canalpost.uk

specialist postal service for boaters

Over 30,000 live-aboard narrowboats,  barges,  cruisers and houseboats populate our rivers and canals.

It doesn't matter whether you live on a working 40 foot ex-colliery narrowboat,  or have finally retired to your fabulous gin palace;  constantly cruising or on a permanent mooring.   Once you spend any time at all on the cut you'll learn that life can be a pain without a postal address for your bank,  credit card issuer,  insurance company,  the passport office,  HMRC or DWP.   Even on-line retailers like Amazon won't deliver to a numbered PO box or a third party location,  such as the marina office.

the solution

is a virtual mailbox account from expost . . .

. . .with a real uk street address,  five user names on each account,  free mail forwarding;  or have letters scanned instantly to your own secure online viewer.   A simple choice of Private or Business accounts means that,  if you need a postal address for your own personal and family correspondence  ( including parcels and on-line shopping )  or for commercial use,  canalpost is the answer!

A canalpost mailbox account will give you a virtual street address,  with up to five different named users,  free mail forwarding and scanning to your own secure image viewer.   As well as having a fixed postal address for your own private correspondence,  you can now trade on-line from your boat,  with a genuine returns address for your products!

your names, our addresses

Because many businesses,  banks,  credit card and insurance companies,  couriers and authorities;  including HMRC and the DVLA,  will not deliver to,  or even recognise,  an obviously numbered PO box,  every canalpost mailbox has a genuine postal address that it inherits from the Mail Centre of your choice.

selecting a regional mail centre

We currently have eight fully active regional Mail Centres around the UK,  with four more to be launched next spring.   Because all mail is scanned or forwarded,  you can hold an account at any regional Centre and your letters or parcels will still reach you,  wherever you are in the world!

Click the postal address examples below to visit each Mail Centre's own website

We realise that many people prefer an address that either reflects their place of origin  ( even though they may be on the cut and constantly travelling! ),  and some business mailbox account holders may want to present a 'local' face.   Our national network of regional Mail Centres has been designed to provide just such coverage,  further detailed in the descriptions below.

business or private. . .

which do I need and how do they differ?

Although both Business and Private mailboxes can receive letters and parcels for up to five named Users,  and are the same price,  the new data protection legislation  ( GDPR ),  means that we need to record the status of each mailbox so,  if your account is only to be used for your own personal correspondence,  select Private.

Select Business if you intend to use your accommodation address for any kind of commerce or trading,  or if you want to include a business name as a User.   You can still use it for your personal mail of course and,  as a bonus,  if you take a 12 month Business account you can also use it as the registered office address for one or more Companies,  at no extra charge!

important. . .  about the account holder

In order to simplify the legally required identity verification process,  every mailbox account,  whether private or business,  must be registered with a named individual as the Account Holder.   On agreeing to be bound by our Terms and Conditions,  the Account Holder is then responsible for the legal,  moral and ethical use of the mailbox and compliance with current legislation.