Postbox Project

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!

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Ref	Street	Area	City	Era	Company	Location	Type
AHI005	New Mills	Arthurs Hill	Newcastle	Queen Victoria	Handyside & Co.	54.9776855329573, -1.63019818942244	Standalone
WO001	Great North Road	Wideopen	North Tyneside	Queen Victoria		55.047838, -1.623641	Wall mounted postbox
BURR01	Burradon Terraces	Burradon	North Tyneside	Queen Victoria		55.050392, -1.573643	Wall mounted postbox
THR	Hexham Road	Throckley	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.996168, -1.766297	Wall mounted postbox
GHD001	Wellington Street	Gateshead	Gateshead	Queen Victoria		54.965256, -1.605473	Standalone
GHD002	Mulgrave Terrace	Gateshead	Gateshead	Queen Victoria		54.963224, -1.606789	Standalone
GHD003	Bridge Street	Gateshead	Gateshead	Queen Victoria		54.966734, -1.606847	Standalone
GHD004	High Street	Gateshead	Gateshead	Queen Victoria		54.963581, -1.601041	Standalone
GHD005	Deptford Road	Gateshead	Gateshead	Queen Victoria		54.9682, -1.58827	Wall mounted postbox
GHD006	Pipewellgate	Gateshead	Gateshead	Queen Victoria		54.96246, -1.61439	Wall mounted postbox
GHD007	Redheugh Bridge Road	Gateshead	Gateshead	Queen Victoria		54.960079, -1.617317	Standalone
GHD008	St Cuthberts Road	Gateshead	Gateshead	Queen Victoria		54.960089, -1.611972
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
HEA008	Addycombe Terrace	Heaton	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.9873611476281, -1.57385395022708	Standalone
HEA009	Chillingham Road	Heaton	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.986221, -1.576753	Standalone
BYK011	Bothal Street	Byker	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.975319, -1.570658	Wall mounted postbox
WAL01	Welbeck Road	Walker	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.973917, -1.564042	Standalone
WAL02	Pottery Bank	Walker	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.963061, -1.5517	Wall mounted postbox
WAL03	Walker Road	Walker	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.96815, -1.544469	Wall mounted postbox
WAL04	Church Street	Walker	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.971552, -1.544841	Standalone
BEN006	Wellfield Road	Benwell	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.9730527047569, -1.65490193661903	Wall mounted postbox
GOS001	The Grove	Gosforth	Newcastle	Queen Victoria	W T Allen & Co	-1.617862, 55.002256	Extant
GOS001	Elmfield Road	Gosforth	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		55.000145, -1.62831	Wall mounted postbox
GOS002	Gosforth High Street	Gosforth	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		55.000331, -1.618717	Standalone
GOS003	Salters Road	Gosforth	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		55.006874, -1.62288	Standalone
GOS004	Henry Street	Gosforth	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		55.009745, -1.620977	Standalone
GOS005	Station Road	Gosforth	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		55.006061, -1.609684	Standalone
GOS006	Kenton Lane	Gosforth	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.996896, -1.629601	Wall mounted postbox
WSD01	Elton Street West	Wallsend	Wallsend	Queen Victoria		54.991267, -1.540872	Wall mounted postbox
WSD02	Buddle Stret	Wallsend	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.986847, -1.535068	Wall mounted postbox
WSD03	Wallsend Railway Station	Wallsend	Wallsend	Queen Victoria		54.989461, -1.531983	Wall mounted postbox
WIL001	Churchill Street	Willington	North Tyneside	Queen Victoria		55.003161, -1.505178	Wall mounted postbox
KIL001	Forest Hall Road	Killingworth	North Tyneside	King Edward VII		55.021664, -1.561888	Wall mounted postbox
NSH001	West Percy Street	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria		55.00781, -1.453543	Standalone
HOL001	East Holywell Colliery	Holywell	North Tyneside	Queen Victoria		55.050475, -1.514086	Wall mounted postbox
NSH002	Albion Street	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria		55.00949, -1.452217	Standalone
NSH003	Preston Road	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria		55.01183, -1.448977	Standalone
NSH004	Linskill Terrace	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria		55.013969, -1.442684	Standalone
NSH005	Northumberland Square	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria		55.009993, -1.445446	Standalone
NSH006	Dockwray Square	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria		55.008671, -1.439013	Standalone
NSH007	Saville Street	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria		55.008047, -1.445036	Standalone
NSH008	Washington Terrace	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria		55.0150214197769, -1.43809163849998	Standalone
TYN001	Tynemouth Road	Tynemouth	Tynemouth	Queen Victoria		55.016059, -1.426456	Wall mounted postbox
TYN002	Hotspur Street	Tynemouth	Tynemouth	Queen Victoria		55.022389, -1.423784	Standalone
TYN003	Percy Gardens	Tynemouth	Tynemouth	Queen Victoria		55.019439, -1.421924	Standalone
TYN004	Argyle Street	Tynemouth	Tynemouth	Queen Victoria		55.020114, -1.425238	Standalone
TYN005	Percy Park Road	Tynemouth	Tynemouth	Queen Victoria		55.018103, -1.42531	Standalone
CUL001	Cullercoats Station	Cullercoats	North Tyneside	Queen Victoria		55.035092, -1.436114	Wall mounted postbox
WHB001	Park View	Whitley Bay	North Tyneside	Queen Victoria		55.041865, -1.449202	Wall mounted postbox
WQU001	Stephenson Street	Willington Quay	North Tyneside	Queen Victoria		54.989466, -1.492532	Wall mounted postbox
WSD004	Hadrian Road	Wallsend	Wallsend	Queen Victoria		54.9903, -1.521932	Wall mounted postbox
KIL002	Great Lime Road	Forest Hall	Killingworth	Queen Victoria		55.026244, -1.560239	Wall mounted postbox
JES013	Jesmond Dene Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.988542, -1.593061	Wall mounted postbox
JES014	Holly Avenue	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.988448, -1.600123	Standalone
JES015	Fern Avenue	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.989345, -1.602307	Standalone
JES016	Queens Terrace	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.990707, -1.601558	Standalone
JES017	Manor House Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.99157, -1.59805	Standalone
JES018	Fenwick Terrace	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.989338, -1.594903	Wall mounted postbox
JES019	Cadogan Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.994988, -1.599626	Standalone
JES020	Osborne Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.996205, -1.609686	Standalone
JES021	Vale Walk	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.983422, -1.590905	Standalone
JES022	Rosebery Crescent	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.983458, -1.591031	Standalone
JES023	Jesmond Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.98535, -1.59659	Wall mounted postbox
JES024	Acorn Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.992534, -1.60471	Wall mounted postbox
JES024	Tankerville Terrace	Jesmond	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.9881, -1.608527	Standalone
JES025	Mistletoe Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.990913, -1.606737	Standalone
JES026	Sanderson Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.993852, -1.604422	Standalone
JES027	Jesmond Dene Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.998788, -1.606388	Wall mounted postbox
JES028	Manor House Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.991323, -1.598157	Replaced during reign of George V
JES029	Lindisfarne Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.994983, -1.599626	Standalone
JES030	Grosvenor Place	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.991164, -1.602676	Standalone
JES031	Grosvenor Place	Jesmond	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.991171, -1.602677	Standalone
JES032	Jesmond Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.987408, -1.594247	Standalone
NCL001	Barrack Road	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.976254, -1.62772	Wall mounted postbox
NCL002	Grey Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.972576, -1.61222	Standalone
NCL003	Newgate Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.972019, -1.612098	Standalone
