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ENGLISH POSTS BY COUNTY
- Bedfordshire
  - Pavenham
  - Ravensden
  - Riseley
  - Sandy
- Berkshire
  - Arborfield
  - Ascot
  - Ashbury
  - Brafield
  - Cold Ash
  - Crowthorne
  - East Ilsley
  - Great Shefford
  - Longworth
  - Newbury
  - Shurlock Row
  - Streatley
  - Wantage
  - Windsor
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
  - Arrington
  - Benwick
  - Bottisham
  - Caxton
  - Cherry Hinton
  - Fordham
  - Harston
  - Littleport
  - Manea
  - Stretham
  - Willingham
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
  - Millbrook
  - Saltash
- Cumberland
- Derbyshire
  - Ambergate
  - Ashover
  - Brassington
  - Church Gresley
  - Etwall
  - Hartington
  - Hulland
  - Melbourne
  - Staveley
  - Uttoxeter
  - Whitwell
- Devonshire
  - Ashburton
  - Axminster
  - Bampton
  - Barnstaple
  - Bere Alston
  - Brixham
  - Christow
  - Combe Martin
  - Croyde
  - Exminster
  - Exmouth
  - Farway Common
  - Feniton
  - Five Barrows
  - Gara Bridge
  - Hatherleigh
  - High Bickington
  - Holberton
  - Horns Cross
  - Kentisbeare
  - Lydford
  - Lynton
  - Manaton
  - Moretonhampstead
  - Newton Abbott
  - Okehampton
  - Paignton
  - Pinhoe
  - Plymstock
  - Seaton
  - Sharpitor
  - Shirwell
  - Sidmouth
  - South Molton
  - Stockleigh Pomeroy
  - Start Point
  - Teignmouth
  - Tiverton
  - Torquay
  - Torrington
  - Whitestone
  - Witheridge
  - Winkleigh
  - Woolacombe
- Dorset
- Durham
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
  - Andoversford
  - Barnwood
  - Blakeney
  - Dursley
  - Hallen
  - Hill
  - Leighterton
  - Little Sodbury
  - Marshfield
  - North Cerney
  - Northleach
  - Poulton
  - St. Briavels
  - Stoke Orchard
  - Stow On The Wold
  - Stroud
  - Thornbury
  - Tirley
  - Westbury On Severn
- Hampshire
  - Bordon
  - Botley
  - Chandlers Ford
  - Cheriton
  - Christchurch
  - Copythorne
  - Fordingbridge
  - Froxfield Green
  - Gratley
  - Hambledon
  - Havant
  - Hayling Island
  - Herriard
  - Hill Head
  - Hurstbourne Tarrant
  - Kingsclere
  - Kings Worthy
  - Lockerley Green
  - Longparish
  - Lyndhurst
  - Marchwood
  - Medstead
  - New Milton
  - Odiham
  - Overton
  - Ringwood
  - Selbourne
  - Southsea
  - Stockbridge
  - Stone Point
  - Stratfield Turgis
  - Sway
  - Upham
- Herefordshire
  - Burghill
  - Fownhope
  - Harewood End
  - Lea
  - Leominster
  - Lyonshall
  - Pencombe
  - Peterchurch
  - Pontrilas
  - Ridgeway Cross
  - Trumpet
  - Whitchurch (Herefordshire)
  - Wigmore
- Hertfordshire
  - Ashwell
  - Berkhamstead
  - Brent Pelham
  - Chorleywood
  - Elstree
  - Great Offley
  - Hertford
  - Kimpton
  - Kings Langley
  - Letchworth
  - Markyate Street
  - Much Hadham
  - Park Street
  - Walkern
  - Welwyn
- Huntingdonshire
  - Abbots Ripton
  - Buckden
  - Eaton Socon
  - Ramsey
  - Sawtry
  - St. Ives
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
  - Allhallows
  - Ash
  - Barham
  - Bearsted
  - Bethersden
  - Birchington
  - Blean
  - Borough Green
  - Brasted
  - Brookland
  - Canterbury
  - Cliffe
  - Cranbrook
  - Dungeness
  - Dymchurch
  - Eastchurch
  - Edenbridge
  - Eltham
  - Farningham
  - Folkestone ( 1st site )
  - Folkestone ( 2nd site )
  - Greenhithe
  - Hamstreet
  - Headcorn
  - Herne Bay
  - Horsmonden
  - Kingsdown
  - Kingsgate
  - Knockholt
  - Lenham
  - Linton
  - Lyminge
  - Minster
  - Oare
  - Pluckley
  - Penshurst
  - Rainham
  - Rodmersham Green
  - Sevington
  - Sheerness
  - Sheldwich Lees
  - Snodland
  - Tenterden
  - Upstreet
  - Wateringbury
  - West Wickham
  - Wye
