There was a local PO 3 minutes from my place, but they closed it down a few years ago... without notice... just before Christmas. I saw a very old lady from the other side of the road pushing and pushing the door loaded with parcels...
It was run by the same person who used to run the local shop. (He practically split himself.)
It was very convenient to me of course as if they dropped a card in my mailbox without knocking I was at the PO in 3 minutes.... Now...