Westcliff-on-Sea: London Road 553 Post Office, and postbox № SS0 115
Introduction
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Westcliff-on-Sea: London Road 553 Post Office, and postbox № SS0 115
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 18 Sep 2008
The name of the post office includes the street number to distinguish it from two other branches in London Road – at 1627 (closed a few years ago) and 1761 – both postally in Leigh-on-Sea rather than Westcliff as here. This branch will close permanently on 23 September 2008; according to a notice inside, it will not affect the toy shop that it is within. According to the Royal Mail's postbox list, the box is outside 555 London Road Post Office, which was indeed the case: the office opened in 1924 at 555 Londond Road (outside which the postbox still stands) and moved within the toy shop next door on 10 September 1986.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.545128
Longitude
0.688378