Number is up on London"s phone boxes

Tourists in London’s Parliment Square use a British Telecom red phone box.

RED phone boxes are an iconic symbol of England. But thanks to increasing mobile phone usage, they’re just not needed anymore.

British Telecom have already scrapped thousands of the T2 phone boxes and thousands more are set to be removed this year.

Many of the boxes have been “adopted” by local communities. BT removes the phone and allows the community to keep the iconic box.

Take a look at this map which shows how many red phone boxes have been adopted and no longer have phones.

So if you expect to use a phone when you do find a red phone box, you may be disappointed.

“There have been some fantastic projects up and down the country,” BT said. “These include phoneboxes being turned into grocery shops, wildlife information centres and art galleries. The Community Heartbeat Trust charity has even installed defibrillators in some local boxes.”

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Some are also available for private purchase. They are refurbished by kiosk and pay phone specialist X2 Connect and then sold off to the public. Prices start at $2844.

Number is up on London"s phone boxes