New parcel postboxes mean you can send a package without visiting the Post Office

Ever needed to return an online purchase, but not had the time to make it to the Post Office to send it back?

Well the days of parcels piling up at home are now over, as Royal Mail unveils hundreds of new parcel postboxes across the country.

After a successful trial in 2018, which saw one such box installed on Northumberland Street, among other locations, around 1,400 new post boxes, which allow parcels to be sent just like letters, have been introduced.

More than 50 have been installed in the NE, DH and SR postcode areas, covering Durham, Tyneside, Sunderland and Northumberland.

Mail bosses believe the new boxes will benefit small businesses and online sellers, who will be able to pay for postage online and send as many parcels as they want without having to make the trip to the post office.

You'll also be able to send back anything in a pre-paid package - which means returning items from online shopping will become much easier.

Mark Street, Head of Campaigns at Royal Mail said: “The introduction of the first parcel postboxes in the North East of England means that customers can now send parcels with pre-paid postage and their returns in the same way that they do letters.

"The new parcel postboxes provide added flexibility to online sellers who might be running a business in their spare time and not keeping regular office hours.”

You can buy pre-paid stamps for parcels at https://parcel.royalmail.com/

Here is a list of the North East locations of the new parcel postboxes:

Abbeywood Business Pk	Durham	DH1	See on a map
Belmont Business Park Durham	Durham	DH1	See on a map
Dragonville Ind Est	Durham	DH1	See on a map
Old Elvet Bus.Box	Durham	DH1	See on a map
Broadway	Durham	DH4	See on a map
Rainton Bridge	Durham	DH4	See on a map
Littleburn Ind Estate	Durham	DH7	See on a map
South Church Ind Estate	Durham	DL14	See on a map
Enterprise City	Durham	DL16	See on a map
Civic Centre business box	Dursley	GL12	See on a map

Coopies Lane Business Box	Morpeth	NE61	See on a map
Jubilee Industrial Estate	Morpeth	NE63	See on a map

Apex Business Village Bus Box	North Tyneside	NE23	See on a map
Nelson Park Industrial Estate	North Tyneside	NE23	See on a map
Riverside Ind Est Meter Box	North Tyneside	NE24	See on a map
Hadrian Road Meter Box	North Tyneside	NE28	See on a map
North Shields Post Office	North Tyneside	NE29	See on a map
Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate	North Tyneside	NE29	See on a map
West Chirton Business Box	North Tyneside	NE29	See on a map

Victoria Industrial Estate	Sunderland	NE31	See on a map
King Street	Sunderland	NE33	See on a map
Brooklands Way	Sunderland	NE35	See on a map
Armstrong Road	Sunderland	NE37	See on a map
Tower Rd	Sunderland	NE37	See on a map
Crowther Ind Est Bus Box	Sunderland	NE38	See on a map
Pattinson North Industrial Est	Sunderland	NE38	See on a map
The Galleries	Sunderland	NE38	See on a map
St Thomas Street	Sunderland	SR1	See on a map
Leechmere Ind Est Bus Box	Sunderland	SR2	See on a map
Pallion Trading Estate	Sunderland	SR4	See on a map
Hylton Business Park	Sunderland	SR5	See on a map
Sunderland Do Bus Box	Sunderland	SR5	See on a map
Whitehouse Way	Sunderland	SR8	See on a map

Barras Bridge Post Office	Tyneside	NE1	See on a map
Sandgate	Tyneside	NE1	See on a map
St Nicolas Street	Tyneside	NE1	See on a map
Chowdene Bank Business Box	Tyneside	NE11	See on a map
Delta Bank Road Bus Box	Tyneside	NE11	See on a map
Eastern Avenue	Tyneside	NE11	See on a map
Fourth Avenue	Tyneside	NE11	See on a map
Team Valley Shopping Village	Tyneside	NE11	See on a map
Camperdown Industrial Estate	Tyneside	NE12	See on a map
North Tyne Ind Est Business Box	Tyneside	NE12	See on a map
Holland Business Park	Tyneside	NE2	See on a map
Cowan Road	Tyneside	NE21	See on a map
Whiteley Road	Tyneside	NE21	See on a map
Gosforth Delivery Office	Tyneside	NE3	See on a map
Kingston Park Industrial Est	Tyneside	NE3	See on a map
Regent Farm Road	Tyneside	NE3	See on a map
Armstrong Drive	Tyneside	NE4	See on a map
Brough Park Road	Tyneside	NE6	See on a map
Industry Road	Tyneside	NE6	See on a map
Saltmeadows Road Bus Box	Tyneside	NE8	See on a map
South St Bus Box	Tyneside	NE1	See on a map