Royal Mail publishes list of 21 places in England where post is delayed due to coronavirus

Royal Mail has published a list of 21 places in England where the post is being delayed due to coronavirus with one postal area in Cheshire affected.

The company said: “Every single parcel and letter is important to us.

“Despite our best efforts and significant investment in extra resource, some customers may experience slightly longer delivery timescales than our usual service standards.

“This is due to the exceptionally high volumes we are seeing, exacerbated by the coronavirus-related measures we have put in place in local mail centres and delivery offices to keep our people and customers safe.

“In such cases, we always work hard to get back to providing our usual level of service as quickly as we can. Thank you for your patience and understanding.”

The list of 21 areas suffering from limited delivery services as more of its workforce is affected by Covid-19 has been updated this afternoon.

Royal Mail said: “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.”

• Ashford (TN23-TN27)
• Basildon (SS13-SS16)
• Bury St Edmunds (IP28-IP33)
• Chelmsford (CM1-CM3)
• Daventry (NN11)
• Debden (IG7-IG10)
• Enfield (EN1-EN3)
• Hampton (TW12)
• Highbury (N5)
• 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)
• Widnes (WA8)