Since moving from the original co-op building to to the newer one next to Boots the Thirsk post…read moreOffice has gone downhill dramatically. 90% of people who use it will tell you of poor service, very long queues, staff not listening and staff being rude - I have witnessed a pensioner leaving without his money near to tears after staff were obnoxious and uncaring when it came to explaining how to use the card machine. There is no longer a convenient counter to use to write out envelopes etc. Although the PO is supposed to open at 9am, it has been known to be as late as 9.20am, with a queue waiting whilst customers queue and wait. I would recommend visiting nearby Carlton Minniot instead of using Thirsk.

The post office is located at the back of the Co-op store. Customer service non-existent. Never…read moreenough staff on the counter resulting in long queues. You are always made to feel like you are being a nuisance taking up their time they should be grateful they're in a job.

East Common Post Office & KeyStore is located on Barwic Parade opposite Barwic Parade School, on…read morePetre Avenue. The Post Office and KeyStore convenience store and newsagents has recently changed hands, much to applause of the local community. The new owners are family run and are friendly and polite. The store is in the middle of updating. The new owner ran Better Butties on Denison road that had a great reputation for quality take-away hot and cold snacks and sandwiches. Within the Post Office & KeyStore there are two Post Office counters; a fair sized general store, with freezer cabinets and fridges for fresh food. Hot pies and pasties are sold at lunchtime with the introduction of Hot sandwiches and salads in the future.

Brayton Post Office is located in the small village of Brayton on the Don caster Road. There is…read moreonly two parking spaces outside the post office followed by double yellow lines. Be careful as tickets are often issued! The post office has two counters and although small caters for the locals needs. There is a convenience shop with the post office that offers an extensive range of foods. You can find all your basics like bread, spuds, eggs and milk as well as fresh foods. There is a wide range of magazines and comics for the children and a couple of freezer cabinets and chilled counters too. Local papers and magazines can be delivered from this Post Office. The staff are friendly.

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Using this Post Office is my idea of hell! When I first moved to Leeds, and had no idea where the…read moremore local services were to where I was living, I was bound to using this place and always disliked it. Whilst it has all the usual items that you might go to a Post Office to find, envelopes, jiffy bags, stationary and so on, it also has the worst some of the worst queues. I literally used to shiver with dread anytime I made an ebay sale thinking that I'd have to mooch down there and waste an hour in those awful queues, packed in with all those grumbling bodies. There was the occasional quirk, I found some comedy gold in the form of a silly compilation CD that I put in a parcel for my friend for £3, but other than that there are merely the horrid queues! It is situated opposite Tiger Tiger, it is a part of the St Johns Centre shopping mall and it is literally right next to one of the major bus stops in the city centre, which may go some way to explaining the high volume of customers! Although, on the flip side, it means there is really easy access. Essentially, it does everything a Post Office is supposed to do, it's just not that much of a pleasant experience whilst you are doing it.

This post office is rather large and has many counters available to take parcels, sort out pensions…read moreand sell stamps along with any other post office related jobs you may need to do. They sell stamps, envelopes...the usual culprits and also have all of the important forms you may need for renewing your passport and the like. It gets busy at times so expect that you may need to queue for a little while.

This isn't my local Post Office but I sometimes go as it opens till 5:30 and some of the others…read moreshut at 5. It's a really standard Post Office, it's normally quiet when I go in so have never had to queue and am normally in and out within 2 minutes if I just have something to send off. They sell a small range of things there, I think just like envelopes, jiffy bags and confectionary but I've never really looked much at what they sell. There is plenty of on street parking outside so it's an easy and convenient place to go.