Here’s one that Bill found in Center Parcs! Center Parcs have repurposed phone boxes to use as contact points next to signposts around the site.
(Coordinates 54°63’63.9″N, 2°65’80.2″W.)
This is a (relatively) recent re-use as this phone box does not appear in the Google Street View image from 2012, linked above.
A few years ago, a fellow user on FetchEveryone (knowing I was a phone box fan) notified me of a phone box near her that is always specially decorated for Christmas. I realised I’ve never posted about it here, so here’s the BBC article about it.
I have actually featured this phone box before, but not in its Christmas state!
(Coordinates 52°41’70.6″N, 0°34’37.7″E.)
Anne also sent a Facebook link to this lovely one earlier today.
Hope to see some more Christmassy phone boxes out there!
Another from Brecon!
(Coordinates 51°94’47.3″N, 3°38’55.7″W.)
Nice to see one with a phone!
Still in Wales! Here’s another phone box from Mum and Dad’s trip.
(Coordinates 51°94’63.8″N, 3°38’94.6″W.)
There’s no phone in this one (it appears to be next to a pub so would have been a useful location back in the day), but it does have a sign on saying ‘This kiosk is protected for future generations’. This is great and hopefully we’ll see more phone box protection! It would also be nice to see a re-use for this one.
Moving up through Wales again.
(Coordinates 51°92’35.3″N, 3°46’30.2″W.)
No phone in this one but it appears to be in use as an unofficial book exchange.
Here’s one that Mum and Dad found in the Brecon Beacons.
(Coordinates 51°87’22.5″N, 3°47’97.2″W.)
There’s still a phone in this one, presumably because it’s quite remote!
Here’s a fairly festive one that Mum and Dad found, again in Geth’s old neck of the woods.
(Coordinates 51°67’37.0″N, 3°53’40.9″W.)
Not sure what the occasion was but it looks quite nice in its flowers and hat.
Geth is from Ton Pentre originally and we often visited when his mum was still living there. However, we’ve not had much reason to return since she moved away, and so I’ve never photographed this phone box. Mum and Dad were passing through on their most recent Welsh trip and collected it for me.
(Coordinates 51°64’76.8″N, 3°48’77.7″W.)
No phone in this one and it’s a bit run down (as Ton can be in general, sadly) but nice that it’s still there.
More from the Valleys next week.
Here’s another from Mum and Dad’s travels down south.
(Coordinates 51°04’34.6″N, 2°52’32.1″W.)
This one is a nicely-kept book swap! Well maintained and well stocked. Lovely to see.
Into Wales next week.
Here’s another Ludlow phone box from Mum and Dad’s travels.
(Coordinates 52°36’73.6″N, 2°72’10.1″W.)
This one does still have its phone in! It’s in a very nice town square setting as well.
More from down south next week.