CHRISTMAS DELIVERY CHAOS: Last Chance Dates REVEALED!

CHRISTMAS DELIVERY CHAOS: Last Chance Dates REVEALED!

The festive season is fast approaching, and with it, a critical deadline looms for anyone planning to send gifts. Across the UK, delivery networks are bracing for a surge in parcels, and knowing the final posting dates is now paramount to ensuring presents arrive under the tree in time for Christmas.

EMBARGOED TO 0700 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27 Undated handout photo issued by Royal Mail of their new solar-powered "postboxes of the future", which are being rolled out across the UK. They feature a barcode scanner and a digitally activated drop-down drawer that allows consumers to send parcels as large as a shoebox. The new design - the biggest change to the postbox in its 175-year history - was trialled in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire earlier this year, and will now be installed in cities including Edinburgh, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Sunderland. Issue date: Wednesday August 27, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Royal Mail/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder. London, UK - 30 October, 2025: a mid adult male postman delivering mail through the letterbox of a house in Hampstead, London, UK. Electric EVRi delivery van on 3rd June 2025 in London, United Kingdom. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)