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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
ELS002
Scotswood Road
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.963476, -1.633822
Standalone
ELS003
Scotswood Road
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.965275, -1.625127
Standalone
ELS004
Elswick Road
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.970248, -1.632861
Standalone
ELS005
Westmorland Road
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.967343, -1.63338
Standalone
ELS006
De Grey Street
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.964787, -1.636678
Standalone
ELS007
Cambridge Street
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.96565, -1.632139
Standalone
ELS008
Buddle Road
Elswick
Newcastle
King Edward VII
54.966171, -1.65286
Standalone
ELS009
Clifton Road
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.96982, -1.646056
Wall mounted postbox
ELS010
Westmorland Road
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.965842, -1.642006
Wall mounted postbox
ELS011
Elswick Road
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.96884, -1.639186
Standalone
ELS012
Maple Street
Elswick
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.966365, -1.629234
Standalone
FEN001
Fenham Hall Drive
Fenham
Newcastle
King Edward VII
54.98424, -1.647158
Wall mounted postbox
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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