ROYAL Mail has warned Brits with these postcodes that they may experience delivery and collection service delays.
The national postal services has warned that a small number of offices will be affected by delays today due to local issues, such as high levels of sick absence or resourcing.
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Royal Mail has apologised for the possible mail delivery delays todayCredit: PA
They also announced that earlier this morning, a vehicle travelling from our Midlands Hub to the Home Counties North Mail Centre broke down on route.
Mail due to be delivered in the AL, EN, HP, LU, SG and WD postcode areas will arrive later than expected they said.
There are also two mail centres that are experiencing challenges, the DE and NG postcode areas, including Nottingham Mail Centre, and will therefore be delivering mail “behind schedule”.
Royal Mail said: “We’re sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.”
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Royal Mail assured that they will try to minimise the delay in those areas and provide targeted support to restore the service as soon as possible.
UK postcodes that may experience delays
- Aboyne SUDO (AB34)
- Altens DO (AB10, AB11, AB12 and AB35)
- Ashington DO (NE22, NE62-NE64)
- Belfast West DO (BT10-BT12 BT17)
- Bridge of Don DO (AB22 and AB23)
- Derwentside DO (DH8-DH9)
- Dinnington DO (S25, S26)
- Erskine DO (PA7-PA8)
- Folkestone DO (CT18, CT19, CT20 and CT50)
- Glenrothes DO (KY6, KY7)
- Gloucester North DO (GL3 and GL4)
- Hull Central DO (HU1-HU3, HU5, HU9, HU12, HU19)
- Inverclyde DO (PA14-PA19)
- Keith DO (AB55)
- Kilwinning DO (KA13)
- Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
- Lisburn DO (BT26-BT28)
- Lochgelly DO (KY5)
- Plymouth North DO (PL2, PL3)
- Pontefract DO (WF7,WF8, WF9 and WF11)
- Prescot DO (L34 and L35)
- Uddingston DO (G71)
- Washington DO (NE37-NE38)
- Whitehaven DO (CA18-CA20, CA26, CA28)
- Whitwood DO (WF6 and WF10)
Royal Mail’s hefty fine for failing to meet delivery targets
The post service was issued a £21 million fine by Ofcom last month for missing its delivery targets for the financial year.
The postal service only delivered 77% of first-class mail and 92.5% of second-class mail on time in the 2024/25 financial year.
Both of these percentages fell well short of its 93% and 98.5% targets.
The communications watchdog has now said Royal Mail must urgently deliver a credible improvement plan or the fines are likely to continue.
It’s the third time Royal Mail has been found in breach of its regulatory obligations in recent years.
The postal service was fined £5.6million in November 2023 and £10.5million in December 2024.
Ian Strawhorne, director of enforcement at Ofcom, said: “Millions of important letters are arriving late, and people aren’t getting what they pay for when they buy a stamp.
“These persistent failures are unacceptable, and customers expect and deserve better.”
Ofcom said the fine reflected the “harm suffered by customers” because of Royal Mail’s poor service.
The fine followed Royal Mail’s attempt to huge shake-up its service and open thousands of shops across the UK for the first time.
Around 8,000 Collect+ convenience stores will be rebranded to Royal Mail shops.
The Royal Mail has breached its regulatory obligations three times in recent yearsCredit: Bloomberg via Getty Images
