CARLISLE will be one of the first places in the country to have new parcel postboxes installed by Royal Mail.
The move follows a successful trial by the mail carrier and marks the first major change in the use of postboxes in 160 years.
The parcel postboxes enable small businesses and other sellers to post pre-paid parcels in the same way they currently post letters.
They will also allow customers to post some barcoded returns parcels back at any time.
A total of 1,400 new postboxes will be installed at 32 different locations across the country, which include places such as Birmingham and Leeds, over a six-month period from August.
Mark Street, head of campaigns at Royal Mail, said: "The wide-scale introduction of parcel postboxes is one of the many ways we are looking to make the lives of our customers easier.
"The parcel postboxes trial last year was a success, and we hope that the wider roll-out gives added flexibility to online sellers who might be running a business in their spare time and not keeping regular office hours."
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