Police Boxes

Gavin Scott · Wed 21 Oct, 2009 14.48

This might sound odd, but you know police boxes? Do you still have them in your area?

The wooden ones, a la Doctor Who, are in short supply I would expect, but Edinburgh had cast iron ones, which will probably be there until they rust.

I pass about 4 on my way to and from work. Are these somewhat unique to Edinburgh or are they ten a penny?

Apologies for the not so good google map image.

Nick Harvey · Wed 21 Oct, 2009 17.33

Nothing round this way for years.

The only one I know of is in store in Llandaff!

cdd · Wed 21 Oct, 2009 17.51

You used to see them all around London but they have been disappearing of late. Probably the good Doctor uses them and is a little careless about putting them back in the same place.

Alexia · Wed 21 Oct, 2009 18.09

Chepstow Road, Newport.

Complete with scarf.

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Ronnie Rowlands · Wed 21 Oct, 2009 18.21

I've been locked out of mine for years.

dosxuk · Thu 22 Oct, 2009 00.45

There's one in Sheffield city centre, but it's painted green & cream.

scottishtv · Thu 22 Oct, 2009 10.35

Indeed, they are such a feature in Edinburgh they even have their own planning guidence.

I quite like how some are tarted up for retail use, whilst others sit hiding away in residential areas. Surprised no-one's made a list of them all.

Gavin Scott · Thu 22 Oct, 2009 10.51

scottishtv wrote:Indeed, they are such a feature in Edinburgh they even have their own planning guidence.

I quite like how some are tarted up for retail use, whilst others sit hiding away in residential areas. Surprised no-one's made a list of them all.

That's what I thought. I've heard people mentioning individual ones dotted here and there (which makes them noteworthy), but there's dozens and dozens of them in Edinburgh - probably because the cost to remove is so high. The Edinburgh ones are plumbed with water and waste, as I've seen inside one and there was a loo in there. Probably helps them being retrofit as coffee stands. One of them sitting out at the Maybury has a siren on the top - for a nuclear attack maybe? That's what I imagined when I was a kid, anyway.

There's a wooden tardis style one in Glasgow (or at least there was a few years ago); hence me questioning if this city had their own cast iron type.

barcode · Thu 22 Oct, 2009 20.10

Is the Glasgow one you one about in Buchanan Street?

Alexia · Thu 22 Oct, 2009 20.16

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