NCL004	Oxford Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.974708, -1.607422	Standalone
NCL005	Percy Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.974082, -1.617173	Standalone
NCL006	Pilgrim Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.974245, -1.611615	Standalone
NCL007	Nun Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.972057, -1.614776	Standalone
NCL007	Westgate Road	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.970875, -1.623406	Standalone
NCL008	Windsor Terrace	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.9819, -1.612098	Standalone
NCL009	Lovaine Crescent	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.978961, -1.605299	Standalone
NCL010	Melbourne Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.971732, -1.606268	Standalone
NCL011	Blackett Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.973976, -1.613907	Standalone
NCL012	Bath Lane Terrace	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.972843, -1.623811	Wall mounted postbox
NCL013	Terrace Place	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.975975, -1.619852	Standalone
NCL014	Eldon Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.980726, -1.61551	Standalone
NCL015	St Thomas Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.977263, -1.616605	Standalone
NCL016	Percy Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.97574, -1.616411	Standalone
NCL017	Northumberland Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.97627, -1.613086	Standalone
NCL018	St John Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.970365, -1.615023	Standalone
NCL019	Forth Banks	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.966915, -1.618756	Standalone
NCL020	Pilgrim Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.971299, -1.609407	Standalone
NCL21	Ellison Place	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.975827, -1.608978	Wall mounted postbox
NCL22	Lovaine Place	Newcastle	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.979383, -1.608366	Standalone
NCL23	Ellison Place	Newcastle	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.975998, -1.609095	Standalone
OUS001	Glasshouse Bridge	Ouseburn	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.971759, -1.587562	Standalone
OUS002	New Bridge Street	Ouseburn	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.974606, -1.596983	Wall mounted postbox
QUA001	Close	Quayside	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.965501, -1.615323	Standalone
QUA002	Sandhill	Quayside	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.968599, -1.607838	Standalone
QUA003	City Road	Quayside	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.971687, -1.599748	Wall mounted postbox
AHI001	Westgate Road	Arthurs Hill	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.97357, -1.640046	Wall mounted postbox
AHI002	Elswick Row	Arthurs Hill	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.972384, -1.634533	Standalone
AHI003	Grainger Park Road	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.972838, -1.646984	Wall mounted postbox
AHI004	Longley Street	Arthurs Hill	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.974851, -1.635349	Standalone
BEN001	Westgate Road	Benwell	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.979059, -1.671153	Wall mounted postbox
BEN002	Westgate Road	Benwell	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.977047, -1.662043	Wall mounted postbox
BEN003	Adelaide Terrace	Benwell	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.970792, -1.660122	Standalone
BEN004	Adelaide Terrace	Benwell	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.969843, -1.65539	Standalone
BEN005	Brighton Grove	Benwell	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.979525, -1.640532	Standalone
BYK001	Glasshouse Street	Byker	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.966052, -1.57741
BYK002	Walker Road	Byker	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.9666099421147, -1.56546115683998	Wall mounted postbox
BYK003	Heaton Station	Byker	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.979647, -1.581977	Wall mounted postbox
BYK004	Byker Bank	Byker	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.974165, -1.589379	Wall mounted postbox
BYK005	Walker Road	Byker	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.969713, -1.582221	Standalone
BYK006	Walker Road	Byker	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.968645, -1.574483	Wall mounted postbox
BYK007	Chambers Street	Byker	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.974364, -1.574397	Wall mounted postbox
BYK008	Robinson Street	Byker	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.977549, -1.576899	Wall mounted postbox
BYK009	Bamborough Street	Byker	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.977305, -1.574182	Wall mounted postbox
ELS001	Scotswood Road	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.962703, -1.643092	Wall mounted postbox
ELS002	Scotswood Road	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.963476, -1.633822	Standalone
ELS003	Scotswood Road	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.965275, -1.625127	Standalone
ELS004	Elswick Road	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.970248, -1.632861	Standalone
ELS005	Westmorland Road	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.967343, -1.63338	Standalone
ELS006	De Grey Street	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.964787, -1.636678	Standalone
ELS007	Cambridge Street	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.96565, -1.632139	Standalone
ELS008	Buddle Road	Elswick	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.966171, -1.65286	Standalone
ELS009	Clifton Road	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.96982, -1.646056	Wall mounted postbox
ELS010	Westmorland Road	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.965842, -1.642006	Wall mounted postbox
ELS011	Elswick Road	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.96884, -1.639186	Standalone
ELS012	Maple Street	Elswick	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.966365, -1.629234	Standalone
FEN001	Fenham Hall Drive	Fenham	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.98424, -1.647158	Wall mounted postbox
HEA001	Stratford Road	Heaton	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.978015, -1.58854	Wall mounted postbox
HEA002	Cardigan Terrace	Heaton	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.980893, -1.583483	Standalone
HEA003	Jesmond Park East	Heaton	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.990575, -1.586517	Wall mounted postbox
HEA004	Heaton Road	Heaton	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.985733, -1.582091	Standalone
HEA005	Warwick Street	Heaton	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.981174, -1.587945	Wall mounted postbox
HEA006	Third Avenue	Heaton	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.98254, -1.576642	Wall mounted postbox
JES001	Jesmond Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.982652, -1.604433	Standalone
JES002	Jesmond Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.981139, -1.609476	Standalone
JES003	Brandling Park	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.984222, -1.61144	Standalone
JES004	Osborne Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.985874, -1.605363	Wall mounted postbox
JES005	Mistletoe Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.990583, -1.604585	Standalone
JES006	Brentwood Avenue	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.9918, -1.60936	Standalone
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JES007	Sunbury Avenue	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.993692, -1.608892	Standalone
JES008	Jesmond Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.984111, -1.600582	Wall mounted postbox
JES009	Clayton Road	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.986001, -1.601477	Standalone
JES010	Tankerville Terrace	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.987555, -1.608577	Standalone
JES011	Highbury	Jesmond	Newcastle	King Edward VII		54.993478, -1.612615	Standalone
JES012	Osborne Avenue	Jesmond	Newcastle	Queen Victoria		54.987791, -1.603847	Standalone

