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Hello and welcome to the K6 project, a personal adventure to travel the length and breadth of the UK finding old red telephone boxes, the k6 used to be everywhere before mobile telephones became the prevalent form of telecommunication.

Finding working red phone boxes are a challenge. As BT battles to control its costs the boxes are quickly disappearing from public sight.

This British icon has become history as public phone boxes disappear, but there is a future as they get adopted and repurposed.

I want to find out what those new purposes are, who adopted the boxes and what stories lay behind its usage (both previously and today)

I have been visiting local telephone boxes and have found may varying usages from defibrillator site, recycling centres, local book exchanges or local village guide booths.

In rural Britain the usage of the boxes appear ‘local centric’ and its these that I wish to explore in greater detail, both here online, as a database and social media for a more personal look at the box its use and location.

The K6 Project

Category: Cumbria

Boot, Cumbria, CA19 1TG

Ravenglass, Cumbria, CA18 1SN

Grasmere, Cumbria, LA22 9SY

Seascale, Cumbria, CA20 1ND

Winder, Cumbria, CA26 3UJ

Croasdale, Cumbria, CA23 3AT

Crossgates, Cumbria, CA14 4TU

Gilgarran, Cumbria, CA14 4RF

Branthwaite, Cumbria, CA14 4TA

Loweswater, Cumbria, CA13 0RU

Seatoller, Cumbria, CA12 5XN

Stonethwaite, Cumbria, CA12 5XG

Grange, Cumbria, CA12 5UQ

Braithwaite, Cumbria, CA12 5TG

Martindale, Cumbria, CA10 2NF

Patterdale, Cumbria, CA11 0NW

Deepdale Bridge, Cumbria, CA11 0NS

Kirkstone, Cumbria, LA22 9LQ

Brockhole, Cumbria, LA23 1LJ

Hall Bridge, Cumbria, LA20 6EA

Lakeside, Cumbria, LA12 8TA

Silverdale, Cumbria, LA5 0SH

Broad Oak, Cumbria, CA18 1RR

Gosforth, Cumbria, CA20 1AR

Calder Bridge, Cumbria, CA20 1DL

Egremont, Cumbria, CA22 2RN

Pica, Cumbria, CA14 4QD

Harker Marsh, Cumbria, CA15 7RW

Protected: Dearham Cumbria

Allerby, Cumbria, CA7 2NH

Mawbray, Cumbria, CA15 6QT

Newtown, Cumbria, CA7 4LQ

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