FRIZINGHALL Post Office is to close later this month with Royal Mail services being relocated to a newsagents in Shipley.

Singhs Newsagent Ltd in Bradford Road, Shipley, will offer Post Office local services from Wednesday, January 28, replacing those offered by the Frizinghall Post Office which will close on January 27.

Royal Mail said customers would have seven days a week access to all the same services, including Post Office Card Accounts.

Adrian Wales, Royal Mail regional manager, said: “We are confident that this vibrant new-style Post Office at the heart of the community will be popular.

“We are making it easier for customers to get their cash, send and collect their mail, and do their banking, because we know how important these services are to local residents. The modernisation is part of a major Government investment.”