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UK Phone Boxes
Community knowledge base and spotting guides.
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K1 1921 one of britian's first public telephone kiosks, wooden panels structure and a peaked top with the sign telephone, a rare find
K2 1924 designed by architect Giles Gilbert Scott, won a post office competition to design the first red british telephone box, he was known for designing Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station to name a few
K4 1930-1935 design a rare find, telephone kiosk with a letter box and stamp machine on the side but not a long lived design with the noise of the stamp machine interrupting on the telephone, people listening in, taking…
K6 1936 Giles Gilbert Scott designed, in 1935 the crown was designed gold for the silver jubliee for King Gerorge V, most recognizable for its red colour, originally designed for London boroughs, but then taken on by va…
K8 1968 Bruce Martin designed for a more modern approach with fibre glass panels and windows for the viewing publci to see if a kiosk was available, a much loved design
KX100 1985 a designed with three glass panels and a metal panel for the mounted coin box, flat roof often with telephone on the metal panel side, british telecom had these for phonecard which maybe seen
KX100 plus 1996 seen as a modern style with a dome which made a popular come back due to public demand and feedback, blue domes mean broadband internet. A modern disability access with three glass panels, and a metal ba…
KX200 1985 free standing kiosk with sides and a flat roof with an open access made for wheelchair users but available for all, can come in other similar formats
KX300 1985 a triangular design with just one kiosk on its own, both panels meeting and having an open end for access, a flat roof metal panel with a telephone modern print on both sides
kx400 1985 a triangular shaped kiosk with two panel glass meeting a t a point, flat panel roof with telephone on each side of the panel normally, used as part of british telecoms phonecard scheme
KX410 seen free standing againsed a wall in busy places like shopping centres, train stations airport with no hood
KX420 1985 similar to the the KX400 but does have a hood and a small pannels around it, with open access at the front
KX530 1996 inside shopping centres, airports, train stations to name a few in busy areas where a telephone might be needed, has a hood normally bt style but not always
KX560 1996 in large event spaces with double or more available, normally in doubles on a free standing pillar