The British Postal Museum & Archive

About The British Postal Museum & Archive

The leading resource for British postal history. Split between two sites. The Royal Mail archive in central London houses stamps, posters, post office records and design artwork, accessed via a public search room including a small exhibition space, 10 mins walk from Farringdon tube station. The Museum Store in Debden, Essex, includes Rowland Hill’s desk, an extensive collection of pillar boxes, post office vans, telephone boxes and more, 5 mins walk from Debden tube station on the Central line. Free guided tours of both the Archive and the Museum Store available.

For all enquiries, including tour bookings for both Archive and Museum Store and for all evening talks, family events and walking tours, please contact main central London address via email or telephone as listed below.

For visitors booking Museum Store tours, please note the Store address is: Unit 7, Imprimo Park, Debden Industrial Estate, Lenthall Road, Loughton, Essex IG10 3UD.

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