2012

J3082 : Pillar box and drop box, Glengormley, Newtownabbey

taken 12 years ago, near to Carnmoney, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Pillar box and drop box, Glengormley, Newtownabbey
Pillar box and drop box, Glengormley, Newtownabbey
See J3082 : Postbox near Glengormley (June 2011). The same pillar box (BT36 763) and drop box, alongside the Antrim Road, opposite Swanston Park. This milepost J3082 : Milepost near Glengormley is on the left.
Drop box

A ‘drop box’ is an item of Royal Mail street furniture. It is a receptacle where the postman can securely store part of his morning round, at a convenient location. Sometimes, the Royal Mail van may drop off the postman with his bike and morning deliveries, saving him carrying a heavier load or frequent returns to the sorting office.
Originally drop boxes were attached to pillar boxes and, therefore, painted red to match. Nowadays, they are separate free-standing boxes – usually close to a postbox – generally painted grey, although red stand-alone boxes are also to be seen.

Postboxes, rest of Northern Ireland

A series of photographs showing some of the postboxes, in the rest of Northern Ireland, within postcodes BT16-94. Link shows the postboxes within Belfast.

Irish Milestones and Mileposts

Irish milestones and mileposts, many of which can still be found around the country. There are several different designs and are found beside both roads and canals.


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Geographical Context: Business, Retail, Services Suburb, Urban fringe Roads, Road transport other tags: Newtownabbey Glengormley Postbox Drop Box (Royal Mail) Milepost Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Milepost [2] · Newtownabbey [2] · Swanston [2] ·
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J3082, 11 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 25 June, 2012   (more nearby)
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Monday, 25 June, 2012
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 309 828 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:40.5813N 5:58.2330W
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Irish: geotagged! J 309 828
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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