A post office is due to close in days, leaving people devastated.

The branch in St George's Road, Kemp Town, Brighton, will close on Monday, October 28.

People who use it have told of their upset at the news, with Debra Winter writing on Facebook: "I'll be devastated if it closes. It's so useful."

Glenys French added: "I really hope it isn't they will be sorely missed they are lovely people."

It comes just months after another post office in Hanover's Islingword Road closed.

Craig Johnson said: "I live near Islingword and the closure of the Post Office has been terrible, particularly for the elderly or vulnerable."

Derek Wright said: "The Post Office still operates in Whitehawk Road. Get the bus or park in Lidl."

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A Post Office spokesman said: “Regrettably the postmaster for St Georges Road Post Office has resigned and the premises are being withdrawn for Post Office use. The branch is closing on Monday, October 28, at 6pm.

“We are currently investigating the options available which will enable us to reinstate a Post Office service to the local community. The vacancy will soon be advertised. In the interim alternative branches include St James's Street, which is 0.5 miles away and Whitehawk Road, which is 0.9 miles away.

Sean Sherman ran the post office in Islingword Road which shut this July 27. 

The branch he took over in 2015 closed amid a rise in thefts and increased running costs.

“It has been a perfect storm with increased energy costs, mortgage costs. Everything has gone up,” he previously told The Argus.

“There is only so much you can raise your prices before customers disappear. We were already starting to lose customers during and after Covid.

“You could probably say shoplifting is the last straw.”

Sean said his branch was the key post office in the area and was “certainly the busiest”. “You do wonder how the others will manage in the future,” he added.