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The Postbox Project is an initiative to map the North East's pre-1907 postboxes both removed and still in place. Postboxes help us gain a deeper understanding of the city's social fabric, while providing insight into the great sweeping change the area has undertaken in the past century.

We have also started this project thanks to the growing interest in postboxes. We encourage anyone interested to send us photos of the iterations they've spotted so we can build a catalogue of the trusty boxes still serving the city. 

Please feel free to email me photos of postboxes you've taken or send them to me on Twitter!

Map
Ref
Street
Area
City
Era
Company
Location
Type
AHI005
New Mills
Arthurs Hill
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
Handyside & Co. 
54.9776855329573, -1.63019818942244
Standalone
WO001
Great North Road
Wideopen
North Tyneside
Queen Victoria
55.047838, -1.623641
Wall mounted postbox
BURR01
Burradon Terraces
Burradon
North Tyneside
Queen Victoria
55.050392, -1.573643
Wall mounted postbox
THR
Hexham Road
Throckley
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.996168, -1.766297
Wall mounted postbox
GHD001
Wellington Street
Gateshead
Gateshead
Queen Victoria
54.965256, -1.605473
Standalone
GHD002
Mulgrave Terrace
Gateshead
Gateshead
Queen Victoria
54.963224, -1.606789
Standalone
GHD003
Bridge Street
Gateshead
Gateshead
Queen Victoria
54.966734, -1.606847
Standalone
GHD004
High Street
Gateshead
Gateshead
Queen Victoria
54.963581, -1.601041
Standalone
GHD005
Deptford Road
Gateshead
Gateshead
Queen Victoria
54.9682, -1.58827
Wall mounted postbox
GHD006
Pipewellgate
Gateshead
Gateshead
Queen Victoria
54.96246, -1.61439
Wall mounted postbox
GHD007
Redheugh Bridge Road
Gateshead
Gateshead
Queen Victoria
54.960079, -1.617317
Standalone
GHD008
St Cuthberts Road
Gateshead
Gateshead
Queen Victoria
54.960089, -1.611972
List

See the gallery below of existing historic postboxes from the region, many kindly submitted!

Background image: Denton Post Office, 1900. Source: Newcastle Libraries

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