HORRABRIDGE Post Office is relocating to Horrabridge Stores, Commercial Road, Horrabridge, and changing to a new 'local' style open-plan branch and convenience store.

The current office will close on Saturday, April 27 at 12.30pm and Horrabridge Post Office will open at its nearby location on Monday, April 29.

As part of Post Office plans to modernise the network and extend the hours, customers will benefit from a convenience store and an extra 54.5 hours a week opening times.

Tony Jones, Post Office regional network manager for Wales and West of England, said: 'We understand how important having a Post Office is to residents in Horrabridge and we are confident that this new modern Post Office service will meet the needs of the local community and secure services for the future.

'This modernisation is part of a three-year investment programme, the largest in the history of the Post Office, that will see around 6,000 branches — about half the Post Office network — converting to new-style branches.

'This investment makes a commitment to no more branch closure programmes.'

The new opening hours will be Monday to Friday from 6.30am to 8pm; Saturday, 7am to 8pm and Sunday, 7.30am to 7pm.