To celebrate fifty years of Dr Who the UK's Ordnance Survey has mapped the locations of all 73 law boxes that are nonetheless inwards their master locations. Fans of Dr Who volition know that the TARDIS is permanently stuck inwards the cast of a law box because its chameleon circuit is broken too it tin no longer alter its appearance to check its surroundings.
Police boxes were installed throughout the UK of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland inwards the early on 20th century. They were introduced thus that the police, or members of the public, could contact law headquarters. In add-on to a telephone, they contained other law equipment such equally an incident mass too a outset assistance kit.
The Ordnance Survey Police Call Boxes map shows that at that spot are nonetheless a few law boxes left inwards England, Scotland too Wales. For unopen to argue Glasgow too Edinburgh seem to hold out abode to a large percent of the remaining boxes.
The Earl's Court law box that appears on Google Maps Street View (and which y'all tin explore inside) does non characteristic on the Ordnance Survey map. The Ordnance Survey claim that this is because it was non a performance law telephone telephone box. However they are incorrect on that count. Although the box was built inwards 1996 it was installed equally a performance law box too (as a sign of the times) equally a CCTV camera.
If the Ordnance Survey map has piqued your involvement inwards Dr Who related locations too then cheque out this Google Sightseeing post looking at locations that convey appeared inwards Dr Who over the final fifty years.
