{"id":685055,"date":"2026-01-09T18:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/685055\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:46:15","slug":"tong-road-delivery-office-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/685055\/","title":{"rendered":"Tong Road Delivery Office to close"},"content":{"rendered":"

By John Baron<\/strong><\/p>\n

Royal Mail has announced that its Tong Road Delivery Office is set to close.<\/p>\n

From Monday, 19 January parcels will need to be collected from Leeds City office, which is located on Wellington Road, near the Harley Davidson store.<\/p>\n

A flier circulated on social media states: \u201cWhere you collect items for which we\u2019ve left a \u2018Something for you\u2019 card is changing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we miss you when we try to deliver, we\u2019ll leave your parcels in a safe place, with a neighbour, or we\u2019ll pop back the next working day (excluding Sundays and Bank Holidays).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we miss you after a second delivery attempt, any items for which we\u2019ve left a \u2018Something for you\u2019 card will be held, ready for collection at Leeds City Delivery Office. For most undelivered items, there\u2019s no need to collect in person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Customers can arrange for your items to be redelivered, free of charge.<\/p>\n

Tong Road Delivery Office is based on Upper Wortley Road, Wortley.<\/p>\n

The move has been criticised in some quarters.<\/p>\n

One reader contacted WLD and said: \u201cI live on Henconner Lane and don\u2019t drive \u2013 they\u2019re essentially taking this service out of the community and into the outskirts of the city centre, which is a lot more difficult to reach if you don\u2019t have a car. I feel it\u2019s going to inconvenience a lot of people, particularly the elderly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cSounds a bit of an arse if you don\u2019t drive.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Royal Mail spokesperson said:\u00a0\u201cWe are relocating our operation on Tong Road to Leeds City Delivery Office to provide better facilities for our posties and to help us provide a better service for our customers. <\/p>\n

\u201cDeliveries to local residents will continue as normal, with any items that cannot be delivered on the first attempt scheduled for automatic redelivery the next working day. Customers can also choose to have their items delivered to a neighbour, a Safeplace or their local Post Office. <\/p>\n

\u201cOver 99% of parcels are successfully delivered on the first or second delivery attempt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Customers can also ask for mail to be redirected to the Post Office in Tong Road, or they can check if the sender can choose the Post Office as the place for the parcel to be delivered to.<\/p>\n

The building was listed for auction<\/a> for \u00a3450,000 on 10 December, but was withdrawn beforehand. It was marketed as suitable for multiple uses, including workshop or warehousing, community use, residential development or retail, subject to planning approval.<\/p>\n

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