Royal Mail warns of delays in 56 postcodes due to Covid-related staff shortages

DELIVERIES across the UK have been hit after swathes of postal staff have been forced to self-isolate with Covid.

Royal Mail issued its daily service update yesterday morning, with no fewer than 56 postcodes set for slower than usual deliveries.

Which areas are impacted by the Royal Mail delays?

Areas affected include London, Glasgow, Yorkshire and Manchester.

Royal Mail services also struggled over Christmas under the weight of extra sick days, resourcing problems and “other local factors”.

The bad news follows delays at a similar time last year across 28 postcodes – but that figure has now doubled.

And the “pingdemic” last July forced further sluggishness in various parts of the country.

Royal Mail apologised for the inconvenience and said it plans to “rotate deliveries” to minimise the delays – meaning some areas will temporarily see slower posting times.

Check your local post office opening times using Royal Mail’s online tool – just enter your postcode.

You can also sign up for email updates to be alerted to any changes.

Full list of affected postcodes

Here’s the full list of areas affected by the disruption:

• Amersham DO (HP6, HP7 and HP8)
• Amesbury (SP3 and SP4)
• Barking DO (IG11)
• Bicester DO (OX25 to OX27)
• Bredbury DO (SK6)
• Bridge Of Don DO (AB22 and AB23)
• Bristol South DO (BS3, BS13 and BS41)
• Burgess Hill DO (BN6 and RH15)
• Caldicot DO (NP26)
• Camberwell (SE5)
• Cramlington DO (NE23)
• Cricklewood DO (NW2)
• Erskine DO (PA7 and PA8)
• Gerrads Cross DO (SL9)
• Golders Green DO (NW11)
• Hanwell (W7)
• Herne Hill DO (SE24)
• Histon SPDO (CB4 9XX)
• Hitchin DO (SG4 and SG5)
• Holloway DO (N7)
• Hornsey DO (N8)
• Hoylake DO (CH47 and CH48)
• Islington DO (N1 and N1C)
• Larkhall DO (ML9 and ML10)
• Maida Hill DO (W9)
• Manchester South West DO (M15, M16 and M32)
• Muswell Hill DO (N10)
• Newton Mearns DO (G77)
• Northwich DO (CW8 and CW9)
• Paisley DO (PA1, PA2 and PA3)
• Perth DO (PH1. PH2 and PH14)
• Peterlee DO (SR8)
• Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9 and WF11)
• Rayleigh DO (SS6)
• Redcar DO (TS10 and TS11)
• Rottingdean DO (BN2 and BN51)
• South Croydon DO (CR2)
• Swindon West DO (SN5)
• Thame DO (OX9 and OX39)
• The Hyde DO (NW9)
• Upminster DO (RM14)
• Upton DO (CH30 and CH39)
• Wallasey DO (CH27, CH44 and CH45)
• Wantage DO (OX12)
• West Norwood DO (SE27)
• West Wickham DO (BR4)
• Willesden DO (NW10 and NW26)
• Wootton Bassett DO (SN4 and SN16)

Royal Mail updates its list around 11.30am every day – so we’ll let you know as soon as we see the latest postcodes affected.

Posties wowed Yorkshire by successfully delivering a later addressed only to “somewhere in the Yorkshire Dales”.

Plus, keep up to date with Royal Mail’s delivery times near you.