2009

SU0100 : Wimborne Minster: postbox № BH21 117, Highland Road

taken 15 years ago, near to Colehill, Dorset, England

Wimborne Minster: postbox № BH21 117, Highland Road
Wimborne Minster: postbox № BH21 117, Highland Road
A George V-reign postbox on this private (according to a sign at the eastern end) road. It is emptied finally at 5:30pm on weekdays and at 11:15am 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: · Postbox 8470 [6] · George V-reign Postbox [3] ·
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SU0100, 40 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 13 July, 2009   (more nearby)
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Monday, 13 July, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 019 005 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:48.2432N 1:58.4302W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 019 005
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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