This is a little village post office, right in the heart of Stainton village in Middlesbrough. It's…read moreright opposite the church, and next door to the hair-dressers and village shop. The post office itself has a shop, selling essentials like bread and milk, and tinned foods and a few frozen meals etc. They also have a fresh food counter where you can buy quiche, or pies, or sandwiches, which they will make up for you while you wait. The shop also sells stationery, and random things like bird food! The post office part is set at the back of the shop and has just two counter positions. Sometimes you do encounter queues but it's worth the wait as the staff are fantastic, especially the Post Master, Alan. They are all really good, friendly and helpful, and go out of their way to help the customers. I cannot recommend this place highly enough. The only downside is that, being just a sub post office, you can't renew your Road Tax here, but you can do just about everything else.

This doesn't exist any more.....it was converted into a house quite a few years ago…read more There is, however, a mobile post office which attends outside the Satinton Pub every Tuesday morning between 09.30-11.00am.

This is a really nice, handy, little village shop. It's set right in the heart of Stainton village…read morein Middlesbrough, next to the post office and opposite the church. Well, actually, it's next door but one to the post office - there's a hair dressers in between! The shop is great for those things you may have run out of, essentials like milk etc. They also sell sweets, ice lollies, magazines, newspapers, stationery etc. The shop is open into the evening, I'm not sure of the exact time, but it certainly stays open after the usual 5.30pm and it's handy for the village children to walk down on their own, especially in the summer.

Handy local shop near to Abbey School and with plenty of parking outside. As it is part of chain…read moreyou can often pick up some good offers and there is a lovely little bakery with fresh bread and pastries. There is also a good range of newspapers and magazines. Staff are very friendly and always pass pleasentries.

This is a great old fashioned traditional Post Office. Based right in the centre of the village on…read morethe green, there are off street parking opportunities right outside. It is only quite a small building but it oozes charm. It sells magazines and papers, alternatively you could have them delivered to your door. They sell sweets from jars and lots of delightful locally produced items such as cakes, jams, chutneys. They also have some really tasty meats which they carve off the bone for you, whether you want a lot or just one slice for a sandwich, nothing is too much trouble. The post office part itself is just one counter but you can do most things that you need to do urgently, pay your bills and post your letters. Really welcoming.

This is a very small little post office located in the centre of Old Billingham on the main stretch…read moreof shops on Station Road. I'm a regular visitor and always find that the staff are very friendly and helpful as they are in all branches across Billingham. There's never really a queuing problem, as it is such a small post office and therefore does not ever get very busy. The post office offers a small selection of packaging products on sale as well as cards and some stationary products. They sell stamps and weigh and price packages. There is also a post box located on the front of the shop. The shop also sells newspaper and a few other nick nacks. The only problem is the staff can be quite pushy and try to make you buy the various insurances and credit cards which they have on offer.

Mill Lane News is a great little news agents located on Mill Lane in Old Billingham. The news agent…read morehas a huge range of newspapers and magazines on offer daily at fantastic prices. The shop also has a small selection of cards for various occasions such as weddings, birthdays and new borns. The shop also offer a small range of toys on sale. The shop is also well known and used by locals by its huge range of sweets. The shop has a large area of old fashioned sweets where you can go in and ask for a quarter of your favourites! It is fantastic and I regularly pop in for a quarter of white mice! The staff are very friendly and helpful!

Mitchells has been in the same place in the centre of the High Street for many years and is still…read morerun by the same family. There is parking outside so it is easily accessible. It is fairly basically laid out, they have a huge range of newspapers and magazines on display as you would expect and they also have quite a large stock of gift cards. At the main counter there is also a wide choice of sweets and chocolates to tempt you and they have a freezer where they stock and sell ice creams and lollies. They have quite a few paper boys and girls who cover quite a substantial area of Northallerton daily delivering papers and magazines, and if they haven't got it in stock and its something you want they will endeavour to track it down for you.

This is the main post office in Darlington & has an odd customer service. You get a ticket to join…read morethe que for the desk? Anyway I needed to open an account & got to see some one straight away. So all in all, sorted in a short time & happy with service provided.

nice and friendly staff always have a smile on their faces! go there 4 or 5 times a week and havent…read morebeen dissapointed.