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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
GHD009
Windmill Hills
Gateshead
Gateshead
Queen Victoria
54.959105, -1.61026
Standalone
QUA004
Side
Newcastle
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.969466, -1.609135
Standalone
SAN001
Helmsley Road
Sandyford
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.982514, -1.595547
Standalone
SCO001
Scotswood Road
Scotswood
Newcastle
King Edward VII
54.966564, -1.677873
Wall mounted postbox
SHI001
Shieldfield Green
Shieldfield
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.976072, -1.603286
Wall mounted postbox
SHI002
Clarence Street
Shieldfield
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.976182, -1.599506
Standalone
SHI003
Portland Road
Shieldfield
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.981022, -1.601915
Standalone
SHI004
Shield Street
Shieldfield
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.979341, -1.600915
Standalone
SHI005
Portland Road
Shieldfield
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.978927, -1.599194
Standalone
SPI001
Claremont Terrace
Spital Tongues
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
54.983156, -1.623032
Wall mounted postbox
BYK010
Dalton Street
Byker
Newcastle
King Edward VII
54.9766277761019, -1.58380027305364
Standalone
HEA007
Lesbury Road
Heaton
Newcastle
King Edward VII
54.9886230469854, -1.58050005744046
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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