Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a Royal Mail letterbox in Highgate, with local councillors urging the company to take action to find it.

Concerned residents living near the Archway Road alerted Highgate’s Lib Dem councillors last week of the removal of the letterbox outside the former Archway Road post office – controversially closed last year as part of the Post Office’s closure programme in the area. Residents had complained at the removal, saying that the nearest alternative letterbox, on Langdon Park Road N6, has a slot that is large enough to take only the smallest packages.

However, the Royal Mail has told the Lib Dems that it did not authorise the removal of the box, and its disappearance is a mystery. The company has been in touch with the contractors currently working on the major gas mains project in the Archway Road to see if they were responsible for taking it away – a move that the Mail says it did not authorise.

Neil Williams, Lib Dem Leader and Highgate Councillor, comments:

“I am pleased that the Royal Mail has moved swiftly to investigate the disappearance of one of our local letterboxes, as it must be put back in place immediately. I don’t remember a case of a red box having gone walkabout before. It is bad enough that local resident have lost the post office on the Archway Road, so I will be watching to ensure it is back in place as soon as possible.”