SPRINGVALE Post Office in Kings Worthy has closed for refurbishment.

When it reopens on Thursday, March 19, at 1pm, it will be as a new ‘local’ service featuring a combination counter. The Post Office terminal will sit beside the retail till and be available from Monday to Saturday, 8.30am until 7.30pm – extending the opening time by 20 hours a week.

Adrian Skinner, Post Office area manager, said: “We know how important Post Office services are to residents in Kings Worthy and we are confident this vibrant new-style Post Office at the heart of the community will be popular.

“The modernisation is part of a major Government investment programme enabling us to continue investing in the Post Office network and to map out a bold growth strategy to the end of the decade.”

Alternative branches nearby are Kings Worthy Post Office, in London Road, and South Wonston Post Office, Downs Road.