The Royal Mail has issued a significant service alert, warning that 127 postcodes across the United Kingdom are experiencing major delivery delays today. The disruption is primarily attributed to high levels of staff sickness affecting a number of local delivery offices.
Service Disruption Due to Staff Shortages
In an official statement, Royal Mail confirmed that while it aims to deliver to all addresses six days a week, this has become temporarily unfeasible in some areas. The company cited local issues such as high levels of sick absence, resourcing challenges, and other local factors as the core reasons for the widespread delays. They have apologised for the inconvenience caused to customers.
Targeted Support and Recovery Efforts
To mitigate the impact, Royal Mail has announced it is providing targeted support to the struggling delivery offices in an effort to restore normal service levels as swiftly as possible. The company has also stated that it will rotate deliveries to minimise the delay experienced by individual customers.
"We will rotate deliveries to minimise the delay to individual customers and restore our service to the high standard our customers would normally receive," a Royal Mail spokesperson added. The firm thanked customers for their understanding during this period of disruption.
Full List of Affected Postcode Areas
The following delivery offices and their corresponding postcode sectors are currently impacted by the delays:
- Aberdare DO (CF44, CF45)
- Ashington DO (NE22, NE62, NE63, NE64)
- Banbridge DO (BT32)
- Barry DO (CF62, CF63)
- Beverley DO (HU11, HU17, HU18)
- Blyth DO (NE24)
- Brechin DO (DD9)
- Bridge of Don DO (AB22, AB23)
- Broadstairs DO (CT10)
- Canterbury DO (CT1 – CT6)
- Chichester DO (PO18 – PO20)
- Chipping Norton DO (OX7)
- Darwen DO (BB3)
- Deeside DO (CH5)
- Glasgow G52 DO (G52, G53)
- Hailsham DO (BN27)
- Helston DO (TR12, TR13)
- Herne Hill DO (SE24)
- Hull Central DO (HU1-HU3, HU5, HU9, HU12, HU19)
- Hyde DO (SK13, SK14, SK16)
- Kingswood DO (BS15, BS30)
- Kirkcaldy DO (KY1 – KY3)
- Kettering DO (NN14, NN15, NN16)
- Leicester East DO (LE2, LE5-LE7)
- Lisburn DO (BT26-BT28)
- Lutterworth DO (LE9, LE17)
- Orton Southgate DO (PE2, PE7 – PE9)
- North Tyneside DO (NE25-NE30)
- Nottingham South DO (NG2 and NG12)
- Penarth DO (CF64)
- Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)
- Pontyclun DO (CF72)
- Pontypridd DO (CF37, CF38, CF46)
- Shepshed DO (LE12)
- Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
- South Shields DO (NE33, NE34)
- Stockport Central DO (SK1 – SK5, SK7)
- Sunderland DO (SR1 – SR6, SR9)
- Swan House DO (LE1, LE3, LE7-LE9, LE19, LE95)
- Swindon DO (SN1, SN2, SN3, SN6, SN25, SN26, SN38, SN99)
- Tweedale DO (TF3, TF4, TF7, TF8, TF12)
- Waterlooville DO (PO7-PO8)
Customers in these areas are advised to expect delays to their mail and parcel deliveries. Royal Mail has reiterated its commitment to resolving the issues and returning to its usual reliable service standard as soon as possible.
