Hawkesbury Post Office

30/04/2026

Mission Impossible 13!
May 1st marks 13 years of Mission Impossible at the Post Office.
Thirteen years in, despite the daily challenges of Horizon, dodgy equipment, ever-changing requirements and IT disasters, Hawkesbury Post Office continues to thrive and serve the constantly-changing needs of the village.
Thanks for your continued support and patience. With the disappearance of most banks, don’t let this vital service disappear in the same way.
Happy May Day! ✉️📦📮🎉

26/04/2026

You may not be aware that you can do most banking at your local post office.
Here is a link to the "Everyday Banking" page on the Post Office website:
https://www.postoffice.co.uk/everydaybanking
There's a "Who do you bank with?" list that enables you to look up the personal and business banking services that are available to you via your local post office.
A few points to note:
- The amount you can withdraw is determined by the daily limit on your account and the account's balance.
- Post Office Horizon system does not support cash withdrawals by phone or device, so you need a physical debit card to withdraw cash or get cashback to pay for post office goods.
Definitely worth sharing this information with any friends or family, who do not do online banking, who are concerned about access to banking services.🙂💳💷📮

Manage your personal or business banking over the counter at thousands of Post Office branches around the UK. Do your everyday banking and access cash near you.

02/04/2026

Here are our hours for the Easter weekend.
Don't forget to pick up your lottery tickets or cash for the weekend on Saturday.
Happy Easter to all our customers!

21/12/2025

Hawkesbury Post Office Christmas opening hours for the festive season.
Last minute gifts, stationery, gift wrap, lottery, scratch cards, gift cards and more available, to avoid yet another trip to Yate...
Thank you for your custom and support during 2025.
Wishing a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our customers.🎁🧑‍🎄🎄

05/12/2025

Struggling to find that special gift for someone?
Hoping not to have to go back into town yet again?
Pop into your local Post Office and pick up a One4All gift card instead. Select your chosen value from £10 and job done.
Accepted in over 50,000 outlets nationwide and online, the One4All gift card lets them choose their own gift or experience.🎁🙂

27/11/2025

Christmas is advancing at a pace and, as usual, the advice is to post as early as possible, to avoid disappointment.
Christmas stamps are also available, but only while stocks last, as they invariably run out.
The last recommended posting dates for the UK are shown below.
For international posting dates, rates are constantly changing and, as a result, we are unable to provide the usual details.
For the latest info, check the following page on the Royal Mail website:
https://www.royalmail.com/sending/international/country-guides
Please remember that export & customs forms are required for European destinations, since we left the EU.
If you’re not sure how much something will cost to post or how best to send it, just come in and ask. The price varies, according to both dimensions AND weight, as well as the type of delivery (tracked/special, etc.). Many people attempt to do postage online, and then bring it into the Post Office with insufficient postage or the wrong service and get annoyed. It's far easier to ask and get it right the first time.
Happy posting!🙂📮

21/08/2025

Hawkesbury Post Office will be operating as normal from 9 a.m. tomorrow (Fri 22nd Aug).
Happy to say the upgrade completed successfully. Phew!

20/08/2025

Thursday 21st August
Essential upgrade to Post Office software and infrastructure from approx 11 am.😁
From this point, service will be seriously disrupted or down altogether.
If you need to send anything urgently or need banking services tomorrow, please come in BEFORE 11am, to ensure services are available.
Otherwise, services "should" be back to normal on Friday 22nd August.🤨

13/07/2025

Delighted to let you know that the electricity key pay station is now back and available at Hawkesbury Post Office. Post Office IT finally sent a replacement after weeks of chasing, followed, several days later, by a cable to actually operate it...🙄
Normal service resumed and the post office is fully functional from tomorrow, fingers crossed.🙂

01/07/2025

After 9 days of intermittent outages and disruption to service, and not much hair left, we finally have lift off! Normal service has "hopefully" been resumed at Hawkesbury Post Office.
Finally, an engineer turned up who appears to have resolved the ongoing issues.🤞🤞🤞
Thanks for all your patience and support during such a very trying time!📦✉️📮

26/06/2025

Despite yet another disastrous start to the day, normal service has now resumed at Hawkesbury Post Office.
Apologies for the earlier outage.