2008

SZ0496 : Bearwood: postbox № BH11 287, King John Avenue

taken 15 years ago, near to Bearwood, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, England

Bearwood: postbox № BH11 287, King John Avenue
Bearwood: postbox № BH11 287, King John Avenue
The northern end of King John Avenue, the main thoroughfare of the vast 1980s Bearwood estate, which straggles across the Bournemouth/Poole borough boundary. This means that the area is postally in Bournemouth but administratively in Poole.

Since this picture was taken, the postbox has lost its drop box and the trees behind it have been cleared: see SZ0496 : Bearwood: postbox № BH11 287, King John Avenue
Drop box

A ‘drop box’ is an item of Royal Mail street furniture. It is a receptacle where the postman can securely store part of his morning round, at a convenient location. Sometimes, the Royal Mail van may drop off the postman with his bike and morning deliveries, saving him carrying a heavier load or frequent returns to the sorting office.
Originally drop boxes were attached to pillar boxes and, therefore, painted red to match. Nowadays, they are separate free-standing boxes – usually close to a postbox – generally painted grey, although red stand-alone boxes are also to be seen.


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SZ0496, 34 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 30 November, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 30 November, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 047 969 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:46.3215N 1:56.0147W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 048 969
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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