Phone boxes to be removed from 23 Somerset towns and villages
Telephone boxes will soon be removed from 23 Somerset towns and villages.
BT recently held a consultation about the boxes across the county which it says are not often used.
People living in many of the affected areas say they are vital to make up for poor mobile phone signal.
Somerset West and Taunton Council has also carried out consultations ahead of a formal decision being made.
It agrees that there is less demand for phone boxes.
The boxes set to be disconnected are:
Bridgetown (A396 Meadow Cottages)
Brompton Regis (Haddon View)
Burton (Forge Corner)
Corfe (Newton Hill)
Exford (Park Street near the Crown Hotel)
Exton (Exton Lane near Red Door Farm)
Langley Marsh (Blackwater Lane near the Three Horseshoes)
Luccombe (near Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Luckwell Bridge (B3224 near the River Quarme)
North Curry (The Pavement)
Porlock
Skilgate (near Post Lane)
Simonsbath (B3223 near the Exmoor Forest Inn)
Stogursey
Taunton
Taunton (Eastwick Road)
Taunton (Farrant Close)
Taunton (Holway Green)
Taunton (Priorswood Road)
Taunton (Wordsworth Drive)
Watchet (Liddymore Road)
Withypool (New Bridge Road near the post office)
Wiveliscombe (West Street)
Several parish councils have objected to the decision. Among them are Luccombe:
Once the boxes are disconnected, communities will be given the chance to buy them and turn the space into something new.
Several former telephone boxes across the region have since been repurposed as mini-libraries or holding defibrillators.
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