The branch is one of 22 in Leeds earmarked for closure.

Post Offices are losing around £3.5m a week with four million fewer customers than two years ago.

Residents will have only a six week consultation – starting from today –to save any branch earmarked for closure.

The criteria for the future Post Office network focuses on the number of households able to access branches.

In urban areas 95 per cent of the population will be within one mile of a branch.

In rural areas 95 per cent of the population will have to travel up to three miles.

If the closures all go ahead, there will be 209 branches in urban areas of West Yorkshire and 73 in rural areas.

A Post Office statement said: "Post Office Limited is acutely aware of the concerns the changes affecting Post Office branches in the West Yorkshire area will cause.

"If these proposed changes take place, Post Office Limited will remain the largest retailer by network size in the area, and will still have more branches open than the number of branches of major banks and building societies combined."