WHITCHURCH SORTING OFFICE CLOSED ON 5th MAY 2009
A BLACK DAY FOR WHITCHURCH
AND FOR POST USERS.
Scroll down to see an excellent film of the closure!
 

Despite being funded by public money the Royal Mail did not consult in any meaningful with local residents, businesses or other users.
No notice was given or any views taken from anyone locally.
Even the local post office counter staff did not know about it when it was announced.
They found out from their local postman!
The Royal Mail wrote to Basingstoke and Dean (sic) Borough Council stating that "a decision has been taken to transfer the operation from Whitchurch..."

The Sorting Office is an essential Community Amenity and it has been ripped away from us.
Where did accountability to their customers disappear to?

One Whitchurch resident asked:
"Do you...fancy travelling to Basingstoke to pick up an undelivered parcel? Anyone working 8 to 5 can get to our sorting office prior to work. If it's in Basingstoke, there's no way."

For a film of the last sad day ....

Whitchurch Delivery Office Closes from Andrew Reeves-Hall on Vimeo.

This closure may lead to:

• A reduced or even withdrawn service
• An increase in traffic along the B3400
• Loss of a local Enquiry Office
• Loss of a pick up point for deliveries
• A loss of local jobs
• An increase in costs to local businesses
• Later mail deliveries
• A less reliable service
• Loss of trade for local businesses
• Loss of the Whitchurch Postal Town identity
• An increase in carbon emissions
• Loss of local knowledge by visiting postmen

Is this what Whitchurch wanted?

Go to our HELP page NOW....

The Royal Mail is part of the fabric of the country and the lives of the millions of people who use it every day.

Uniquely it has the network of people and sorting offices spanning the country that can deliver to every household and business at one price, six days a week.

Rt Hon Lord Mandelson
The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
by Command of Her Majesty

February 2009

Is closing the local amenity the way to maintain this?