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Postal services in the United Kingdom are provided predominantly by the Royal Mail (and Post Office Limited which oversees post offices). Since 2006, the market has been fully opened to competition which has had greater success in business-to-business delivery than in ordinary letter delivery.
The Louth-London Royal Mail, by Charles Cooper Henderson, 1820 Edinburgh and London Royal Mail, by Jacques-Laurent Agasse Lower Edmonton Royal Mail sorting office, in London. The Royal Mail can trace its history back to 1516, when Henry VIII established a "Master of the Posts", [8] a position that was renamed "Postmaster General" in 1710. [9]
The "delivery points" held on the PAF are routing instructions used by Royal Mail staff to sort and deliver mail quickly and accurately. Elements of the address, including the post town and postcode, are occasionally subject to change, reflecting the operational structure of the postal delivery system.
Post Office Limited, formerly Post Office Counters Limited and commonly known as the Post Office, is a state-owned retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of postal and non-postal related products including postage stamps, banking, insurance, bureau de change and identity verification services to the public through its nationwide network of around 11,500 ...
The KT postcode area, also known as the Kingston upon Thames postcode area, [2] is a group of 24 postcode districts in England, within 19 post towns. These cover boroughs in south-west Greater London and several boroughs in north-east Surrey. Mail for this area is sorted at the Jubilee Mail Centre in Hounslow.
The ME postcode area, also known as the Rochester postcode area, [2] is a group of 20 postcode districts in South East England, within 11 post towns.These cover north central Kent, including the Medway unitary authority and the borough of Swale, plus parts of the boroughs of Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling, and Gravesham.
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All, or part, of one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. [1] Until 1996, Royal Mail required counties to be included in addresses, except for 110 of the larger post towns. For these "special post towns", the former postal county is shown in brackets below. Since 1996, counties are not required for any address.