Uxbridge has a Post Office again, in Room C204 of the Civic Centre, open 9am to 5.30pm weekdays and 9am to 1pm Saturdays. No passport check, no vehicle tax, limited travel money.

Uxbridge has a Post Office again. Two counters opened inside the Civic Centre on High Street on Thursday 6 August, ten weeks after the town centre branch inside TGJones at 148 High Street shut on 30 May.

The interim branch is in Room C204 of the Civic Centre, UB8 1UW, and is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5.30pm and on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm. It is closed on Sundays. Post Office Ltd describes the site as “approximately 500 metres” from the old branch, with pay and display parking nearby and level access at the entrance. (Uxbridge Post Office, service re-opening letter, 31 July 2026, Post Office Ltd)

Hillingdon Council says the counters are “located at the top of the stairs and ramp, near the entrance to Uxbridge Library”, and that they offer “95 per cent of the services available at any permanent post office”. (Council helps to deliver new home for Uxbridge Post Office, Hillingdon Council, 31 July 2026)

What you cannot do there

The missing 5 per cent matters if you were planning a trip specifically for it. Post Office Ltd’s own notice lists four exceptions at the Civic Centre: no Passport Check and Send, no vehicle tax, no on-demand travel insurance, and only a limited travel money service, with euros and dollars available but not the full range of currencies. Everything else in the “usual wide range of services” is on offer. (Service re-opening letter, Post Office Ltd)

For those four things the nearest full branch is North Hillingdon Post Office at 376 Long Lane, UB10 9PG, which Post Office Ltd says “offers the same services” as the old High Street branch and keeps longer hours: 9am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 2pm on Saturday and Sunday. Cowley Post Office at 1 Dellfield Parade, High Street, UB8 2EN, offers similar services but not Passport Check and Send, and has steps at the entrance; it opens 9am to 5.30pm on weekdays and 9am to 1pm on Saturdays. Both are about 1.7 miles from the old branch. Two Drop and Collect points, at 192 Cowley Road (UB8 2LZ) and on Hillingdon Hill (UB10 0JQ), take parcels only. (Uxbridge branch closure letter, 23 April 2026, Post Office Ltd)

Comparison panel of three Post Office branches: Uxbridge interim branch in Room C204 of the Civic Centre, open 9am to 5.30pm weekdays and 9am to 1pm Saturdays, with no Passport Check and Send, no vehicle tax, euros and dollars only and no on-demand travel insurance; Cowley, 1 Dellfield Parade, same hours, no Passport Check and Send, steps at the entrance; North Hillingdon, 376 Long Lane, open 9am to 7pm weekdays and 9am to 2pm at weekends, same services as the old branch, level access
The interim Uxbridge branch against the two full branches Post Office Ltd named as alternatives when the High Street branch closed. Sources: Post Office Ltd customer letters of 23 April and 31 July 2026. Graphic by Uxbridge News.

How the town lost its branch

The High Street branch was operated by TGJones Ltd. Post Office Ltd wrote to customers on 23 April 2026 to say that “following the resignation our retail partner, TGJones Ltd, the branch will be closing on Saturday 30 May 2026 at 17:00”, and that it was “currently investigating the options available which will enable us to reinstate a Post Office service to the local community”. Because the closure was unplanned, it was handled under Post Office Ltd’s notification process rather than a public consultation, which is why there was no formal consultation period for residents to respond to. (Branch unplanned closure letter, 23 April 2026, Post Office Ltd)

The council says it offered the Civic Centre as a temporary home as soon as it was told the branch was closing, and confirmed that at full council. Its leader, Cllr Steve Tuckwell, said “thousands of residents relied on Uxbridge Post Office, so it was only right that we take decisive action”, and used the announcement to take a swipe at “one of the borough’s current MPs” for “grandstanding on social media”. David Hempstead, Post Office Ltd’s Retail Change Lead, said the two organisations had “worked closely together to find a way to restore a much-needed Uxbridge Post Office in the heart of the town”. (Hillingdon Council, 31 July 2026)

What it means for you

  • The Civic Centre counters are interim, not permanent. Post Office Ltd calls the arrangement “an interim basis at The Civic Centre, UB8 1UW whilst we continue to work on the provision of a permanent Post Office in Uxbridge”, and the council says the Post Office “will look to open a permanent branch at a new location later this year”. No location or date has been published. If a permanent site is announced, Post Office Ltd’s notification for the Uxbridge branch, reference 273020, is where it will appear first; the current notice runs until 28 August. (Post Office Ltd)
  • Renewing a passport, taxing a car or buying anything other than euros or dollars still means a trip out of town, most conveniently to North Hillingdon on Long Lane, which is also the only one of the three open on a Sunday.
  • Saturday morning is covered again in the town centre, 9am to 1pm, which the council’s own Civic Centre page does not yet reflect: it still lists the building as closed on Saturdays for general council business. Both the council’s announcement and Post Office Ltd’s letter give the Saturday hours, and Uxbridge Library, next to the counters, is a Saturday building. (Civic Centre, Hillingdon Council)
  • Parking: the council directs Civic Centre visitors to the town centre multi-storey car parks, where HillingdonFirst cardholders pay a lower resident tariff. (Civic Centre, Hillingdon Council) Our parking in Uxbridge page has the current charges.
  • More is coming to the building. The council says talks are “at an advanced stage” to move Hillingdon’s Integrated Sexual Health Service from The Wakley Centre in Hayes to the Civic Centre, and that it is in discussion with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency about leasing space there too. Neither is confirmed. (Hillingdon Council)

Uxbridge News has not visited the counters; hours and services above are as published by Post Office Ltd and the council on 31 July, and Post Office Ltd notes that branch hours can change, with the latest details on its branch finder. If you have used the interim branch and found the arrangements different from those published, tell us at hello@uxbridgenews.co.uk.