SEVEN post offices are set to close in Leigh. The axe is likely to fall in January, leaving just 10 post offices in the town.
Post Office bosses say the closures are due to restructuring of the national network and there were too many offices competing for too little business.
The seven branches proposed for closure are: Lowton Post Office, Church Lane, Lowton; Lowton St Marys Post Office, Newton Road, Lowton St Marys; St Lukes Lowton Post Office, Stone Cross Lane, Lowton; Plank Lane Post Office, Firs Lane, Leigh; St Helen's Road Post Office, St Helen's Road, Leigh; Scowcroft Street Post Office, Atherton Road, Hindley Green; and Wigan Road Post Office, Wigan Road, Leigh.
The first three of would be replaced with a new Lowton post office branch in an existing convenience store in Newton Road.
Eddie Herbert, the Post Office's head of area, said: "Proposals to close post offices are not made without considerable research and discussion."
All views on the proposed closures should be addressed to: The National Consultation Team, PO Box 2060, Watford, WD18 8ZX, by October 27.
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