THE names of the Oxfordshire post offices which face the axe were officially released today.

Post Office is proposing to close 22 post offices across the county and replace a further five in West Oxfordshire with mobile vans, which could visit at set times for "restricted hours" each week.

The Post Offices earmarked for closure are:

  • Ardington
  • Begbroke
  • Childrey
  • Combe
  • Crowmarsh
  • Dalton Barracks, Abingdon
  • Farmoor
  • Fyfield
  • Grandpont, Oxford
  • Grimsbury, Banbury
  • Church Way, Iffley, Oxford
  • Villiers Road, Bicester
  • Long Wittenham
  • Orchard Way, Banbury
  • Stanmore Crescent, Carterton
  • Stanton St John
  • Upton
  • West End, Witney
  • Wolvercote, Godstow Road
  • Wootton, near Woodstock
  • Wootton Road, Abingdon
  • Wytham.

The five West Oxfordshire branches proposed for "replacement solutions" are Chadlington, Enstone, Great Rollright, Great Tew, and Tackley.

A six-week consultation period on the proposals starts today and people have until Monday, March 17, to comment.