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See the gallery below of existing historic postboxes from the region, many kindly submitted!

Victorian Postbox on Newgate Street - 10/12/21

Edward VII wallbox on the Great North Road, Wideopen - 27/08/22

Edward VII postbox on Elswick Road - 18_09_22

Victorian postbox on Sunbury Avenue - 06/11/22

Edward VII postbox on Jesmond Road - 04/02/23

Victorian postbox on Heaton Road - 04/02/23

The last original Victorian Penfold postbox in Newcastle on Osborne Avenue, Jesmond - 04/0

Victorian anonymous box on Clayton Road, Jesmond - 04/02/23

Victorian postbox at Highbury, Jesmond. Photograph kindly provided by Liz Rees (@LizARees)

Edward VII postbox on Highbury, Jesmond. Kindly provided by Liz Rees (@LizARees)

Edward VII postbox on Tankerville Terrace, Jesmond. Kindly provided by Liz Rees (@LizARees

Victorian wallbox at The Grove, Gosforth. Photo kindly provided by Heather Welford.

Victorian wallbox at Melkridge, Northumberland - Kindly provided by Dave King (@Dave_H_Kin

Disused Victorian wallbox on Hillheads Road, Whitley Bay

Victorian postbox on Norham Road, North Shields. Kindly shared by Andy Hale (@AndyHal68136

Victorian postbox outside Tynemouth Post Office, 2023. Kindly provided by @bellringercc

Victorian wall box at The Shepherd & Shepherdess, Beamish. Courtesy of Jonathan Foreman

Anonymous box on New Mills, Arthurs Hill

Background image: Denton Post Office, 1900. Source: Newcastle Libraries

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