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postboxmap.co.uk

Media & PersonalTools verifiedOct 1, 2026

Find your nearest UK postbox by postcode or location. Map and log postboxes you've visited, add new finds. Free for postbox spotters, enthusiasts and historians.

search_from_homeAnswer

Search PostboxMap from the home page. Routes postcodes and place names to nearest postboxes; registration numbers, reign and cypher queries to catalogue search.

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{
  "name": "search_from_home",
  "kind": "answer",
  "impl": "imperative",
  "description": "Search PostboxMap from the home page. Routes postcodes and place names to nearest postboxes; registration numbers, reign and cypher queries to catalogue search.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "query": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Postcode, place, registration number, reign, cypher or postbox name."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "query"
    ]
  }
}

find_nearest_postboxesAnswer

Find postboxes near a UK postcode, place name or OS grid reference. Use for location-based discovery (e.g. SW1A 1AA, Edinburgh).

View tool JSON

{
  "name": "find_nearest_postboxes",
  "kind": "answer",
  "impl": "imperative",
  "description": "Find postboxes near a UK postcode, place name or OS grid reference. Use for location-based discovery (e.g. SW1A 1AA, Edinburgh).",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "query": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "UK postcode, town, village or OS grid reference."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "query"
    ]
  }
}

search_postboxesAnswer

Search the UK postbox catalogue by reign, royal cypher, postbox type, subtype or town. Use for reign and type filters (e.g. Victoria, VR, pillar box).

View tool JSON

{
  "name": "search_postboxes",
  "kind": "answer",
  "impl": "imperative",
  "description": "Search the UK postbox catalogue by reign, royal cypher, postbox type, subtype or town. Use for reign and type filters (e.g. Victoria, VR, pillar box).",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "q": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Free text: town, postbox name or keyword."
      },
      "reign": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Monarch reign, e.g. Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III."
      },
      "type": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Postbox form, e.g. pillar box, wall box, lamp box."
      },
      "subtype": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Subtype within the form, e.g. Penfold, A-type."
      },
      "town": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Town or city name."
      }
    }
  }
}