Services, Environmental, Planning
Post Office Hosted Service
The Post Office Hosted Service is available at The Reading Room, 20 Church Street, Helmdon, NN13 5QJ
Important: Due to extensive works being carried out in the Reading Room, the Village Café and Post Office will be
closed on Tuesday 24th September and Tuesday 29th October 2024,
open on 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd October.
The Thursday Post Office will be
closed on Thursday 26th September and Thursday 31st October,
open on 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th October.
Opening hours (from November 2022):
- Tuesday: 10am-midday (see also Village Café)
- Thursday, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Note that website www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder gives incorrect opening hours
The Hosted service provides customers with a range of Post Office products and services, including:
- Banking Services including Co-op/Smile, LloydsTSB, Barclays, Cahoot, First Direct, Bank of Ireland, Clydesdale Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Nat West, HSBC
- Post Office Card Account
- Postage & Post Office Savings Stamps
- Bill & Budget Payment Schemes
- Postal Orders
- Telephony services including Homephone
- Moneygram
- Post Office Ltd Financial Services Products
- Special Delivery
- Home Shopping Returns
- Inland letter/packets, “signed for” delivery service
- International letters/packets
- Fishing Licences
- Health Lottery tickets
Letter Sizes, Post Codes and Royal Mail Services
Standard first and second class Royal Mail stamps are valid for items up to:
240mm length x 165mm width x 5mm depth/thickness – 100g weight.
- For UK pricing by size & weight see Postage Prices (Post Office)
- For details and PRICES of all Royal Mail personal postal services see Sending Mail (Royal Mail)
- For post codes and/or full postal addresses of any UK location (for personal use) see Post Code Finder (Royal Mail)
- For local post codes, see Local Post Codes page
- For details of Tracking, Redelivering and Redirecting your personal mail see Receiving Mail (Royal Mail)
Parish Council Services and Environmental
- Aims and Objectives of Helmdon Parish Council
- Allotments
- Defibrillators
- Footpaths and Walking Groups
- Memorials
- Neighbourhood Watch
- Nature Reserves
- Notice boards
- Parks and Open Spaces
- Recycle and Reuse
- Street Lighting
- Tree Preservation Orders (on www.helmdonhistory.com)
- Verge Maintenance (grass cutting)
- Woodlands