"They know that the Post Office Ltd claims that the nearest alternative to Craigweil Post Office is just 0.7 miles away from here is a lie.

"At best, it is twice that, if you take the dodge runs, because we have to come back.

"On top of that, you have to get to Craigweil Post Office before the 0.7 miles begins. So, it is effectively one-a-half miles plus the distance from people's homes to the post office and back again.

"That is not my definition of a local post office," stated Aldwick parish councillor Mrs Ostler."The government exhorts us all to walk more and then proposes to close the very facility we usually walk to – the local post office.

"If we are all supposed to drive to Rose Green, then we have another problem. For that area is already traffic jammed and Parkfield Avenue is soon to have double yellow lines. Furthermore, the parking on the corner is privately owned by the butcher and the chemist. It is not a public car park at all."

Craigweil Post Office forms part of a parade of eight shops and businesses which was built in the 1930s.

Sir Arthur du Cros oversaw the construction as part of the Craigweil private estate upon ground that was previously part of Craigweil House. This was the centre of the British Empire in 1929 when King George V stayed there with Queen Mary.