British Postal Museum Store

Unit 7, Imprimo Park,
Debden Industrial Estate
Lenthall Road
Loughton
Essex
IG10 3UD
England

Website

postalheritage.org.uk/visiting/store

E-mail

info@postalheritage.org.uk

Telephone

Enquiries/Event booking

020 7239 2570

Fax

020 7239 2576

All information is drawn or provided by the venues themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Selection of red and green coloured pillar boxes, top half visible only
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The British Postal Museum & Archive cares for the visual, written and physical records of over 400 years of postal development. We are responsible for managing The Royal Mail Archive on behalf of Royal Mail Group plc. and own the former National Postal Museum object collections, a donation from Royal Mail Group plc.
Most of the BPMA Museum collection is kept in the Store. Please note the Store is opened to the public on selected dates throughout the year.

Venue Type:

Museum, Archive

 Opening hours

Please contact us for details or see the Events tab for when the Store will next be open.

 Admission charges

Free entry although some events incur a fee.

The BPMA is a combined Museum and Archive...an internationally important resource for social - and postal - history.

The British Postal Museum Store houses objects ranging from the desk of Rowland Hill (founder of the Penny Post), to Mobile Post Office vehicles and an astounding assortment of letter boxes. The store is open to the public on various dates throughout the year - Please call or see website for details and dates.

Collection details

Trade and Commerce, Toys and Hobbies, Social History, Science and Technology, Land Transport, Industry, Archives

Key artists and exhibits

  • Postal vehicles
  • Letterboxes
  • Telephone kiosks
  • Sir Rowland Hill's desk (founder of the Penny Post)
  • Mail Rail carriage
  • Bicycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Mobile Post Office vehicles
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