Guides
Post and parcel guides
Practical guides to post offices, parcel lockers, opening hours and postcodes, written from our own data and official sources.
- Parcel shop and post office opening hours by carrier
Post Office, Evri, DPD, InPost, USPS and more: the usual weekday and Saturday hours and how many open on Sunday, from our records.
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- Post offices on bank holidays and federal holidays
UK bank holidays and US federal holidays for 2026 and 2027, what our records show about holiday closures, and where to collect parcels when counters shut.
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- How to collect a parcel from a locker
QR code, app or collection code: how InPost, Evri and USPS Smart Lockers work, how long parcels wait, and where the lockers are.
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- UK postcodes and US ZIP codes explained
How a UK postcode and a US ZIP code are built, where they go in an address, and where to look one up officially.
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