RHOOSE Post Office is undergoing modernisation and will be open for longer hours when it is converted into a "main branch" next month.

As part of the Post Office’s plans to modernise the network, Rhoose Post Office will open with a new look at 1pm on Monday, April 20.

Opening hours will increase to an extra five hours a week in a move to being open all day on Saturdays

Post Office Area Network Manager for Wales, Sue Whittall, said: “I am delighted to announce that we are to transform our Rhoose branch into one of our new main style branches.

"We understand how important having a Post Office is to residents in the area and we are confident that this new modern Post Office service will meet the needs of the local community and secure services for the future.

“This modernisation is part of a major investment programme to 2018, the largest in the history of the Post Office, that will see over 8000 branches converting to new-style branches.

"This investment makes a commitment to no more branch closure programmes.”

Post Office customers using the branch will benefit from the new refurbishment and longer opening hours, with Post Office products and services available from 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday.

The current branch will close for refurbishment at 5.30pm on Wednesday, April 8.