Tag: Red Phone Boxes

Today is the first of a very long series of phone boxes that I photographed on the walk back from Highbury Fields parkrun to the Thistle City Barbican when Geth and I were in London for Beat:Cancer in November 2017.  There are a LOT of these, and we’ll probably be looking at them into 2019, but it’s quite appropriate that I’m starting this series in November seeing as I’m feeling a bit wistful about missing out on my annual November London trip (the Beat:Cancer dates were different this year and we couldn’t fit any of the gigs into our already packed schedule).

(Coordinates 51°54’65.0″N, 0°10’31.0″W.)

I had to photograph these two through some roadworks barriers.  Google Street View shows them unobstructed!

Update 19th March 2026: added coordinate link.

I love this York phone box.  I spotted it while we were running the Yorkshire 10 Mile in 2017 – the pretty bit when you’re running up towards York Minster – and went back to take a photo the next day.  I’d never have spotted it during the soaking wet Yorkshire 10 Mile 2018, but because I knew it was there, I gave it a wave.

(Coordinates 53°96’14.9″N, 1°08’48.4″W.)

Great phone box – one of my favourites.

Update 19th March 2026: while adding in the coordinate link, I noticed that this is now a defibrillator box!

Today’s phone box is one that I spotted while in Dad’s car en route from Wigan to Newcastle!  Dad kindly pulled over so I could take a picture.

(Coordinates 54°45’54.2″N, 2°36’95.8″W.)

The phone box was installed to serve the nearby Kirkby Stephen railway station, and is in lovely condition.  Nice to see these country phone boxes being so well kept.

Update 26th February 2026: added coordinate link.

Today’s phone box is very special, and is my favourite ‘local’ phone box (i.e. one I can get to on the Tyne and Wear Metro).

(Coordinates 55°04’01.5″N, 1°44’24.4″W.)

This phone box, which stands outside Whitley Bay Metro station, is a K4 model from the ’20s, which is very rare – it’s one of only ten still in existence and one of only four still in public use.  Its ‘Post Office’ sign is not an indication of a later change of use – the K4 was designed by the Post Office to incorporate a postbox and stamp dispenser.  Next time I’m in Whitley Bay, I’m going to investigate the box properly and see how much of the original infrastructure survives!

Update 16th December 2021: better picture at last!

A nice phone box setup from Colne today!

(Coordinates 53°85’59.9″N, 2°17’41.9″W.)

These two are slightly grubby, but the windows seem to be in good condition, and they really brighten up the high street!

Update 26th February 2026: added coordinate link.

Today’s phone box is actually located inside the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, where we go to the UK Games Expo every year!

(Coordinates 52°45’04.9″N, 1°71’58.3″W.)

Don’t know what ‘David Crow’ refers to, or why the glass has been replaced with a single panel, but it’s always nice to find a phone box in an unexpected place!

Update 26th February 2026: I’ve not been able to find an exact picture on Google Street View (a common problem with indoor phone boxes!) but I have added a coordinate link for the hotel bar. If you get that far you should be able to find it!

Today’s phone box is from a trip Geth and I took to Southampton in May 2017 so that Geth could conduct some work interviews.  It was the first time we’d been back to Southampton since we’d moved away from the city more than two years previously, and I found the whole experience pretty strange!  I did, however, take the opportunity to photograph this phone box that I remembered passing all the time when we used to walk down to the marina.

(Coordinates 50°89’70.4″N, 1°39’77.0″W.)

The park is a nice pretty setting for this phone box.  I wonder if I’ll ever have cause to go visit it again?

Update 26th February 2026: added coordinate link.

Into the 2017 collection now, and our first stop is Manchester.

(Coordinates 53°47’81.2″N, 2°24’39.2″W.)

These ones are in quite good condition other than the white staining on the glass panels of the one on the right!

Another new location next week.

Update July 2025: not much visible change in eight years, which is a good thing!

It’s the last of the Islington phone boxes…for now.  I found a few more a year later in November 2017!

(Coordinates 51°53’34.5″N, 0°10’58.6″W.)

I don’t know if there’s a special reason these ones have been painted black, but it looks very striking.  It’s also great that they’ve been repurposed for wifi – another good 21st century use for phone boxes.

Somewhere new next week!

Update 5th February 2026: added coordinate link.