Pictures show the launch of a brand new post office in Bromley which will have free parking and be open seven days per week.
The post office is based in Southborough Lane at Bickley Food and Wine, and it will have a “modern, open-plan retail environment”.
This spot is a replacement for Chatterton Road Post Office which recently closed due to the resignation of the operator.
Since February 2024, Bickley Food and Wine has been a post office drop and collect store, however, it has now been made into a “modern, local style post office”.
From Monday to Saturday, the post office will be open from 7am – 7pm and on Sunday it will be open from 7am – 1pm giving customers 78 hours of post office access each week.
According to the Post Office, this is 14 hours and 30 minutes extra per week than had previously been provided.
A similar range of products and services will be available, excluding passport check and send and on demand travel money.
Postmaster Chirag Patel has added a post office to Bickley Food and Wine, which he has run since 2013, and his brother-in-law Mitul Shah is manager at Southborough Lane Post Office.
Chirag and his wife, Karishma, will split their time between here and their other Post Office and store in Tadworth, Surrey.
The new location has free parking for the parade of shops where it is based.
Mayor of Bromley, Cllr David Jefferys, said: “This service is a welcome addition to the local parade and to the borough, which I’m sure will provide a range of important and convenient services to nearby residents.
“Congratulations and best of luck to all involved.
“It was lovely to see the local excitement around the opening, which I hope is the first of many new businesses I will welcome to the borough as Mayor.”
Postmaster Chirag Patel said: “Customers are delighted to have a Post Office offering many different Post Office services within my convenience store.
“I am looking forward to serving lots of new customers and I know lots of other retailers in this parade are really glad that the branch here as it will attract lots more shoppers to our lovely parade.
“Not many Post Offices in the area can say that they have free parking outside, but I can.
“That makes it very convenient for people trying to do their personal and business banking, posting parcels or bringing back their home shopping returns.
“We offer Royal Mail and Evri courier services.
“As we are open daily it’s easy for people who work or study full-time to pop in.
“Many people like to have their purchases delivered here with click and collect, including Amazon, as they know that their parcel will be safely stored here for collection at a time that suits them.”
Noah Rai, Post Office Network Provision Lead, said: “We are delighted to have opened a Post Office here as it is open daily, has convenient opening hours, and free parking making it easy for customers to visit.”
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