Due to a shortage of staff and an increase in demand as Christmas approaches, Royal Mail is experiencing delays with deliveries. The company has updated customers on which areas in the country are affected.
As a result, some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, due for delivery today in parts of Scotland, may arrive later than expected.
Some mail centres across the country reported that not all mail was processed or despatched on time over the past 24 hours, resulting in delayed deliveries.
The mail centres affected are below.
Bristol Mail Centre: Some mail posted yesterday in other parts of the UK for delivery today in the BA, BS, GL and TA postcode areas.
Exeter Mail Centre: Some mail posted yesterday in other parts of the UK for delivery today in the EX and TQ postcode areas.
Chelmsford Mail Centre: Some mail posted yesterday in other parts of the UK for delivery today in the CM, CO and SS postcode areas.
Chester Mail Centre: Some mail posted yesterday in other parts of the UK for delivery today in the CH, LL and SY postcode areas.
Home Counties North Mail Centre: Some mail posted yesterday in other parts of the UK for delivery today in the AL, EN, HP, LU, SG and WD postcode areas.
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Norwich Mail Centre: Some mail posted yesterday in other parts of the UK for delivery today in the IP and NR postcode areas.
Southampton Mail Centre: Some mail posted yesterday in other parts of the UK for delivery today in the PO, SO and SP postcode areas.
South Midlands Mail Centre: Some mail posted yesterday in other parts of the UK for delivery today in the CV, LE, MK and NN postcode areas.
Warrington Mail Centre: Some mail posted yesterday in other parts of the UK for delivery today in the CW, L, WA and WN postcode areas.
Nottingham Mail Centre: Some mail posted yesterday in in the DE and NG postcode areas for delivery today in other parts of the UK.
As for deliveries today, Royal Mail said they are operating as normal across most of the country.
However, some offices are impacted by Covid-related issues, meaning delays are likely in some parts of Britain.
On its website, Royal Mail stated: “We aim to deliver to all addresses we have mail for, six days a week.
“In a small number of local offices this may temporarily not be possible due to local issues such as Covid-related self isolation, high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors.
“In those cases we will rotate deliveries to minimise the delay to individual customers.”
The postcodes affected across the country today are listed below.
Belfast West DO (BT10 – BT12 and BT17)
Belper DO (DE56)
Burnham On Crouch DO (CM0 8)
Chelmsford DO (CM1 to CM3)
Congleton DO (CW4 and CW12)
Cricklewood DO (NW2)
Eccles DO (M30)
Finsbury Park DO (N4 and N15)
Havant DO (PO9-10)
Henfield DO (BN5 and BN44)
Hornsey DO (N8)
Longton DO (ST3 and ST11)
New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62 and CH63)
Northwich DO (CW8 to CW9)
Rayleigh DO (SS6)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1 to SY5)
South Croydon DO (CR2)
St. Helens DO (WA9 to WA11)
Sydenham DO (SE26)
Upminster DO (RM14)
Upton DO (CH30 and CH49)
Warrington DO (WA1 to WA2 and WA4 to WA5)
Willesden DO (NW10 and NW26)