Post Office closures: Are branches in Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell affected?

The Post Office has announced that 115 branches are being axed across the country putting 2,000 jobs at risk and causing a major blow to high streets.

Critics fear the move will also leave pensioners and the vulnerable at risk of isolation.

Post Office chairman Nigel Railton made the announcement shortly after 9am today during a meeting with staff.

But some front-line postal workers say they were left in the dark about the news, according to the Daily Mail.

The shake-up could see the branches transferred to retail partners or postmasters or shut for good.

“The Post Office has a 360-year history of public service and today we want to secure that service for the future by learning from past mistakes and moving forward for the benefit of all postmasters,” said Nigel Railton, the chair of the Post Office. “We can, and will, restore pride in working for a business with a legacy of service, rather than one of scandal.”

“Post offices are an integral part of the communities they serve and the services they provide for local people,” a spokesperson for the Department for Business and Trade said. “The government is in active discussion with Nigel Railton on his plans to put postmasters at the centre of the organisation and strengthen the post office network for its long-term future.”

A Post Office spokesperson told the Express & Star: “We are considering a range of options to reduce our central costs. This includes considering the future of our remaining Directly Managed Branches, which are loss-making. We have long held a publicly-stated ambition to move to a fully franchised network and we are in dialogue with the unions about future options for the DMBs.”

Several national newspapers have listed all the 115 Post Offices they say are set to close.

The good news is that none of them are in any of the four Black Country boroughs, or neighbouring Staffordshire or Wyre Forest. However Birmingham is listed.

Here’s the list: 

Aldwych

Antrim

Baker Street

Bangor

Barnes Green

Barnet

Belfast City

Bexhill-on-Sea

Bideford

Birmingham

Bransholme

Breck Road

Bridlington

Brixton

Broadway

Caernarfon

Cambridge City

Canning Town

Chester-le-Street

City of London

Clapham Common

Cosham

Cricklewood

Crossgates

Croydon High Street

Dereham

Didsbury Village

Dunraven Place

East Dulwich

Eccles

Eccleston Street

Edinburgh City

Furness House

Glasgow

Gloucester

Golders Green

Great Portland Street

Grimsby

Haddington

Hampstead

Harlesden

Harold Hill

High Holborn

Houndsditch

Hyde

Inverness

Islington

Kendal

Kennington Park

Kensington

Kettering

Kilburn

Kingsbury

Kingsland High Street

Kirkwall

Knightsbridge

Leigh

Leighton Buzzard

Liskeard

London Bridge

Derry

Lower Edmonton

Lupus Street

Manchester

Matlock

Melville Road

Merthyr Tydfil

Milton Keynes

Morecambe

Morley

Mount Pleasant

Mutley

Nailsea

Newquay

Newtownards

Northolt

Old Swan

Oswestry

Oxford

Paddington Quay

Paignton

Port Talbot

Portsmouth

Poulton-le-Fylde

Prestwich

Raynes Park

Redditch

Roman Road

Romsey

Rotherham

Salford City

Saltcoats

Sheffield City

South Ockendon

South Shields

Southall

Springburn Way

St Johns

St Peters Street

Stamford

Stamford Hill

Stockport

Stornoway

Stroud

Sunderland City

Teignmouth

The Markets

Vauxhall Bridge road

Wealdstone

Westbourne

Wester Hailes

Windsor

Worlds End

Yate Sodbury