Junk mail giving me the hump.

[Lord Flashheart]

I'm fortunate enough to own a holiday home near Deal in Kent. The letterbox 'was' a box on a 6ft fence into the garden from the street until I removed it, because every visit I'd find it absolutely jammed with junk mail. This had been happening for years, so I removed the letterbox entirely. I don't need any mail there, including the relentless and threatening TV licensing ones telling me I still don't have a licence. Now, the junk mail is either thrown over the fence or stuffed under the gate. This means I arrive to find paper all around the garden.
I'm now considering taking an entire bag of general home rubbish from my kitchen bin and emptying it on the floor of local pizza and kebab type businesses etc. Apart from the inevitable chase from a swarthy man brandishing a large knife, is there anything else I should consider? Your thoughts are always welcome.

[sherman]

Set up a mail redirection.

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You will need to renew it each year but it will stop you from having to clean up after each visit.

[Badda]

And redirect it to the pizza shop!

[trickywoo]

I could be wrong but I think he means the unaddressed flyers that fast food etc. places deliver.

Royal Mail won’t be pushing stuff under a fence, even the unaddressed flyers they get paid to deliver.

I’d put a note up saying strictly no junk mail, junk mail will be reported as fly tipping or something like that.

[Lord Flashheart]

trickywoo said:

I could be wrong but I think he means the unaddressed flyers that fast food etc. places deliver.

Royal Mail won’t be pushing stuff under a fence, even the unaddressed flyers they get paid to deliver.

I’d put a note up saying strictly no junk mail, junk mail will be reported as fly tipping or something like that.

I have considered the 'no junk mail' sign, but kind of expecting it to be ignored a bit like the ones Kent Councils put by the road telling people to 'Take your rubbish home, others do'. I just can't imagine that type of person giving a st. The junk mail we get is likely to be stuffed under the gate by someone who would struggle with the English language. I do think you're right though, it must be worth a sign before my inevitable appearance as a doner in the local kebab shop.

[Jamescrs]

Set up some kind of letter box in the gate which has a large catch box at the other side you can deposit directly in a bin when you arrive?

Fashion some kind of drop from letterbox directly to a recycling bin?

You can’t stop the people who drop flyers leaving them realistically

[RGG]

I think your only real life solution is a bigger box back in the original position

Nothing else is going to work.

[SimonKD]

I’d probably just stick up a clear “no junk mail” sign on the gate or even get one of those cheap lockable post boxes so it all stays in one place. Saves the hassle of paper blowing everywhere and you don’t have to turn it into a war with the local takeaway lads.