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
  - Colerton
  - Markfield
  - Rearsby
  - Shepshed
  - Wymeswold
- London
  - Acton
  - Bowes Park
  - Colindale
  - Dulwich
  - Enfield
  - Hounslow
  - Northolt
  - Stratford
- Lincolnshire
  - Alford
  - Bardney
  - Barton On Humber
  - Baumber
  - Billingborough
  - Binbrook
  - Bishop Norton
  - Bourne
  - Burgh On Bain
  - Canwick
  - Chapel St. Leonards
  - Claypole
  - Dunham On Trent
  - Epworth
  - Eastoft
  - Friskney
  - Fulstow
  - Gainsborough
  - Grantham
  - Hackthorn
  - Honington
  - Humberstone
  - Ingoldsby
  - Little Steeping
  - Louth
  - Mablethorpe
  - Market Rasen
  - North Kelsey
  - North Somercotes
  - Roxton
  - Scawby
  - Scotter
  - Sandholme Bank
  - Swallow
  - Sturton By Stow
  - Tetford
  - Wooton
  - Winterton
- Norfolk
  - Aldeby
  - Aylsham
  - Brancaster
  - Brundall
  - Coltishall
  - Dersingham
  - Diss
  - Docking
  - Downham Market
  - Fleggburgh
  - Garboldisham
  - Great Hockham
  - Harleston
  - Hellesdon
  - Hingham
  - Honingham
  - Hunstanton
  - King's Lynn
  - Long Stratton
  - Martham
  - Melton Constable
  - Middleton
  - Mundesley
  - Mundford
  - Narborough
  - North Walsham
  - South Creake
  - Southery
  - Stalham
  - St. Germans
  - Stoke Ferry
  - Swaffham
  - Thetford
  - Watton
  - Wells Next The Sea
  - West Beckham
  - Wymondham
- Northamptonshire
  - Benefield
  - Blakesley
  - Brackley
  - Brixworth
  - Chipping Warden
  - Cogenhoe
  - Daventry
  - Duddington
  - Earls Barton
  - East Carlton
  - East Haddon
  - Kettering
  - Raunds
  - Roade
  - Sutton Bassett
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
  - Blyth
  - Burton Joyce
  - Clarborough
  - Clifton
  - Collingham
  - East Markham
  - Edwinstowe
  - Farnsfield
  - Newark
  - Wiseton
- Oxfordshire
  - Boars Hill
  - Bloxham
  - Brill
  - Carterton
  - Checkendon
  - Culham
  - Enstone
  - Hailey
  - Kidlington
  - Middleton Stoney
  - Shiplake
  - Shipton Under Wychwood
  - Stadhampton
  - Swacliffe
  - Thame
  - Watlington
- Rutland
- Shropshire
  - Church Stretton
  - Cockshutt
  - Craven Arms
  - Ludlow
  - Lydbury North
  - Minsterley
  - Nescliff
  - Oswestry
  - Tenbury
  - Upton Magna
- Somerset
  - Bleadon
  - Bruton
  - Chard
  - Childen Polden
  - Clevedon
  - Clutton
  - Crewkerne
  - Dulverton
  - Dunster
  - Exford
  - Frome
  - Glastonbury
  - Hatch Beauchamp
  - Holford
  - Kingston St. Mary
  - Langport
  - Lydeard St. Lawrence
  - Marston Magna
  - Minehead
  - Portishead
  - Puriton
  - Radstock
  - Shepton Mallett
  - Stoke Under Ham
  - Temple Combe
  - Wellington
  - West Harptree
  - Winscombe
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
  - Aldeburgh
  - Alderton
  - Bacton
  - Badingham
  - Barnby
  - Beyton
  - Botesdale
  - Bungay
  - Bury St. Edmunds
  - Cheveley
  - Claydon
  - Coombes
  - Crowfield
  - Culford
  - Debenham
  - Felixtowe
  - Grundisburgh
  - Hadleigh
  - Halesworth
  - Hartest
  - Haverhill
  - Honington (Suffolk)
  - Hopton
  - Isleham
  - Kentford
  - Lavenham
  - Lowesoft
  - Orford
  - Pakefield
  - Saxmundham
  - Stradbroke
  - Sudbury
  - Westleton
  - Wickhambrook
  - Wickham Market
  - Woolverstone
- Surrey
  - Camberley
  - Clandon
  - Cranleigh
  - Farnham
  - Headley
  - Hogs Back
  - Holmwood
  - Milford
  - Mortlake
  - New Malden
  - Oxshott
  - Redhill
  - Wallington
  - Weybridge
  - Wormley
- Sussex
  - Billingshurst
  - Brighton
  - Chichester
  - Chiddingly
  - Compton
  - Cooden
  - Crawley
  - Crowborough
  - Cuckfield
  - Cuckmere Haven
  - Ditchling
  - Fairlight
  - Fernhurst
  - Framfield
  - Frant
