Exact locations of Greater Manchester Post Office closures

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Eight Post Office branches in Greater Manchester are among more than 100 across the country are at risk of closure. Bosses are looking to offload 115 directly-owned Crown Post Offices in the 11,500 branch network, which could see them transferred to retail partners or postmasters, or potentially closed.

Of the affected branches, eight are in Greater Manchester. They are in Barnes Green, Harpurhey, north Manchester; Didsbury village, Manchester; Eccles, Salford; Hyde, Tameside; Leight, Wigan; Prestwich, Bury; Stockport town centre; and Salford precinct.

A total of 40 are in London - just over a third of the remaining Crown Post Offices. READ MORE: More than 100 Post Office branches face closure across the UK Around 1,000 workers are employed across the branches, while the Post Office also confirmed that hundreds of further roles are under threat at its headquarters as it looks to streamline back-office operations. You can see the branches at risk of closure using our interactive map below... Post Office chairman Nigel Railton said the shake-up will offer a “new deal for postmasters” by increasing their share of revenue and giving them a greater say in the running of the business as it looks to move on from the Horizon IT scandal that saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongfully convicted.

The plans, which are subject to government funding, would see average branch pay doubled by 2030, with £120 million in additional pay by the end of the first year.