2009

SU0901 : West Moors: postbox № BH22 99, Ringwood Road

taken 15 years ago, near to Trickett's Cross, Dorset, England

West Moors: postbox № BH22 99, Ringwood Road
West Moors: postbox № BH22 99, Ringwood Road
Situated on the corner of the A31 Ringwood Road and Priory Road, this shop used to be Priory Estate Post Office, which closed down on 11 October 2000. The postbox is a George V-reign one and it is emptied at 5pm on weekdays and at 9am on Saturdays.
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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Category: Postbox
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Dorset postboxes – Wimborne, Ferndown & Verwood Automatic Clusters: · West Moors [8] · Postbox 8470 [3] ·
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SU0901, 44 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 15 June, 2009   (more nearby)
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Monday, 15 June, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 092 016 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:48.8650N 1:52.2383W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 092 016
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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