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Postboxes in Bournemouth

Explore 266 mapped postboxes in Bournemouth.

Bournemouth currently has 266 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Bournemouth include 7 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is GR, recorded on 87 postboxes, representing 32.7% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: GR (87), EIIR (76), EVIIR (45), VR (26), GVIR (18), no (4) and scottish_crown (1). Among the recognised royal cyphers in the data, VR is the earliest recorded and EIIR is the most recent. The most commonly recorded postbox type is Pillar, with 245 mapped examples. The data contains 4 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 7 designs and 1 colour are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Red, appearing on 2 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 266 mapped postboxes • 7 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: GR (87), EIIR (76), EVIIR (45), VR (26), GVIR (18), no (4), scottish_crown (1) • 4 recorded postbox types • 7 recorded designs • 1 recorded colour • Most common cypher: GR (87 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (245) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
GR
pillar
-
-
Talbot Village
VR
pillar
type_b
-
Bournemouth
EIIR
lamp
-
-
Bear Cross
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Wick
GR
pillar
-
-
Bournemouth
EIIR
pillar
type_c
-
Talbot Village
EVIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Bournemouth
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Bournemouth
GVIR
wall
-
-
Holdenhurst
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Wick
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