Royal Mail has unveiled the most significant design overhaul in 175 years to its legendary red postboxes.
The postal giant is deploying 3,500 solar-powered "postboxes of the future" after a triumphant trial run earlier this year.
The revolutionary design will incorporate a barcode scanner that opens a drop-down compartment for packages.
Solar panels positioned southward for maximum sunlight will power this innovation.
The fresh design enables customers to dispatch and return labelled parcels up to shoebox dimensions, reports the Mirror .
A distinct slot for letters will remain available.
Using the Royal Mail app, customers can obtain posting receipts and monitor their mail.
April saw these cutting-edge postboxes tested in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire before their nationwide la