post office

No this isnt a typo, its probably one of the craziest combinations of buildings Iv ever explored! so we had a look in this unassuming building without any idea what it was, so Ill take you round as we saw it. We first ventured upstairs to find a lot of empty rooms with a few nice architectural...

THE HISTORY Designed by Architect Walter Pott the Abingdon Street Post office first opened its doors to the public on 8th November 1910. It served the public until 12th September 2007 when it closed its doors for the final time. Alterations were made in 1930 with the addition of the Telephone...

Mail Rail: EastEnders - London - 2022 Eastern section of The Post Office Railway (Mail Rail), London I suppose this is a continuation of the report from 2020 of the western section of the Post Office Railway - Mail Rail: A West Side Story - London - 2020. It's also not a short read, and...

This place was somewhat of a minor 'umbex tourbus' location for a time - and for good reason. Early one cold, dark January morning I found myself in Leicester with a pair of miscreant accomplices and, after a somewhat lengthy and convoluted access route found ourselves inside the stunning post...

The History Constructed in 1895 built in Northern Renaissance style, Grade 2 listed. Spread over 3 floors on the junction of Lichfield Street, Princess Street and Berry Street, it is an imposing building. Once the head post office, continued in use for postal services for many years after the...

St Michaels Church and Krasne Post Office, Krasne Village (Chernobyl)- Oct 2016 Today was a very good day because we decided to see mostly things which aren't on any Tour Bus Itinerary! So, second day in the zone, second trip to said zone. The first site of the day and the rain was absolutely...

This was another one of those what the fuck just happened moments in my life. So I was on my way back from (not so) sunny South Wales with @The_Raw @extreme_ironing and @sentinel after visiting @Lenston when I got a call from a very excited @Frosty "Mail Rail is doable." I know by now if he...

It's hard to know where to start with this place. The once mythical underground railway network that linked up Royal Mail sorting offices in Paddington and Whitechapel via a 10.5km tunnel system underneath London. This write up is a little picture heavy I'm afraid, with ramblings and words I...

The Post Office Railway, also known as Mail Rail, is a driverless underground railway 6 1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) long from Paddington to Whitechapel built to move mail between sorting offices. Inspired by the Chicago Tunnel Company, it operated from 1927 until 2003. Construction of the 2 ft (610 mm)...

Visited with Spidermonkey and Zero Urbex back in march. If you have visited this place, you cant deny its stunning. Not much information on this place, especially what you haven't heard. Here's a little taken from other reports ;) The Art Deco Post Office in The Midlands opened in 1935 and...

The Post Office Railway (aka Mail Rail) Soon after finding 28 and skipping past all the Pystock and several reports (places i also visited) i started to dig a little deeper and it was here i started to find a few of the deeper and more involved projects such as Burlington, the LU infiltration...

This former post office opened in 1935 and closed in 2007, the building was then bought by Leicester council in 2008 for 1.4 million and is now on the market for an estimated £800,000 thats a loss of £600,000 annual maintenance costs are £30,000. The building is in very good condition, with...

First visited at the beginning of the year with a few of the locals. Then a recent revisit with AndyK!, Miz Firestorm and Kriegaffe9. Designed by Julius Bradley and opened in 1935 to replace a Victorian Post Office close-by on Granby Street. It also acted as a sorting office for City Centre and...

The History Designed by Julius Bradley and opened in 1935 to replace a Victorian Post Office close-by on Granby Street. It also acted as a sorting office for Central Leicester and Central suburbs. It closed in 2007 with most services going to WH Smiths on Granby Street and parcel collection...

great to finally see this place on a hot sweaty evening earlier in the year having missed out a while back made a refreshing change to be somewhere so intact and clean rather than trashed to bits! https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_sam/sets/72157646769886797