English Churches May Become Post Offices
The Church of England may issue guidelines to its parishes recommending their churches be used as post offices.
by Daniel Blake
Posted: Monday, March 12, 2007

The Church of England may issue guidelines to its parishes recommending their churches be used as post offices, the Sunday Telegraph has reported.

The proposals may be an answer to the threatened closure of hundreds of rural post offices.

Church officials are set to meet Post Office representatives this week to discuss plans to issue stamps from churches across the country.

The latest developments have emerged as the Government’s consultation period on the future of the post office network came to an end last week. The consultation commenced following December’s decision to close 2,500 post office premises. the rest