Branch Unplanned Closure Milton Abbas Post Office 34-35 Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BP

We [Post Office Ltd] are writing to inform you that, regrettably, following the resignation of the postmaster, the above branch will be closing on Wednesday 31 December 2025 at 12:00. I would like to assure you that we are currently investigating the options available which may enable us to reinstate a Post Office service to the local community. In exploring this, it is important that any future service is sustainable for the person operating the service, and for Post Office Limited. Future provision will reflect customer numbers and usage, and we may take the opportunity to establish an alternative type of service. This may be an outreach service where a postmaster from a nearby branch offers the facility with hours of opening set to reflect the likely number of customers who will use the service. If you have any questions you would like to raise about this matter, please write to me via the National Consultation Team at the address shown at the end of the letter. Please note that your comments will not be kept confidential unless you expressly ask us to do so by clearly marking them “In Confidence”. Any future changes to service provision would be handled in line with our Principles of Community Engagement. An extract relating to Notification is available at the end of this letter. We will display posters in the branch to inform customers. If you are a local representative, it would be helpful if you could share this information through your social media channels and with any local groups or organisations that you know within the community, for example on noticeboards, local charities and in GP surgeries, to help our customers and your constituents understand what is happening to the Post Office in the local community. If you would like a supply of posters, please let us know. We apologise for the inconvenience the closure may cause. We hope that our customers will continue to use Post Office services and details of possible alternative Post Office branches in the area are shown at the end of this letter. The latest available branch information can be found on our website, www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder If you are a local representative, we will write to you again once we have any news about plans for future service provision in the local area. Yours faithfully, Giles Hewson Giles Hewson Area Change Manager How to contact us: [email protected] postofficeviews.co.uk FREEPOST Your Comments