Surprisingly, there aren't as many Post Office locations in central London as one would expect - even compared to other cities in the UK where in the centre there are just so many, including my home-town of Manchester.
This branch is their St James location which is at the back of a Ryman Stationary store, I'm used to seeing Post Offices located in newsagents mainly from WHSmith or independent outlets especially in smaller cities, so I was surprised to see Ryman get in on the action here, especially considering Ryman is normally a parcel store for rival chain DHL to the Post Office'ss UK Mail services from Royal Mail and Parcelforce.
It is pretty small compared to other locations to the point where there is even an aisle of Ryman (the store it is located in) basically in the Post Office making it a tight squeeze to use the counter or self-service posting machine however one thing I don't like is the Post Office is so tiny, there's virtually nowhere you can stand to pull to the side for example if you want to get parcels out of your bag first or write something out, without holding up the queue.
It did seem pretty clean and modern, like the rest of the store and alongside the location that is pretty much one of the only good things about it, especially considering other Post Offices in central London which lack modern facilities and are honestly pretty dirty and dire.
2^ - Really small location even for a Post Office in a store, they try to pack in what they can but perhaps it makes it too much of a tight squeeze and not the best place if you want to write out a card or spend a little time doing something before going to the counter. The extra star is for cleanliness and location, certainly not other factors of the store which remain unsatisfactory including but not limited to the size of the store and service. read more