Chiswick Post Office reopens

Chiswick Post Office

No explanation, no notice, but open again after four months’ closure

Chiswick’s main Post Office in Heathfield Terrace reopened this afternoon, having been closed since the beginning of May.

Both MP Andy Slaughter and Hounslow Council have held meetings with the Post Office to try and find out the reasons behind the closure, which happened with no warning, but all the Post Office was prepared to say publicly was that it was closed for “operational reasons” and that they were “working hard” to reopen it.

Now it has opened, again without any notice or explanation, the Post Office has issued this statement:

“We are delighted to announce that Chiswick Post Office has re-opened this afternoon (3/9) under new management. We know how important Chiswick Post Office is to the community and we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused by the unplanned closure of the branch for operational reasons.

“The branch is open Monday to Friday: 9am – 5.30pm and Saturday: 9am – 2.30pm. All the same Post Office services as before are available.”

Andy Slaughter said:

‘I’m very pleased the post office has now reopened and I hope it will have a long and secure future in Chiswick. I understand there were numerous problems that Post Office Ltd needed to resolve before reopening, nevertheless it is regrettable that Chiswick lost a valuable and well used service for a such a considerable length of time.

“Throughout this period, I have been in frequent contact with Post Office Ltd and have been pushing to get the Post Office reopened as quickly as possible. I hope my efforts have helped in some way and I know Chiswick residents will be delighted to have their post office back up and running.’

Chiswick councillors Peter Thompson and Joanna Biddolph, whose petition to reopen the service collected  3,662 signatures, said their petition demonstrated just how strongly local people felt about this issue, and helped to show the strength of community support.

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