Post Office opening times for Good Friday and Easter 2026

Spring is finally here and with it, Easter.

For anyone who needs to collect or send a last-minute Easter gift from the Post Office, you’ll need to check whether your local branch is open over the weekend before leaving the house.

To help, Metro has brought together the expected opening times for Post Office outlets over the Easter period. However, we do recommend you check the opening times for your local branches using the Post Office’s branch finder.

When is the Post Office open for Easter?

Good Friday

Post Office outlets are expected to close on Good Friday as it’s a bank holiday, although branches that do remain open will likely close earlier than normal.

Royal Mail has also confirmed that there will be no deliveries or collections on Good Friday in Northern Ireland, Wales and England, except in TD15. In Scotland, collections and deliveries will function as normal.

Easter Saturday

Its expected that Post Office will operate as normal on Saturday, April 4, with most branches open between 9am and 6pm, though this will depend on your local branch – find opening times using the Post Office’s branch finder.

Easter Sunday

The Post Office will likely close most branches on Easter Sunday. Again, if some locations are open, expect reduced operating hours.

Easter Monday

Branches of the Post Office are expected to be closed on Easter Monday, a bank holiday.

Similarly to Good Friday, there will be no Royal Mail deliveries or collections on Easter Monday in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

It’s expected that branches will return to ordinary working hours from Tuesday, April 7.

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