Gold postbox challenge

Back in August 2012, Jessica's godfather Bryan set his friends a challenge to see who could visit the most Olympic gold postboxes.  We thought it would be fun to take up the challenge and so Jessica has been travelling the country with Mummy and Daddy and visiting various different Team GB postboxes.  There are 65 Olympic ones and 46 Paralympic ones in total.  It has taken us almost three years but we have now managed to visit them all!  You can read more about our gold postbox challenge here.

Olympic postboxes

#1 - Nick Skelton (Bedworth)

#2 - Jessica Ennis (Sheffield)

#3 - Ed Clancy (Huddersfield)

#4 - Andrew Triggs Hodge (Hebden)

#5 - Alastair Brownlee (Horsforth)

#6 - Nicola Adams (Leeds)

#7 - Luke Campbell (Hull)

#8 - Katherine Copland (Stockon-on-Tees)

#9 - Scott Brash (Peebles)

#10 - Chris Hoy (Edinburgh)

#11 - Chris Hoy (Edinburgh)

#12 - Katherine Grainger (Aberdeen)

#13 - Tim Baillie (Westhill)

#14 - Tim Baillie (Westhill)

#15 - Heather Stanning (Lossiemouth)

#16 - Andy Murray (Dunblane)

#17 - Bradley Wiggins (Chorley)

#18 - Bradley Wiggins (Eccleston)

#19 - Jason Kenny (Bolton)

#20 - Jason Kenny (Bolton)

#21 - Steven Burke (Colne)

#22 - Philip Hindes (Manchester)

#23 - Jade Jones (Flint)

#24 - Tom James (Wrexham)

#25 - Anna Watkins (Leek)

#26 - Greg Rutherford (Milton Keynes)

#27 - Geraint Thomas (Cardiff)

#28 - Peter Charles (Alton)

#29 - Ben Ainslie (Lymington)

#30 - Henley Rowers (Henley)

#31 - Nick Skelton (Alcester)

#32 - Alex Gregory (Cheltenham)

#33 - Charlotte Dujardin (Newent)

#34 - Pete Reed (Nailsworth)

#35 - Pete Reed (Nailsworth)

#36 - Laura Bechtolsheimer (Ampney St Peter)

#37 - Laura Trott (Harlow)

#38 - Laura Trott (Cheshunt)

#39 - Laura Trott (Cheshunt)

#40 - Charlotte Dujardin (Enfield)

#41 - Anthony Joshua (Watford)

#42 - Dani King (Hamble)

#43 - Peter Wilson (Sherborne)

#44 - Ed McKeever (Bradford-on-Avon)

#45 - Helen Glover (Penzance)

#46 - Ben Ainslie (Restronguet)

#47 - Pete Reed (Chiswick)

#48 - London - 2012 host city (Westminster)

#49 - Joanna Rowsell (Carshalton)
(no - we didn't make a mistake - this postbox was originally painted gold in summer 2012
but has since been repainted red - the gold paint is still visible on the back of the postbox)

#50 - Joanna Rowsell (Cheam)

#51 - Sophie Hosking (Wimbledon)

#52 - Andy Murray (Wimbledon)

#53 - Mo Farah (Teddington)

#54 - Mo Farah (Isleworth)

#55 - Heather Stanning (Larkhill)

#56 - Peter Charles (Bentworth)

#57 - London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Stratford)

#58 - Ben Maher (Elsenham)

#59 - Victoria Pendleton (Stotfold)

#60 - Etienne Stott (Bedford)

#61 - British Cyclists (Manchester)

#62 - Victoria Pendleton (Wilmslow)

#63 - Carl Hester (Sark)

#64 - Tom James (Coedpoeth)

#65 - Peter Kennaugh (Onchan)

Paralympic postboxes

 

#1 - Sarah Storey (Disley)

#2 - Paralympics Birthplace (Stoke Mandeville)

#3 - Sophie Christiansen (Fulmer)

#4 - Naomi Riches (Marlow)

#5 - Sophie Christiansen (Maidenhead)

#6 - Natasha Baker (Uxbridge)

#7 - James Roe (Stratford-upon-Avon)

#8 - Natasha Baker (Cowley, Uxbridge)

#9 - Deborah Criddle (Trull)

#10 - Jonathan Fox (St Stephen-in-Brannell)

#11 - Helena Lucas (Easton)

#12 - Sophie Christiansen (Sunningdale)

#13 - Sophie Christiansen (Egham)

#14 - David Weir (Wallington)

#15 - David Weir (Wallington)

#16 - David Weir (Wallington)

#17 - David Weir (Wallington)

#18 - Josef Craig (Jarrow)

#19 - Craig MacLean (Wilmslow)



#20 - Sarah Storey (Poynton)



#21 - Barney Storey (Disley)



#22 - Sarah Storey (Macclesfield)

#23 - Lee Pearson (Bagnall)

#24 - Lily van den Broecke (Oxford)

#25 - Jessica-Jane Applegate (Belton)

#26 - Jonnie Peacock (Doddington)

#27 - Sophie Wells (Lincoln)

#28 - Richard Whitehead (Lowdham)

#29 - Oliver Hynd (Kirkby-in-Ashfield)

#30 - Anthony Kappes (Chapel-en-le-Frith)

#31 - Mickey Bushell (Telford)

#32 - Ellie Simmonds (Aldridge)

#33 - Pam Relph (Weston Turville)

#34 - Heather Frederiksen (Leigh)

#35 - Sarah Storey (Eccles)

#36 - David Smith (Aviemore)

#37 - Craig MacLean (Grantown-on-Spey)

#38 - Neil Fachie (Aberdeen)

#39 - David Stone (Rawdon)

#40 - Danielle Brown (Skipton)

#41 - Hannah Cockcroft (Halifax)

#42 - Hannah Cockcroft (Halifax)

#43 - Josie Pearson (Hay-on-Wye)

#44 - Aled Davies (Brigend)

#45 - Ellie Simmonds (Swansea)

#46 - Mark Colbourne (Tredegar)

Golden locks

Boveney Lock

Bray Lock