NOTE: ~ This post office is inside WHSmith…read more Location: Since it's located in the heart of Cwmbran Shopping Centre, coming here to post your mail is very convenient. I don't know about you, but whenever I have to do errands, I try to make a day out of it by grabbing a nice bite to eat or do some shopping. Cwmbran Post Office is great for that. However, due to its location, the queue is often quite long. Customer Service: As mentioned earlier, the queues are quite long. Don't be surprised if you end up waiting around 15 minutes before getting help. However, the employees I've met so far here have been very lovely people who deliver great customer service. For instance, I was trying to mail my old phone overseas to America and they were very helpful with letting me know regulations, costs, etc. Every time I've visited this post office, I've constantly gotten service with a smile. They're really patient as well, even if you're inexperienced with posting! --- Overall, the only real downside to this place is the queue time. However, if you can overlook that, Cwmbran Post Office has great people in a convenient location.

The British postal system... be as critical as you like about it but I think it's pretty good!…read more Most post offices I go into are extremely friendly, they supply you with what you would expect to be found in a post office, and some how they all have that same familiar stale smell! This one on Sandy Park road is no exception! Certainly a bit larger than many Post Offices you would have come accross, this means that you will rarley have to queue, and that you don't feel guilty when you are trying to post that odd shaped parcel to America and no one can figure out exactley how best to send it!

Call me strange, but there's something heart warming about this post office. It's small and…read morecommunity spirited and sells little pots of glitter, crate paper, Pritt Stick and the like. The staff are always friendly, and happy to banter with customers, and I've never had to queue for too long (even on pension day). There is also the obligatory photocopier, which charges £1 a sheet for colour photocopying (am I just stingy or is that a little bit extortionate?!), but I'm willing to overlook this minor gripe for the general welcoming atmosphere of the place and the lovely, nostalgic titbits on offer.

Waterloo Gardens is a lovely street with a number of nice tea shops and the like along it. And this…read morepost office fits right in. Although this is a small example of the local post office, it's particularly friendly and quaint. 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!!

I really like Post Offices. Aside from the fact that I love getting actual post and it depresses me…read morethat email and instant messaging are slowly killing the good old fashioned letter, Post Offices remind me of my childhood, as it was the place I went to get sweets and bottles of bubbles. Though much smaller than Albany Road PO and the one in town, Waterloo Gardens has the advantage of plenty of parking nearby, so it's great if you have a lot of parcels to send. The ladies there are really lovely too, and will happily chat to everyone who comes in. The big downside is that it doesn't provide all of the PO services, for example, you can't do your road tax here, which I find really annoying. As well as the usual letter and parcel sending things, this branch also sells magazines, a few cards, tights, some groceries and sweets. The pick n mix sweets make this a popular place for children to go after school, and since the sweets are very close to both the door and the till, it can get very crowded between 3 and 4pm. All in all, this is a lovely and convenient Post Office that is open surprisingly late, too.

Has to be the worst post office in Britain…read more Its my local post office so I'm oftem forced to use it.....can honestly say that approximately 75% of the time whatever i go there to do is unsuccessful and it is ALWAYS 100% due to the incompetence and laziness of of the staff either giving me what i later find out is erroneous info or just not being there due to "lunch" or illness. They WILL tell you thar youre "too late" or "its the wrong form" or "thats the wrong type" or " its not something a post office does"......theyre lying....they just dont want to. When they do take on a bit of work and give you info on delivery times etc DOUBLE CHECK IT as they make it up on the spot.....even when you dont ask they make stuff up to tell you.....they havent a clue. Expect queues out the door and a stinking attitude from someone who acts like theyre doing you a favour when you get to the front of it.

Midway between St Pauls and the M32 out of Bristol sits the sleepy district of Bristol, St…read moreWerburghs. Not a lot is known about this merry little place packed full of colourful vans, nice takeaways and green spaces - until you start to explore. Mina Road Park is an excellent place to begin your exploration and in a relatively small space such as this you can find quite a lot. My favourite feature has to be the abundance of marvellously large oak tress possibly hundreds of years old. It's wonderful to sit in the leafy groves on a sunny day and guess the things they've seen appear and disappear. There's an enormous array of wildlife here too from newts and frogs, to dragonflies and sticklebacks in the daytime and bats and owls and night. With two quintessential bridges straddling the river as it curls round the perimeter and a bright and colourful play area this park is fantastic for children.

This is a bog standard post office, which operates the usual services and boasts a range of…read morestationary, sweets and play things. I've only used the outlet once, but didn't have to queue for too long and staff were friendly and efficient. The shop also boasts a photocopier and is a great place to pick up last minute holiday insurance from. Every inch A-OK.

Excellent service from this post office which now has extended opening hours (til 7pm for parcel…read morepost etc - very welcome because I work full time) and keeps a good range of stationery items. The staff are unfailingly friendly and very helpful. I really appreciate having such a good facility close by.

The post office service is good. But they hardly ever answer the phone, which can cause…read moredifficulties especially if you need to know something urgently.

This post office is situated in retail park, which means that it doesn;t have quite the same charm…read moreas a whole lot of other little post offices do. That being said, the location is very handy and it's 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!!

OK do not need to go here often but the guys who deliver the actual mail are excellent - Steve is…read moremy local postie (you can set your watch by him to within 1/2 hour) and another cheerful chappy does streets nearby. Staff at the office have been good when I have had a problem One late night opening for letters/parcel collection which is Wednesdays until 8 pm My main problem is when the usual guy is off the post is erratic or non existent and then a whole wad comes through

I always seem to miss the postman whenever he's delivering my latest batch of goodies, so quite…read moreoften I'll find myself having to make the trek down to the City Delivery Office. Due to the way the postcodes in Bristol are worked out this is my "local" office, though it's actually loads further away from my house than the one in Montpelier. Still, it's a nice walk, as long as it's not raining. It's always been very organised inside whenever I've visited - no air of panic as they start scrambling about in the back after they realise that your precious package isn't quite where it should be. A relatively painless experience.

This post office is definately different from the rest! Its kind of organised chaos here and very…read morefriendly too. If you have lots of parcels with prepaid postage this is the place to take them as they never check the weight, dump them in front of the counter, get your receipt stamped and run. If you want forms or queries about anything dont bother asking as he does not know the answers and will just direct you to a main post office Service is fast so thats a bonus and you can always claim from RM if someone lifts your parcels when they are left all over the floor on the customers side