This little delivery office (and I mean little) is so cramped and tiny that if you go to retrieve a…read morepackage during peak hours (lunchtimes etc) then it's a strong possibility that you'll be queuing outside the door or jostling elbows with the other poor folk. The staff are pretty bossy and unfriendly, but so would I be if I was trapped in that little building all day.

Having missed a recorded delivery letter and a package I was awaiting at home, I heaved a heavy…read moresigh at having to go to pick them up from the delivery office. Nice surprise - before Christmas they open at 7.00 so I was over the threshold on the dot! The office has been smartened up since my last visit (in September) and the young lady behind the counter was cheerful, polite and happy to help me. At 7.00 am that's worth brownie points in my book. So a professional service in a clean smart environment. Yes, it can get crowded but the counter staff generally do their best under some pressure, especially at this time of year. I hope it continues to be as neat and tidy as it is now, as it's definitely more pleasant to wait for your letters/parcels etc.and I imagine for the staff too.

This has recently had a complete change and is now housed inside a costcutters so you can now pick…read moreup some wine with your stamps! It is open long hours too (all day saturday and late on a wednesday whereas it only used to open on the mornings those days). The staff are friendly and it is always clean and well stocked. They also have a lottery terminal there.

The staff in this post office always behave as if it is the customer who is doing them a favour…read morerather than the other way around. Despite their surly attitude, this post office is always busy as it is in a good location in the west end shopping area of Park Crescent. As well as offering the usual post office services, this shop also sells cards and handbags. Yes, handbags! I give them full marks for initiative as no-one else on Park Crescent sells them so they have found a gap in the market. There are lots of parking spaces in the nearby side streets and there are regular buses serving this shopping area. Barry Railway Station is a 15 minute walk away.

Although this post office is annoyingly out of my way, I still forgive them every time I finally…read moremake it there with sweat dripping down my neck, and they greet me with lovely smiles. Darn them. This is a classic little post office that sell precisely everything that you want it to. By no means as busy as the post office in the centre of town, this is a great one to pop into if you want to avoid the queues and spend your afternoon doing something productive instead. There is something British and charming about any post office, I think. In this age we live in swiftly moving towards a paperless society, then maybe one day these premises will, all around the country, become obsolete. Perhaps they'll just be empty brick shells that sell stamps to collectors and pencil sharpeners (although only artists would buy them). Balls of fluff will gather in the corners. But no! We cannot let this happen, we must support our local establishments. Without the postal system, how would housewives have affairs? How would charities give you free pens? We would all have boarded up little slots in our front doors. Support! Support! Support!!

A surprisingly large post office which also sells greetings cards and stationery. Sometimes you…read morehave to wait in a queue but usually not for very long. There is a 'hole in the wall' outside to withdraw cash (see my photo) and a post box just around the corner.

Watchet Post Office: Marvelous service both in the shop and the postmen on the round. No package…read moretoo large, no path too steep, nothing ever broken, nothing goes astray. Flexilbe and friendly!

From the owner: * Post Office services * Confectionery - a wide range is…read moreavailable * Ice Cream - both wrapped and scoop * Gifts and souvenirs - mostly with a maritime theme * Greetings cards - a wide range to suit all needs * Toys - particularly suitable for gifts and for use at the seaside

Forches post office is a very friendly place , the staff are great and cheery which is good…read moreconsidering the trouble that they get from local troublemakers at times. The shop itself though is good with a wide range of food and the post office section is very handy if you dont want to travel into Barnstaple itself