A NEW post office is being opened in Durrington offering a seven day a week service.

The new branch McColls Retail Group, 65 Bulford Road, opens on Thursday, August 31 at 1pm.

Post Office services will be available seven days a week throughout the store’s opening hours; Monday to Sunday, 7am to 10pm.

This will offer customers 105 hours of Post Office service a week.

Antoinette Chitty, the network operations manager, said: “As part of an exciting programme of modernisation and investment which is taking place across the Post Office network, we are opening a new Post Office in Durrington.

“We are making it easier for customers to get their cash, send and collect their mail and do their banking because we know how important these services are to local residents. We are confident that this vibrant new-style Post Office at the heart of the local community will meet customer needs. This modernisation is part of a major investment programme, the largest in the history of the Post Office.”

Currently the nearest alternative branch is at Amesbury.