EVESHAM Post Office in the Co-op Supermarket in the Riverside Shopping Centre will close at the end of business today.

Following a short break, while fixtures and fittings are transferred to the former post office building at 87 High Street, it will re-open at 9am on Thursday, May 5.

The regular opening hours will then apply, 8.30am to 6pm Monday to Saturday.

Post Office spokesman Richard Hall said: "We would ask customers to make any urgent transaction before close of business tonight or use one of the a number of other branches in the area."

Among the nearest branches are Bengeworth, 3, Northwick Road Cheltenham Road, 48 Cheltenham Road; Hampton, Pershore Road; Offenham, Main Street (also vehicle licensing) and Harvington, 65 Village Street.