East Park, Holderness Road, Kingston upon Hull
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East Park, Holderness Road, Kingston upon Hull
Image: © Bernard Sharp Taken: 13 Dec 2017
Main entrance to East Park, with Brutalist concrete gateway, 1964. Flanking walls covered with geometric shapes. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3541901 Immediately west of the entrance to the park is a K8 telephone kiosk, designed by Bruce Martin in 1965. Of some 11,000 installed across the country between 1968 and 1983, it is reported that about 50 survive today, most of which are located within the former Hull Corporation Telephones area. Further information: http://www.the-telephone-box.co.uk/kiosks/k8/ Report in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/03/hull-cream-coloured-phone-boxes-given-grade-ii-listed-status
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Image Location
Latitude
53.761241
Longitude
-0.301621