  - Hartfield
  - Henfield
  - Herstmonceux
  - Horsham
  - Lancing
  - Lewes
  - Littlehampton
  - Midhurst
  - Newhaven
  - Newick
  - Ninfield
  - Northiam
  - Pagham
  - Peacehaven
  - Petworth
  - Pevensey
  - Pulborough
  - Robertsbridge
  - Rogate
  - Rotherfield
  - Rushlake Green
  - Rye Harbour
  - Sedelescombe
  - Selsey
  - Singleton
  - Southwick
  - Steyning
  - Ticehurst
  - West Hoathley
- Warwickshire
- Westmorland
- Wiltshire
  - Alderbury
  - Amesbury
  - Avebury
  - Bradford On Avon
  - Bratton
  - Broad Chalke
  - Chippenham
  - Collingbourne Ducis
  - Cricklade
  - Devizes
  - Enford
  - Great Bedwyn
  - Highworth
  - Kemble
  - Malmesbury
  - Mere
  - Osbourne St. George
  - Shrewton
  - Sutton Veney
  - Swindon
  - Tisbury
  - Wroughton
  - Wylye
- Worcestershire
  - Arley
  - Broadway
  - Bromsgrove
  - Clows Top
  - Crowle
  - Evesham
  - Inkberrow
  - Ombersley
  - Pershore
  - Powick
  - Redditch
  - Upper Sapey
  - Upton On Severn
- Yorkshire
  - Aldbrough
  - Askern
  - Aysgarth
  - Barkston Ash
  - Bedale
  - Beverley
  - Bewerley
  - Birdsall
  - Boston Spa
  - Bramley
  - Brandesburton
  - Brandsby
  - Bridlington
  - Burton Agnes
  - Castleton
  - Chop Gate
  - Croft
  - Cloughton
  - Cotherstone
  - Ecclesfield
  - Egglescliffe
  - Eston
  - Flamborough
  - Fulford (Site 1)
  - Fulford (site 2)
  - Gargrave
  - Gilbertdyke
  - Goathland
  - Goldthorpe
  - Great Ayton
  - Greenhow Hill
  - Harewood
  - Helmsley
  - High Bentham
  - Hinderwell
  - Holme on Spalding Moor
  - Hornsea
  - Horton- In-Ribblesdale
  - Hovingham
  - Howden
  - Hunmanby
  - Hunslet
  - Keyingham
  - Kilnsea
  - Knaresborough
  - Langtoft
  - Lockton
  - Loftus
  - Malton
  - North Stainley
  - Northallerton
  - Osmotherley
  - Out Newton
  - Pickering
  - Pocklington
  - Redcar
  - Richmond
  - Robin Hoods Bay
  - Rosedale
  - Rossington
  - Saltburn
  - Saltend
  - Sawley
  - Scarborough
  - Settle
  - Sherburn
  - Skipsea
  - Skirlaugh
  - Stamford Bridge
  - Stockbridge (Yorkshire)
  - Strensall
  - Sunk Island
  - — Thirsk
  - Thorne
  - Tockwith
  - Tollerton
  - Tunstall
  - Upton
  - Wetwang
  - Whitby
  - Whitley Bridge
  - Wickersley
  - Wilsthorpe
  - Wykeham
WELSH POSTS BY COUNTY
- Anglesey
  - Amlwch
  - Llanfaethlu
  - Llangefni
  - Marianglas
  - Newborough
  - Rhosneigr
- Breconshire
  - Abercrave
  - Brynmawr
  - Erwood
  - Hay
  - Llangammarch Wells
  - Sennybridge
- Caernarvonshire
  - Aberdaron
  - Abersoch
  - Bangor
  - Beddgelert
  - Capel Curig
  - Ceinant
  - Chilwog
  - Llandudno
  - Llanfairfechan
  - Nefyn
  - Penmachno
  - Pen-Y-Groes
  - Portmadoc
  - Trevor
  - Tyn-Y-Groes
- Cardiganshire
- Carmarthenshire
  - Carmarthen
  - Convill
  - Dryslwyn
  - Kidwelly
  - Llanboidy
  - Llandovery
  - Pencader
- Denbighshire
  - Brymbo
  - Cerrigydrudion
  - Llanfair Talhaiarn
  - Llangollen
  - Llanrhaiadr
  - Llanrwst
  - Llysfaen
  - Nantglyn
  - Pentrefoelas
  - Ruthin
- Flintshire
- Glamorganshire
- Merionethshire
  - Aberdovey
  - Bala
  - Barmouth
  - Blaenau Ffestiniog
  - Corwen
  - Dolgellau
  - Llanbedr
  - Llanuwchllyn
  - Trawsfynydd
  - Tywyn
- Monmouthshire
  - Abergavenny
  - Chepstow
- Montgomeryshire
  - Carno
  - Llanfair Caereinion
  - Llanfyllin
  - Llangadfan
  - Llanwyddyn
  - Llanymynech
  - Machynlleth
  - Montgomery
  - Newtown
  - Welshpool
- Pembrokeshire
  - Broad Haven
  - St Twynnells
- Radnorshire
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Thirsk

Location: SE42098038

Opened 1962 Closed 1968

Date of visit: Feb 2009

Post has been demolished. A cellphone mast stands on the spot.