The lower ground floor of West Block contained Goods Inwards, the Post Room, various stores and the main map picking and packing area.
W001 (Plate and Neg Store)
The former Plate and Negative Store by F core was used to store a large number of office desks in late 2010.
W002 (Shredding room)
This room was used for shredding superceded maps.
W003
A storeroom used for stationery supplies in 2010.
W004
Goods Inwards and home to the Messengers function (internal post) until recently. Goods Inwards recieved the post from Royal Mail and items from couriers – ranging from numerous large pallets to individual small parcels. The area was equipped with hand pump trucks, an electrical powered pallet mover and a gas-powered forklift truck for external use around the site. Goods Inwards also managed the supply of stationery to staff around the building and provide a letter folding and enveloping system.
W004 Goods Inwards W004 Goods Inwards W004 Goods Inwards W004, Goods Inwards Goods Inwards (W004) Entrance to W004 Goods Inwards W004 – Goods Inwards W004 – Goods Inwards W004 – meeting area W004 Goods Inwards – Hyster electric pump truck G core LG floor switchgear and dumbwaiter Goods Inwards (W004) – door to toilets Goods Inwards (W004) Goods Inwards (W004) Goods Inwards (W004) – large waste bin Goods Inwards W004 Goods Inwards, W004 Noticeboard with amusing/bizarre addresses in W004 W004 – Messengers’ trolleys and equipment Goods Inwards – noticeboards W004 Goods Inwards. W004 Goods Inwards Messengers’ trolley in W004 W004 Messengers equipment Confidential data waste in W004 for shredding Messengers’ trolleys in W004 Confidential waste sacks and boxes in W004 W004, Goods Inwards
W005 (Post Room)
This room was an annexe off W004 and in 2010 contained the Post Room and Messengers area (essentially pigeonholes for post going around the building and externally). The area shrunk significantly in recent years due to the reduction in staff numbers and more significantly, the use of email replacing paper memos. Outgoing mail was franked and the area also used printed postage impression stickers for large mailings (such as Free Maps for Schools). The area also had the ability to X-ray suspicious incoming packages.
W005 Neopost franking machine W005, Post Room W005, Post Room Crates of outgoing C5 letters Collection time in the Post Room Outgoing mail rack in W005 Post Room – outgoing mail racks and franking machine Post Room – franking machine and scales W005 Post Room W005 Post Room – scales and private mail sack W005 – crates of franked mail Post Room (W005) – incoming mail sorting area Green round mail racks in the Post Room (W005) Field office mail racks in the Post Room (W005) Field office mail racks in the Post Room (W005) Green round mail racks in the Post Room (W005) Red round mail racks in the Post Room (W005) Special and Recorded delivery labels and logbooks Post Room – Recorded/Special delivery labels W005 Post Room mail preparation bench W003 empty mailbags M core, LG floor
W006
A rest room/kitchen area for Goods Inwards and Post Room staff.
W007 (Warehouse and Despatch)
Warehouse and Despatch fulfilled orders for maps from customers and also offered a parcel despatch service to staff.
W009 rest room/kitchenette
M core
Last updated on Tuesday 7 January 2020 by GaryReggae