A VILLAGE sub-post office is relocating to the local petrol station. .
Ouston Post Office at 14 Arbroath, Ouston, near Chester-le-Street, will shut on Saturday September 7 and re-open two days later at Ouston Service Station, Ouston Lane.
The new open-plan branch will be open from 7am to 9pm every day of the week.
The move follows a six-week public consultation.
Post Office Regional Network Manager for Scotland and Northern England Suzanne Richardson said: “We understand how important having a Post Office is to residents in Ouston and we are confident that this new modern Post Office will meet the needs of the local community and secure services for the future.”
She added: “The modernisation is part of a major investment programme to convert the Post Office network to new-style branches and this investment, the largest in the history of the Post Office, marks a commitment to no more branch closure programmes.”
Post Office local is a new concept for delivering Post Office services from an open-plan counter.
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