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Royal Mail has warned that post, including letters and parcels, may face delays due to several factors, one of which is the ‘class’ of postage. First-class letters are typically delivered a day after dispatch, while second-class letters take two days.
Royal Mail operates from Monday to Saturday but can experience delays due to local issues affecting delivery offices or disruptions to its air, road, rail, or mail centre networks. On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, significant disruption was reported at mail centres in Gatwick, London Central, Manchester, Preston, and the South Midlands, reports the Express.
The postal service revealed that not all mail was processed or dispatched on schedule over the past weekend, leading to the warning: “As a result, some mail may be delivered later than planned”. The affected postcode areas include Gatwick (BN and RH), London Central (EC, N, W1 and WC), Manchester (BL, M, OL and SK), and Preston (BB, FY, LA and PR).
Mail posted in the BB, FY, LA and PR postcode areas due for delivery today may experience delays. Similarly, mail due for delivery in the CV, LE, MK and NN postcode areas may also arrive later than planned.
Local issues have disrupted nearly a dozen Royal Mail delivery offices across the UK. The postal service stated that while it aims to deliver to all addresses six days a week, this may not be possible due to factors such as high sick absence levels or other local issues.
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When this happens, Royal Mail rotates deliveries to minimise individual customer delays. It said: “We also provide targeted support to those offices to address their challenges and restore our service to the high standard our customers would normally receive.”
Nine regions, including Gospot, Thornbury, East Dulwich, and Bristol East, are currently listed as the “most impacted” by disruption to local delivery offices.
