Mail Boxes ETC is a really useful way of sending things home if you're a student, or of sending big…read morethings to friend. They're very hepful and can pick packages up from your home so you can completely avoid having to drag heavy things around. The prices depends completely on the size of the package, its location and the speed of delivery. It's definitely worth checking out though - it can work out pretty cheap for what it is, especially if the alternative involves lots of petrol or buying an expensive train ticket just to move a box. As an added bonus, they also do an excellent photocopying service!

When I first started working in Summertown all those years ago there were 2 post offices and all…read moreyou had to do to send a letter was to remember which post office had early closing on a Tuesday and which on a Monday. Now there are NO post offices for miles (I guess Wolvercote must be the nearest). Mail boxes Etc does a sterling job as a stand-in post office. You can post letters and parcels, get your computer printer cartridges refilled, photocopy things and generally do the things you need to do to keep a small office or home-based business going. If you do need a post office because you need a passport or a car tax disc then I recommend a trip to Yarnton. The garage there has a Post Office with hardly any queues and free parking, plus the number 20 bus goes close to it every half an hour from the Woodstock Road.