Royal Mail warns of delivery delays in 56 areas due to Covid absences - full list

Royal Mail is warning of delays and disruption in 56 of its delivery offices across the UK today due to staff absences.

The postal service says both Covid -related self isolation and high levels of workers off sick are affecting its deliveries.

It also blamed “resourcing, or other local factors” for the service upheaval.

As a result, Royal Mail said the disruption may mean it cannot deliver six days a week across certain postcodes - you can see the 56 areas being affected at the bottom of this article.

It comes after the delivery giant warned of postal delays in 22 of its offices in December - while reports from the Daily Mail this week claim some customers are still receiving Christmas cards well into January.

Brits are ordering more from home due to the pandemic - putting greater strain on Royal Mail (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Despite a struggling service, Royal Mail reported pre-tax profits of £315million in the six months to the end of September.

A statement on the Royal Mail site reads: “Deliveries are operating as normal across most of the country today. We aim to deliver to all addresses we have mail for, six days a week.

“In a small number of local offices this may temporarily not be possible due to local issues such as COVID-related self isolation, high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors.

“In those cases we will rotate deliveries to minimise the delay to individual customers.”

It added: “We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.”

List of places affected by Royal Mail delays

Royal Mail updates its website daily with a list of delivery offices that are being affected by delays and disruption.

Here is the list for January 17:

• Amersham DO (HP6, HP7 and HP8)

• Amesbury (SP3 and SP4)

• Barking DO (IG11)

• Bicester DO (OX25 to OX27)

• Bredbury DO (SK6)

• Bridge Of Don DO (AB22 and AB23)

• Bristol South DO (BS3, BS13 and BS41)

• Burgess Hill DO (BN6 and RH15)

• Caldicot DO (NP26)

• Camberwell (SE5)

• Cramlington DO (NE23)

• Cricklewood DO (NW2)

• Eccles DO (M30)

• Erskine DO (PA7 and PA8)

• Glasgow G43 and G46 DO

• Golders Green DO (NW11)

• Hanwell (W7)

• Havant DO (PO9 and PO10)

• Herne Hill DO (SE24)

• Histon SPDO (CB4 9XX)

• Hitchin DO (SG4 and SG5)

• Holloway DO (N7)

• Hornsey DO (N8)

• Hove DO (BN3 and BN52)

• Hoylake DO (CH47 and CH48)

• Islington DO (N1 and N1C)

• Lark Lane DO (L17)

• Larkhall DO (ML9 and ML10)

• Maida Hill DO (W9)

• Manchester South West DO (M15, M16 and M32)

• Maryport DO (CA15)

• Muswell Hill DO (N10)

• Newport East DO (NP18 and NP19)

• Newton Mearns DO (G77)

• Northwich DO (CW8 and CW9)

• Oxted DO (RH8)

• Paisley DO (PA1, PA2 and PA3)

• Perth DO (PH1. PH2 and PH14)

• Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9 and WF11)

• Rayleigh DO (SS6)

• Redcar DO (TS10 and TS11)

• Rottingdean DO (BN2 and BN51)

• South Croydon DO (CR2)

• Speke DO (L24)

• Swindon West DO (SN5)

• Thame DO (OX9 and OX39)

• The Hyde DO (NW9)

• Upminster DO (RM14)

• Upper Holloway DO (N19)

• Upton DO (CH30 and CH39)

• Wallasey DO (CH27, CH44 and CH45)

• Wantage DO (OX12)

• West Norwood DO (SE27)

• West Wickham DO (BR4)

• Willesden DO (NW10 and NW26)

• Wootton Bassett DO (SN4 and SN16)