Post Office announces which branches are at risk of closure

Driffield’s post office appears to be safe after a list of more than 100 loss-making branches which are being earmarked for closure was announced – but Bridlington’s is at risk.

The Post Office is also looking to cut a significant number of jobs from its 1,000-strong head office staff.

Critics have said closing major town and city centre Crown Post Offices could leave pensioners and the vulnerable isolated. 

The list of the 115 branches it wants to offload stretches from Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides to Newquay in Cornwall.

The strategic review has been led by the Post Office’s new chairman Nigel Railton. As well as Bridlington, Bransholme and Grimsby post offices are on the list.