what is rdc royal mail

RDC stands for Regional Distribution Centre, which is a large warehouse facility where parcels and mail are sorted before being dispatched to their final destinations around the UK. Royal Mail has 13 RDCs strategically located across the UK, with names relating to their geographic location. When you post a letter or parcel with Royal Mail in the UK, it will first arrive at the nearest RDC facility before being sorted and shipped onward to its destination address. The role of the RDC is to receive incoming mail and parcels from across the local region, sort letters and parcels by destination area, and dispatch the sorted mail bags and parcels onwards to the appropriate local delivery offices, from where they will be delivered to recipients’ addresses.