Parkstone: postbox № BH14 26, Ashley Road
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Parkstone: postbox № BH14 26, Ashley Road
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 3 Aug 2009
The reason for a large postbox being positioned here is that the shop on the left was Ashley Road East Post Office until its closure on 9 February 2004. The remaining Ashley Road West branch now seems rather strangely named since it's now the only one in Ashley Road. The box is emptied finally at 5:30pm on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays. There had previously been a single office in Ahsley Road – probably the other one – called plain 'Ashley Road' from 1 September 1893 until 1911 when the second one opened.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.728316
Longitude
-1.925848