RESIDENTS in Warrington have been reminded of disruption due to be caused by an upcoming postal strike.

Royal Mail has advised that the Communication Workers Union is planning to carry out strike action on Thursday, November 24.

The strike will result in no collection, sorting or delivery of post on that date by Royal Mail.

As this is the date of the local elections in the Rixton and Woolston ward, and Burtonwood and Westbrook Parish Council, it is important that residents who wish to return their postal vote do so as soon as possible.

Postal vote letters are being delivered during the course of this week.

Residents in these election areas are being urged not to put a completed postal vote in a Royal Mail post box after the last collection on Tuesday, November 22, as this vote will not be received in time to be counted.

The deadline for receipt of completed postal votes is 10pm on Thursday, November 24.

If postal votes are not sent back in time, residents can hand it in at any polling station within their local area on election day, or alternatively, at Warrington Town Hall.

Locations and opening times are detailed below:

•             Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1UH – open from 9am to 4pm

•             Various polling stations – open from 7am to 10pm

Polling stations for Rixton and Woolston ward:

•             Rixton with Glazebrook Community Hall, Manchester Road, Rixton, WA3 6JZ

•             Glazebrook Methodist Church, Glazebrook Lane, Glazebrook, WA3 5AY

•             St Martins Methodist Church, Gig Lane, Woolston, WA1 4EE

•             Mobile unit – Runnymede, Woolston, WA1 4BX

•             Woolston Neighbourhood Hub, Hall Road, Woolston, WA1 4PN

•             Bruche Primary School, Seymour Drive, Warrington, WA1 3TT

Polling stations for Burtonwood and Westbrook Parish Council (Burtonwood ward):

•             The Club (formerly Burtonwood Catholic Club), Phipps Lane, Burtonwood, WA5 4HQ

If you have any queries, please contact the council’s electoral services team at elections@warrington.gov.uk or call 01925 442184.