Bedford St Post Office

Bedford Street Post Office sells all the equipment you need for sending letters and posting parcels — envelopes — brown white and varying sizes — bubble wrap, sellotape, brown papers etc.
Many a time I have perched a parcel on the narrow counter to wrap it up and post on the hoof in here. It provides the usual Post Office service but being small is best avoided at lunch time when the queue builds up.
The shop part has the usual newagents supplies of papers, drinks, sweets, sandwiches and some funny little knick knack gifts like name pens, mugs and fridge magnets for occasions that demand a token gift.

Post offices although controlled by a set of rules and structure from up high really do come in varying forms and degrees of proficiency.
Bedford Street is a fair example of a post office doing the right thing in some regards which needs a little help in others.
I called in here last week to buy some packing material to post a guitar to a guy in Scotland (having sold it for less than I would have liked to) I ended up picking up some bubble wrap, packing roll and brown tape, all of which came to about £4, which is reasonable.
They also stock a range of Yankee candles bizarrely along with typical newsagent items, as well as some touristy things.
The main problem with this branch is it’s small, and generally has only one or two staff on the post office side of things but, the queues are ridiculous… to the point where there’s almost no floor space for other people to browse.
Not the best but certainly not the worst way to get your postal needs sorted in the city centre.

This Post Office always seems to be busy. As previous review has said the queue is always really long, especially at lunchtime. Also, I wish they would change the layout to make it feel less claustrophobic!
On the plus side it is handy to the city centre so long as you are not in a big rush and avoid at lunchtime!

Really tiny post office that you can guarantee will always have a big queue the whole way out the door every lunchtime! Staff are friendly but tend to work very slowly! Only ever about 2 cashiers serving so you can be in for a long wait! Also has a small shop so you can grab a bar of chocolate while you are waiting in the mile long queue!