Green Archives - The K6 Project

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.

Colour (1,777)
- Blue (14)
- Cream (2)
- Gold (1)
- Green (14)
- Grey (5)
- Red (1,739)
- Yellow (1)
Country (1,778)
- England (1,677)
  - Cambridgeshire (108)
  - Derbyshire (208)
  - Essex (2)
  - Gloucestershire (216)
  - Herefordshire (91)
  - Leicestershire (158)
  - North East (1)
  - Northamptonshire (167)
  - Nottinghamshire (85)
  - Rutland (26)
  - Shropshire (150)
  - Staffordshire (143)
  - Warwickshire (151)
  - West Midlands (8)
  - Worcestershire (163)
- Wales (101)
  - Anglesey (7)
  - Conwy (10)
  - Denbighshire (33)
  - Flintshire (19)
  - Gwynedd (16)
  - Powys (3)
  - Wrexham (13)
Crown (1,776)
- Crown Of Scotland (2)
- No Crown (26)
- St Edwards Crown (436)
- Tudor Crown (1,316)
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Usage (1,777)
- 999 Only (3)
- Advertising (1)
- Art (18)
- ATM (6)
- Book Exchange (295)
- Coffee (1)
- Cycle Repair (5)
- Defibrillator (446)
- Flower Box (4)
- Foodbank (5)
- Humanistic (1)
- Local History & Information (97)
- Museum (12)
- Phone Fitted (459)
- Private Box (103)
- Recycle (1)
- Seed Bank (1)
- unused (451)
- website (3)

The K6 Project

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Munslow, Shropshire, SY7 9EY

Holt Heath, Worcestershire, WR6 6SZ

Sapey Common, Worcestershire, WR6 6ES

Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire, GL7 5AA

Bushley Green, Worcestershire, GL20 6AE

Wichenford, Worcestershire, WR6 6YY

Berrow Green, Worcestershire, WR6 6PL

Martley, Worcestershire, WR6 6PA

Sapey Common, Herefordshire, WR6 6EY

National Payphone Museum, K3, Worcestershire, B60 4JR

Chelmorton, Derbyshire, SK17 9SH

Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 3HW

Uwchmynydd, Gwynedd, LL53 8BY

Gumley, Leicestershire, LE16 7RU

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