Postboxes Wrapped In Plastic Ahead Of Upgrade

Some postboxes in Market Harborough are currently out of action as Royal Mail prepares to replace them with new solar-powered models.

They have been wrapped in black plastic ahead of the installation of ‘postboxes of the future’.

A postbox to be upgraded on the High Street

The new design will allow customers to send and return parcels up to the size of a shoebox, with a barcode scanner opening a drop-down drawer to place parcels that would not fit through the traditional postbox slot, which will remain in place.

One of the postboxes on the High Street and another on Coventry Road will be replaced.

How the new boxes will look  Pic: Royal Mail

Royal Mail is upgrading 3,500 postboxes nationwide and a spokesperson said: “Our new postboxes of the future offer another convenient way for customers in Market Harborough to access Royal Mail’s services, alongside home delivery and collection, our Customer Service Points, Post Office branches, lockers and Royal Mail Shop outlets.

“The upgrades in Market Harborough will be completed in the next few weeks.”

A postbox to be upgraded on Coventry Road