New post office openings in Aylesbury could take months, MP warns
Aylesbury’s MP has been told that opening new post offices in central Aylesbury could take months.
In an update posted to social media yesterday, Laura Kyrke-Smith confirmed new openings could be months away.
Ms Kyrke-Smith announced she would contact the Post Office after two of its counters in Aylesbury were confirmed for closure last month.
Bedgrove’s post office in Jansel Square shut permanently on Saturday and the post office in Aylesbury High Street, located in the TG Jones, store will close on August 18.
Once the post office at the former WH Smith site closes, there will be no service counters located in central Aylesbury. The town does still have four post offices around a mile from the town centre, but none within the town’s business district.
“We can’t have Aylesbury town centre with no post office that’s clear,” Aylesbury’s Labour MP said in July. Upon confirming the town centre closure last month a spokesperson for the Post Office revealed it has fielded offers from Aylesbury businesses interested in filling the town centre vacancy and is in the process of reviewing applications.
However, yesterday Ms Kyrke-Smith said: “I’ve been keeping in close contact with the Post Office about the two closures that we’re facing.”
"The good news is some alternative places have come forward as possible new post offices,” she continued. “The bad news is this isn’t going to happen quickly. I’m told it could take months. So we’re going to have a period with a really, seriously reduced number of post offices in Aylesbury.”