A local family has opened a brand new post office in Bermondsey, restoring much-needed services to the local area.
Postmaster Faheem Sheikh, a former Ark Globe Academy student, swung the doors open on Friday, December 16.
Based inside the new Bagh Convenience Store, next to the Spit and Sawdust pub, the post office replaces the Great Dover Street branch which closed in 2018.
Faheem Sheikh recognised the area desperately needed better postal services. He said: “People in this community have made us feel very welcome since we opened the shop. Every day I see new faces in the post office and shop, and I have received a lot of positive feedback from the community on how convenient the store is.
“We are very pleased to have a post office and store that serves the community so well. We are also very happy that we have been able to open before the busy Christmas period.”
Customers will be able to send and collect post and even return online delivery items at the branch, which is open seven days a week.
It also has high-level disabled access thanks to its wide automatic door, hearing loop and wheelchair space.
MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark Neil Coyle, who cut the ribbon, said: “It is great for local people. A post office is an essential part of a community and I thank Faheem and his family for serving local residents so well and expect him and the new post office to be very busy over Christmas!”
Neil Coyle helping out behind the counter
As well as normal postal services, customers can make bill payments, cash withdrawals, and get foreign currency.
The post office’s opening hours are Monday to Saturday: 7am to 10pm, and Sunday: 9am to 10pm, offering customers 103 hours of service per week.