Scotland and Surrey top the areas with most Black Friday purchases

There was a mixture of remote and inner-city locations topping the areas with the most Black Friday purchases in the UK!

For many customers, online shopping has become central to their way of life as they have negotiated the impacts of the pandemic and Black Friday led to a lot of purchases ahead of Christmas.

Royal Mail revealed the top 10 locations for Black Friday packages being delivered around the UK and said that domestic parcel volumes are up around a third compared to pre-Covid levels.

Central London tops the England list, Shetland Islands the Scotland list, Llandrindod Wells the Wales list and Strabane the Northern Ireland list.

The top 10 UK hotspots in order:

1. Shetland Islands
2. Kirkwall
3. Hebrides
4. Central London
5. North West London
6. Inverness
7. Redhill
8. Guildford
9. Kingston-upon-Thames
10. Uxbridge

Royal Mail chief Nick Landon said: "We’re proud to play such an important role in delivering Christmas. Given our unparalleled reach across the UK, we’re uniquely placed to reveal the Black Friday weekend online shopping hotspots for 2021.

"Customers across the UK continue to put their trust in the knowledge, expertise and reassurance of the Royal Mail brand."

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