Postal bosses have decided the road is "too steep" and are cancelling the service - to the fury of villagers.
Residents of 11 homes in Booze, in the Yorkshire Dales, face a 30- mile round trip to Richmond to collect post.
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Royal Mail acted because a health and safety report said the route was too dangerous - and it was feared it could make one postie's "bad back" worse.
A Royal Mail spokesman said the health and safety of its staff was of paramount importance.
He added: "We have agreed to deliver their mail temporarily to a different address while arrangements are made for roadside boxes, which will become their permanent delivery point."
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