Regular post service suspended by Royal Mail in 28 areas

Royal Mail have published a list of 27 areas in England and one in Northern Ireland where they are no t currently able to provide a regular post service.

They say this is due to ‘resourcing issues’, for which you can pretty much read they are being hit hard by Coronavirus with posties self isolating or sadly in some cases ill from the virus.

This is the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that Royal Mail have had to publish a long list of areas which won’t be receiving a regular post service. There have been sporadic incidences in the past, but these have generally isolated incidences for a few days or a week at the most while a deep clean of mail distribution centres took place. For Royal Mail to suspend the regular post service in 28 areas shows how serious the situation across the whole country is becoming.

If you are in an impacted area, you simply won’t receive mail regularly and it won’t be available for collection unless you’ve received a card through your door (and unless you’re a key worker why weren’t you home to receive your parcel anyway?).

Our postal workers have done an amazing job with sadly from some little or no thanks and even bitter complaints in the run up to Christmas that intended gifts didn’t arrive on time. Frankly if that was you then you should have ordered earlier and been prepared and even if last minute Tier 4 lock downs caught you on the hop then it’s time to stop complaining and be thankful you are still safe and that posties are still working.

My local postie is amazing

My local postie is absolutely amazing. Due to lock down, he is no longer able to van share and has a long walk back to the delivery office every day after he has completed his round. He is invariably cheerful even through he’s doing difficult job and like many other’s he missed his Christmas.

Tier 4 slammed the door shut on the opportunity to visit his parents who lives 80 miles away on Christmas Day. He’s now hoping that perhaps by his Easter Break he’ll be able to visit and open his Christmas presents with his family. Oh… and he worked right up to Christmas Eve and between Christmas and New Year to make sure everyone else got their cards and presents. If you see your postie keep your distance, but make sure you give them a wave, a smile, and thanks for the service they give you and yes that includes when your post is late… they still delivered it!

Regular post service suspensions

“Due to resourcing issues, deliveries in the following areas are likely to be limited. If you need to collect an item for which we’ve left a ‘Something for you’ card from the Customer Service Points at one of these offices, please check royalmail.com/services-near-you for details of our revised opening hours. If we’ve not left a ‘Something for you card’, and you do not have alternative arrangements in place, we’re sorry that your mail will not be available for collection.”
– Royal Mail

Regular post service suspensions
Ashford (TN23-TN27) Barnsley (S70, S71, S72 and S75) Basildon (SS13-SS16) Bow (E3) Bury St Edmunds (IP28-IP33) Chelmsford (CM1-CM3) Christchurch (BH23) Daventry (NN11) Debden (IG7-IG10) Enfield (EN1-EN3) Grays (RM16-RM20) Hampton (TW12) Highbury (N5) Hornsey (N8)	Horsham (RH12, RH13) Ilford (IG1-IG6) Leeds City (LS1-LS5) Lewisham (SE13) Magherafelt (BT45, BT46) Margate (CT7-CT9) Rugeley (WS15) Somerton (TA11) South Ockendon (RM15) South Woodford (E18) Upper Holloway (N7) Wandsworth (SW18) Wellington (TA21) Widnes (WA8)

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