Royal Mail met the Public last night – what happened?

Royal Mail at Barrow Road

At 7.30pm on Thursday 27th January 2011, there were about thirty people in the St Francis of Assisi Church Hall in Warwick Road. Sat at a table were David Wright (DW) and Richard Hall (RH) from the Royal Mail and Jeremy Wright MP (JW). In the audience, were local councillors, employees of the Royal Mail and some Kenilworth residents. The meeting started with an introduction by Jeremy Wright and then David Wright introduced himself by saying he was responsible for the eleven delivery offices and all the CV postcodes (which includes the collection and delivery of mail).

Royal Mail Post Boxes - do you use them?

Monday 17 January 2011 - It seems there are still delays with Sunday deliveries in Stratford and Warwick, but does that mean Kenilworth is up to date?

On Friday 7 January, it was announced that Royal Mail managers in Warwickshire to work weekend which ran in tandem with BBC's Midlands Today showing the reporter standing outside the sorting office in Stratford upon Avon. Now, I've seen two Royal Mail delivery workers to every one wheeled trolley for the past five days. So, if the news that Mail delay in south Warwickshire 'resolved within days' is true, then what are we do do next? 

So much has been said about getting a letter or a packet delivered to us, but what of how we send our mail? Take a look at this slideshow and tell us if you know where these Post Boxes are and more importantly - do you use any of them? Do all 72 need to be there? I am told by the Royal Mail at Barrow Road that each box has a barcode inside, so when it is emptied, they know to the second when it was last visited. But, I understand that some boxes may only get two letters dropped in them in a day. And as one lady told me, 'I only send letters from Post Offices or the main box in the town. I never use these other boxes - some of them are so small you cannot even get a large letter in them.' See the first article in this series with all 72 Kenilworth Post Boxes.

Royal Mail Post Boxes in Kenilworth - do we trust them?

Post Boxes in Kenilworth - do you trust them?

This is the first article on a series about the Postal Service in Kenilworth.

Jack Dee said a few years ago (here it is is my own words): I hate it when people start complaining about the Royal Mail and how they posted a letter and it was late or never arrived. I think the Royal Mail do a wonderful job and it's absolutely amazing to think that for the price of a first class stamp you can send a letter to anywhere in the UK. What I would like to say to these people is - here's a letter and  28p - see how far you can get! When he said that, the price for a first class stamp was 28p (April 2004), 41p today and 46p from April 2011.

So, what would you do with your letter? Do we trust the postal service? And if we don't what are we going to do instead? There are 72 Post Boxes in the Kenilworth CV8 area (see the Map). As we know, the KWN ran a story six weeks ago (before the snow)  with an update last week (after the snow) with the Kenilworth post  described as appalling and a disgrace. Jeremy Wright toured the delivery office in Barrow Road offering his support. And in this Cameron age of We are all in this together, and Big Society let's see what choices we have and what others are doing.

Fieldgate Sub Post Office in the High Street

Fieldgate Sub Post Office
16A High Street CV8 1LZ
01926 850801

Post Office Website with local branch finder
www.postoffice.co.uk

Roseland Sub Post Office in Caesar Road

Roseland Sub Post Office
Oaks Precinct
Caesar Road
CV81DP
01926 852185
Mon-Fri 9-5.30pm
Sat 9-12.30pm

www.postoffice.co.uk

Windy Arbour News in Moseley Road

Windy Arbour News
2 Moseley Road
CV8 2AQ
01926 857081

Post Office
0845 7223344

For the children, there is a great selection of Pick and Mix in plastic drawers. You can help yourself, all items are individually priced.

Royal Mail Delivery Office in Warwick Road

Royal Mail‎
Kenilworth Delivery Office
Barrow Road CV8 1AA

Edit 10 June 2016 -- Phone numbers are 01926 303701 or 01926 303702

(although this number is listed - delivery office tell me this number has not been used in five years - not that helpful I know, perhaps a personal visit it best)
www.royalmail.com
Mon to Fr 7.00 to 4.00pm
Sat 7.00 to 12.00 noon
Post Code Finder


Collect parcels from this office when you have one of those slips telling say you missed the postman and the parcel needed a signature or wouldn't fit through the letterbox. Call 0845 113 312 to rearrange a delivery (This is the number on the red/white card that is posted through your letter box).‎

The Post Office at Abbey End‎

Kenilworth Post Office‎
59 Abbey End CV8 1QJ
01926 857 391‎

Post Office Website with local branch finder

www.postoffice.co.uk