Post

Send or receive post


 

Sending mail

Stamps can be bought from a Post Office, the Union Shop and most newsagents and supermarkets. Royal Mail make collections from (red) post boxes and deliveries to your address every day except Sunday.

There is a post box outside the Windsor Building. If you have larger items you will need to go to the Post Office in Egham High Street, near Tesco.

Further information is available on the Royal Mail Website

Receiving mail

If you live in Halls you can have your post delivered to the College. Use the address of your room and the College address, post will be delivered and redirected to the post point for your Hall.

  • Make sure mail is addressed with your full name as shown on your student card followed by Hall of Residence and Room Number, followed by Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0BN
  • Mail is delivered Monday to Friday.
  • Letters are placed in pigeon holes under your surname.

Your letter post points are:

  • Founder’s: George Eliot reception
  • Gowar & Wedderburn: outside The Hub Post Room
  • Butler, Williamson & Tuke: outside The Hub Post Room
  • Reid: outside The Hub Post Room
  • Runnymede: outside The Hub Room
  • George Eliot: in the George Eliot reception
  • Highfield: Highfield Common Room.
  • Penrose: delivered directly via Royal Mail but please also check pigeon holes at Highfield Common Room.

Students should also regularly check their department mailbox for mail.

Fresh food delivery boxes (Hello Fresh, Gusto, Mindful Chef etc.)

If you order a fresh food deliver box please note that we do not have refrigeration within our Post Rooms and we cannot take responsibility for the safety of the food contents.

We would suggest that when ordering your food box from your chosen supplier, you choose a suitable time for your delivery to arrive that enables you to collect quickly.

The post room team will process your delivery as quickly as possible and you will receive an automated email notifying you of the arrival of your delivery.

Parcels and ‘signed for’ items

If you have been sent a parcel or an item to be signed for, you will receive an email to advise you. Parcels will be kept safe for you for 6 months after which time they will be returned to sender, donated or disposed of sustainably. All attempts are made to contact the recipient during this time if we have contact details.

  • Founder’s, George Eliot, Highfield and Penrose residents: Go to the George Eliot post room between 9.30am and 7pm Monday to Fridays or between 10am and 3pm on Saturdays with your student ID card to collect your item. The post room is closed on Sundays.
  • Wedderburn, Gowar, Tuke, Williamson, Butler, Runnymede and Reid residents: Go to the Hub post room between 12pm and 7pm on Mondays, between 9.30am and 7pm on Tuesdays to Fridays and between 10am and 3pm on Saturdays with your student ID card to collect your item. Please note that the Hub post room is closed on Monday mornings from 9.30am to 12pm for collections and will only accept deliveries during this time. The Hub post room is also closed on Sundays.

Contacts

Email  hubpostroom@royalholloway.ac.uk or postalservices@royalholloway.ac.uk

Opening Hours

George Eliot post room (operates a service for George Eliot, Penrose, Highfield and Founder's Halls).

Hub post room (operates a service for Williamson, Tuke, Runnymede, Reid, Butler, Gowar and Wedderburn Halls).

Term time opening 

Monday – Friday 9.30am–7pm
Saturday - 10am–3pm
Sunday - closed

Vacation opening

Monday – Friday 9.30am-5pm
Saturday and Sunday closed.

Contact details

George Eliot post room is located at George Eliot reception, on the north side of the A30

T: 01784 443066 
E: postalservices@rhul.ac.uk

The Hub post room is located within the Hub reception

T: 01784 276210
E: Hubpostroom@rhul.ac.uk