Bentworth's gold postbox
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bentworth's gold postbox by Oscar Taylor as part of the Geograph project.
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Bentworth's gold postbox
Image: © Oscar Taylor Taken: 23 Sep 2025
The post box was painted gold by Royal Mail to celebrate Peter Charles, a gold medal winner in the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Equestrian: Jumping - Team event. This is one of two painted for Charles, as one was mistakenly painted in Alton prior to this one.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.156489
Longitude
-1.051779