As the Christmas countdown reaches two weeks today, many of us still have shopping  to do, presents to wrap and cards to write and send. We are all frantically rushing to put the Christmas decs up and getting tangled in tinsel in the process.

With so much left to do and so little time to do it all, checking the last postal and delivery dates can easily slip our minds. To give you one less thing to worry about you will find the dates for post and deliveries over the Christmas period listed below:

Last Recommended Postal Dates

UK inland Services –

Thursday 18^th December – Second Class and Royal Mail Signed For

Saturday 20^th December – First Class and Royal Mail Signed For

Tuesday 23^rd December – Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed

International Standard (formerly Airmail) and all International Tracking and Signature services –

Friday 12^th December – USA

Saturday 13^th December – Western Europe (excluding Greece and Poland)

Christmas Delivery Dates –

Monday 22^nd December – Normal Deliveries

Tuesday 23^rd December – Normal Deliveries

Christmas Eve – Normal Deliveries

Christmas Day – No Deliveries

Boxing Day – No Deliveries

Saturday 27^th December – Normal Deliveries

Sunday 28^th December – No Deliveries

Monday 29^th December – Normal Deliveries

Tuesday 30^th December – Normal Deliveries

New Year’s Eve – Normal Deliveries

New Year’s Day – No Deliveries

Friday 2^nd January – Normal Deliveries (excluding Scotland due to Bank Holiday)

Saturday 3^rd December – Normal Deliveries

Royal Mail aim to provide a next day delivery service on 1^st Class mail and a three day service for 2^nd Class. However, due to the busy nature of this time of year including a huge increase in volumes of letters, cards and parcels, Ofcom and previous regulators have excluded December from the specific normal target requirement for deliveries. Royal Mail continue to prioritise First Class mail over 2^nd Class mail in the normal way.

Royal Mail will be trying their very best to get all your Christmas post to you as soon as possible. To help them to achieve this they will be offering an additional number of services over the festive period including later opening hours, extra deliveries and more redelivery options.

Haverhill Post Office Opening Times

Monday: ­9am – 5:30pm
Tuesday: 9:30m – 5:30pm
Wednesday: 9am – 5:30pm
Thursday: 9am – 5:30pm
Friday: 9am – 5:30pm
Saturday: 9am – 12:30pm
Sunday: Closed

If you are out when the Post Office try to deliver, they have made it easier for you to collect your parcel from your local Delivery Office, most of which plan to be open later from Monday 8^th December. You can find the opening hours on your ‘Something for you’ card.