Royal Mail suffers delivery delays in 23 areas in the run-up to Christmas – check to see if you’re affected

Of Royal Mail’s 1,200 UK delivery offices, which is where mail is sorted, 23 of those are currently experiencing severe delays. We’ve a full list of affected areas below, although Royal Mail says it will rotate deliveries in these locations in a bid to minimise delays. It adds that it will also provide extra support to affected offices. Royal Mail post is normally delivered six days a week barring Sundays and excluding bank holidays. 

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There are 23 areas affected by Royal Mail delivery delays

As of today (15 December), delivery offices where Royal Mail users can expect delays, as well as the subsequent impacted postcodes, are: 

• Belfast West (BT10 – BT12 and BT17
• Belper, Derby (DE56)
• Burnham On Crouch, Essex (CM0 8)
• Chelmsford, Essex (CM1 to CM3)
• Congleton, Cheshire (CW4 and CW12)
• Cricklewood, London (NW2)
• Farnborough, Hampshire (GU14)
• Finsbury Park, London (N4 and N15)
• Havant, Hampshire (PO9 – PO10)
• Hornsey, London (N8)
• Longton, Staffordshire (ST3 and ST11)
• New Ferry, Wirral (CH32, CH62 and CH63)
• Northwich, Chester (CW8 – CW9)
• Pontypridd, Glamorgan (CF37, CF38 and CF46)
• Rayleigh, Essex (SS6)
• Shrewsbury, Shropshire (SY1 – SY5)
• South Croydon, Surrey (CR2)
• St. Helens, Merseyside (WA9 – WA11)
• Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire (S36)
• Upminster, Greater London (RM14)
• Upton, Merseyside (CH30 and CH49)
• Warrington, Cheshire (WA1 – WA2 and WA4 – WA5)
• Willesden, London (NW10 and NW26)

Royal Mail will update its website daily to keep customers informed of any delays.