Post Office sorting warehouse hub

An aerial view overlooking the processing depot of Royal Mail's DIRFT logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire England. Commercial postage of catalogues, junk mail and brochures pass through this enormous complex where some of the UK's 82 million items pass through. Royal Mail handles some 82 million posted items a day. They have a statutory duty to provide a delivery service to 27 million addresses in the UK for letters and for parcels weighing up to 20kg. Six days a week they deliver daily to all addresses in the UK and provides a collection service from 115,000 Post Boxes, 16,000 Post Offices, businesses and organizations throughout the UK and distributed through 72 mail centres and 100 distribution centres such as DIRFT.

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An aerial view overlooking the processing depot of Royal Mail's DIRFT logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire England. Commercial postage of catalogues, junk mail and brochures pass through this enormous complex where some of the UK's 82 million items pass through. Royal Mail handles some 82 million posted items a day. They have a statutory duty to provide a delivery service to 27 million addresses in the UK for letters and for parcels weighing up to 20kg. Six days a week they deliver daily to all addresses in the UK and provides a collection service from 115,000 Post Boxes, 16,000 Post Offices, businesses and organizations throughout the UK and distributed through 72 mail centres and 100 distribution centres such as DIRFT.