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Last Postal Collection Times, London

This page lists last collection times for post from various postboxes in London: postcode areas EC, WC, E, N, NW, S, SE, SW and W. The contents are as described in the introduction to this section. List entries are grouped by postcode area, and sorted by the full letter box number. Any corrections, updates and additions are welcome - see my contact details.

EC area

Letter Box No.	Location	Mon - Fri	Sat	Last check	Comments
EC1 108	Farringdon Street Post Office (corner with Cross Street?)	19:00	12:45	17/03/07
EC1 111	Cowcross Street, opposite Farringdon Underground station	19:00	12:45	17/03/07
EC1 139	City Road / Shepherdess Walk corner	18:30	12:00	20/03/09
EC1 142	Farringdon Street / Charterhouse Street corner	19:00	12:45	17/03/07
EC2 220	Liverpool Street / Old Broad Street corner	19:00	12:45	30/10/04	outside Liverpool Street railway station
EC4 403	Walbrook / Cannon Street corner	19:00	12:45	13/11/04	opposite Cannon Street railway station
EC4 404	Walbrook / Cannon Street corner	19:00	----	13/11/04	next to EC4 403; franked mail only
EC4 409	Fleet Street, near Ludgate Circus	19:00	12:45	17/03/07

WC area

None yet

E area

Letter Box No.	Location	Mon - Fri	Sat	Last check	Source
E14 16	Docklands: West Plaza, Bank Street, Canary Wharf	19:00	11:30	08/04/09	JBC
E14 17	Docklands: Hertsmere Road, West India Quay	17:30	11:30	08/04/09	JBC
E14 18	Docklands: Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf	19:00	11:30	08/04/09	JBC
E14 24	Docklands: West India Avenue, Canary Wharf	19:00	12:00	08/04/09	JBC
E14 30	Docklands: The South Colonnade / Chancellor Passage, Canary Wharf	19:00	11:30	08/04/09	JBC
E14 31	Docklands: The North Colonnade / Frobisher Passage, Canary Wharf	19:00	11:30	08/04/09	JBC

N area

Letter Box No.	Location	Mon - Fri	Sat	Last check	Comments
N1 125	King's Cross railway station concourse	----	----	17/03/07	sealed since 2006?
N4 27	Finsbury Park: Seven Sisters Road / Station Place corner	17:30	12:00	03/08/04
N4 44	Stroud Green Post Office (Stroud Green Road, near Tollington Park corner)	17:30	12:00	04/08/04
N5 192	Highbury Post Office (Highbury Corner North)	18:30	12:00	09/04/09	outside Highbury & Islington railway station; Mon-Fri last collection is 17:30 when Arsenal are playing at home

NW area

Letter Box No.	Location	Mon - Fri	Sat	Last check	Comments
NW1 9	Euston railway station concourse, near Underground entrance	19:00	13:00	28/05/06	set into wall
NW1 69	Marylebone railway station concourse, by entrance	19:00	13:00	22/06/08
NW6 16	West Hampstead: West End Lane / Sumatra Road corner	17:30	12:00	24/09/04
NW11 3	Golders Green Post Office (Finchley Road)	18:30	12:00	24/06/07	set into wall

S area

None yet

SE area

Letter Box No.	Location	Mon - Fri	Sat	Last check	Source
SE1 10	Waterloo station, Eurostar concourse, by road entrance	19:00	13:00	23/03/06
SE1 38	Waterloo station, main concourse, by centre arch	19:00	13:00	23/03/06
SE1 60	Baylis Road / Lower Marsh corner	18:30	13:00	09/06/07
SE18 33	Woolwich: Woolwich New Road, outside Woolwich Arsenal railway station	17:30	12:00	08/04/09	JBC

SW area

Letter Box No.	Location	Mon - Fri	Sat	Last check	Comments
SW7 35	Prince Consort Road, outside Roderic Hill Building	17:30	12:00	11/02/07
SW7 39	Exhibition Road, north end of Science Museum	17:30	12:00	11/02/07	set into wall, by subway entrance
SW15 13	Putney: Carlton Drive / Putney Hill corner	17:30	12:00	17/03/07
SW15 21	Putney railway station forecourt	17:30	12:00	17/03/07

W area

Letter Box No.	Location	Mon - Fri	Sat	Last check	Source	Comments
W5 16	Ealing: The Mall / Broadway corner	18:30	12:00	21/10/06
W5 25	Ealing: Haven Green / Gordon Road corner	17:30	12:00	21/10/06

Note: it is not clear to me which if any postboxes are currently open in the Paddington / Praed Street area - I have received conflicting information from correspondents. I'd prefer to provide no information until I have a clear view of the current position.