Royal Mail: 'Frustrating' delays in postal deliveries in Chichester are explained

This is as a result of poor weather and Royal Mail staff sickness.

The company has listed 38 delivery offices which could be most affected by a slower service with Waterlooville’s PO7 and PO8 postcodes and Chichester’s P018-PO20 among those hit.

This not only includes the city, but also covers surrounding areas such as Bosham, Funtington, Goodwood, Boxgrove, Fishbourne and the Manhood Peninsula.

A spokesman for the company said: "Adverse weather, including storms Goretti, Ingrid and Chandra in January, alongside higher-than-usual sick absence, has caused some short-term disruption to certain routes.”

The spokesman acknowledged ‘how frustrating it is when post does not arrive as expected’ and said the vast majority of post would be delivered as planned.

Regulator Ofcom last year gave the go-ahead for Royal Mail to scrap second class letter deliveries on Saturdays and change the service to every other weekday instead of the current six days a week.

Talks are ongoing about how to manage these changes.

The Royal Mail released a list of the ‘most impacted’ delivery offices and postcodes:

Aberdare DO (CF44, CF45)

Ashington DO (NE22, NE62, NE63, NE64)

Banbridge DO (BT32)

Beverley DO (HU11, HU17, HU18)

Brechin DO (DD9)

Brierley Hill DO (DY5)

Chichester DO (PO18 - PO20)

Chipping Norton DO (OX7)

Daventry DO (NN11)

Glasgow G15 DO (G15)

Glasgow G52 DO (G52, G53)

Helston DO (TR12, TR13)

Hull Central DO (HU1-HU3, HU5, HU9, HU12, HU19)

Hyde DO (SK13, SK14, SK16)

Kingswood DO (BS15, BS30)

Kirkcaldy DO (KY1 - KY3)

Leicester East DO (LE2, LE5-LE7)

Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)

Lisburn DO (BT26-BT28)

Lochgelly DO (KY5)

Lutterworth DO (LE9, LE17)

Maida Hill DO (W9)

North Tyneside DO (NE25-NE30)

Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44, OX49)

Penarth DO (CF64)

Pendle DO (BB8, BB9)

Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)

Pontyclun DO (CF72)

Prenton DO (CH43)

Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)

Sileby SPDO (LE12)

Sleaford DO (NG34)

South Shields DO (NE33, NE34)

Sunderland DO (SR1-SR6, SR9)

Swan House DO (LE1, LE3, LE7-LE9, LE19, LE95)

Swindon DO (SN1, SN2, SN3, SN6, SN25, SN26, SN38, SN99)

Waterlooville DO (PO7-PO8)

Whitwood DO (WF6, WF10)