Royal Mail issues warning to 17 postcodes expecting post today

Royal Mail issues warning to 17 postcodes expecting post today (Image: Getty)

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for snow and ice in several UK regions today, including East England, London and South East England, Southwest England, and Wales.

It comes after amber warnings were in place yesterday, Wednesday, January 8, as the nation braced for snow and icy conditions.

As a result, Royal Mail has issued a warning to its customers, noting that "the safety of our people is our priority" and that disruption may be likely during periods of "severe weather."

Customers across the UK have faced delays since Monday, January 6, and the postal service acknowledged that snow and ice in parts of the country have "severely impacted" its services since then.

As for today, Royal Mail deliveries could be late to customers in 17 UK postcodes in 11 regions.

Snow and ice has caused significant disruption to Royal Mail services this week (Image: Getty)

Royal Mail said: "We aim to deliver to all addresses we have mail for, six days a week. In a small number of local offices, this may temporarily not be possible due to local issues such as high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors."

Local issues have disrupted 11 delivery offices today, including Dunstable, Thornbury and Huntingdon. This means that parcels and packages may arrive later than planned.

The postal service reassured customers that it would rotate deliveries to minimise the delay to individual customers.

Royal Mail claimed: "We also provide targeted support to those offices to address their challenges and restore our service to the high standard our customers normally receive."

Some postcodes have been affected by issues in local delivery offices (Image: Getty)

Postcode areas facing delays

• Alfreton DO (DE55)
• Barrhead DO (G78)
• Barrow In Furness DO (LA13 to LA17)
• Bristol East DO (BS5)
• Dunstable DO (LU5 and LU6)
• East Dulwich DO (SE22)
• Glasgow G52 DO (G52 and G53)
• Gosport DO (PO12 and PO13)
• Huntingdon DO (PE26, PE28 and PE29)
• Thornbury DO (BS35)
• Wigton DO (CA7)

Royal Mail also operates an air, rail and road network to move letters and parcels between its distribution hubs, mail processing centres and delivery offices around the UK

The service reported that all logistics operations across its air, rail, road, and mail centre routes operated to schedule over the last 24 hours.

It comes just days after more than 30 postcodes faced delays on Tuesday, January 7. The postal service said that mail centres in Gatwick, London Central, Manchester, Preston, and the South Midlands reported that not all mail was processed or despatched to schedule over the past weekend.