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Postboxes in Bristol

Explore 463 mapped postboxes in Bristol.

Bristol currently has 463 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Bristol include 7 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 186 postboxes, representing 40.2% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (186), GR (128), GVIR (60), VR (31), EVIIR (21), no (12) and EVIIIR (3). 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 339 mapped examples. The data contains 4 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 7 designs and 2 colours are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Red, appearing on 4 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 463 mapped postboxes • 7 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (186), GR (128), GVIR (60), VR (31), EVIIR (21), no (12), EVIIIR (3) • 4 recorded postbox types • 7 recorded designs • 2 recorded colours • Most common cypher: EIIR (186 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (339) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
GR
wall
-
-
Leigh Woods
EIIR
wall
-
-
Leigh Woods
EIIR
pillar
-
-
Leigh Woods
GR
pillar
-
-
Filton
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Filton
GR
pillar
-
-
Bristol
-
-
-
-
Harry Stoke
GVIR
pillar
-
-
Harry Stoke
GVIR
pillar
type_a
-
Harry Stoke
GR
wall
-
-
Bristol
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