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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
OUS001
Glasshouse Bridge
Ouseburn
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.971759, -1.587562
Standalone
OUS002
New Bridge Street
Ouseburn
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.974606, -1.596983
Wall mounted postbox
QUA001
Close
Quayside
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.965501, -1.615323
Standalone
QUA002
Sandhill
Quayside
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.968599, -1.607838
Standalone
QUA003
City Road
Quayside
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.971687, -1.599748
Wall mounted postbox
AHI001
Westgate Road
Arthurs Hill
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.97357, -1.640046
Wall mounted postbox
AHI002
Elswick Row
Arthurs Hill
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.972384, -1.634533
Standalone
AHI003
Grainger Park Road
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.972838, -1.646984
Wall mounted postbox
AHI004
Longley Street
Arthurs Hill
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.974851, -1.635349
Standalone
BEN001
Westgate Road
Benwell
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.979059, -1.671153
Wall mounted postbox
BEN002
Westgate Road
Benwell
Newcastle
King Edward VII
54.977047, -1.662043
Wall mounted postbox
BEN003
Adelaide Terrace
Benwell
Newcastle
King Edward VII
54.970792, -1.660122
Standalone
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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