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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

Mealsgate, Cumbria, CA7 1JP

Clea Hall Caravan Park, Cumbria, CA7 8NQ

Midtown Milkhouse, Cumbria, CA7 8DZ

Mungrisdale, Cumbria, CA11 0XR

Mosedale Bridge, Cumbria, CA11 0XQ

Mungrisdale, Cumbria, CA11 0XS

Ellonby, Cumbria, CA11 9SJ

Skelton, Cumbria, CA11 9TE

Little Blencow, Cumbria, CA11 0DG

Greystoke, Cumbria, CA11 0TP

Protected: Greystoke, Cumbria

Penruddock, Cumbria, CA11 0QY

Great Salkeld, Cumbria, CA11 9LP

Glassonby, Cumbria, CA10 1DS

Lazonby, Cumbria, CA10 1BN

Kirkoswald, Cumbria, CA10 1DF

Staffield, Cumbria, CA10 1EU

Hornsby Gate, Cumbria, CA8 9HG

Cumrew, Cumbria, CA8 9DD

Renwick, Cumbria, CA10 1JL

Gamblesby, Cumbria, CA10 1HY

Melmerby, Cumbria, CA10 1HF

Hunsonby, Cumbria, CA10 1PN

Burnbanks, Cumbria, CA10 2RW

Bampton, Cumbria, CA10 2RE

Knipe, Cumbria, CA10 2PU

Helton, Cumbria, CA10 2QA

Askham, Cumbria, CA10 2PE

Penrith Station, Cumbria, CA11 7JQ

Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7SN

Langwathby, Cumbria, CA10 1LG

Edenhall, Cumbria, CA11 8SX

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Phone Boxes Visited by Month / Year