While the advent of mobile phones pretty much eliminated the need for public telephones, the red boxes for which Britain is associated have become fewer and further between.
There are a few still standing in Westminster Square, just across from the Houses of Parliament. Obviously kept there for the benefit of the millions of visitors London receives each year.
While others throughout the capital have been removed or those which remain might have become derelict or misused, I have seen some brilliant uses of the legacy boxes throughout the UK.
Here's a phone box turned cornucopia of greenery I spied during June in Bath's city centre, for example.
Found another fun and floral phone box, this time with a resident 🐦
Look at this beautiful phone box I found!!! Love the flowers.
I love this! We got to see a few quirky re-used boxes while visiting and loved the idea of keeping the iconic phone booths useful with plants!
Turning the old boxes into something practical is a cool use, too. Seen here, the old phone box has been turned into a sort of emergency services station.
It features both a defibrillator and a first aid kit, and has been repainted in bright yellow to help people locate or identify it for emergency use.
Here's another planted box in Bath!