Watledge: postbox № GL6 63

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The photograph on this page of Watledge: postbox № GL6 63 by Chris Downer as part of the Geograph project.

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Watledge: postbox № GL6 63

Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 13 Nov 2012

This postbox has been painted gold by Royal Mail in honour of Olympic rowing gold medallist Pete Reed, who hails from these parts and for whom this was his local postbox as a boy. It is emptied finally at 5pm on weekdays and at 11:30am on Saturdays.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.700515
Longitude
-2.22105