergavenny.

Katimay John, area network change manager for Post Office, said:

"We are pleased to be able to add Drybrook and Grosmont to the existing mobile post office offered by the postmaster for St Weonards to restore service.

"We are also delighted to be able to serve Goodrich and Eaton Bishop for the first time."