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Ash Road, PRINCES RISBOROUGH, HP27 0BH

Situated in Bell Lane, this TE, of standard design from the late 1960s, has the code SMPRB. It provides telephone and broadband services to 5,101 residential and 351 non-residential premises in Princes Risborough and to the surrounding area including Askett, Bledlow, Great Kimble, Horsenden, Ilmer, Lacey Green, Longwick, Loosley Row, Lower Cadsden, Meadle, Monks Risborough, Owlswick, Pitch Green and Whiteleaf. It has (01844) 27xxxx and 34xxxx numbers, the (01844) referring to the Thame group of nine TEs, and its postcode is HP27 0DD.

Situated in New Road HP27 0BS, this telephone kiosk has not had a BT removal notice fitted inside it, so it may not be in danger of being removed due to lack of usage. This kiosk appears to be in good condition with the payphone actually working. A No Smoking notice can be seen below the payphone.

The pudding stone is seen here, set in setts, and surrounded by a sea of yellow pansies, on the south-east side of the roundabout at the junction of Bell Street and New Road. The Princes Risborough Area Heritage Society plaque nearby describes it thus: "Puddingstone boulders such as this are thought to have been used as way-markers by prehistoric man, and this one stood in Back Lane, though latterly largely unobserved and buried for all but a few inches. It was moved to its present prominent position when the lane was widened in 1984. Puddingstone is one form of what is generally called 'sarsen'. Laid down some 50 million years ago, when this region had a hot tropical climate, as a layer over the chalk known as silcrete, it was broken into blocks by the freeze-thaw action of the Ice Age less than 2 million years ago, and these blocks were then carried into the valleys by the torrent of melt-water. Most of the setts surrounding the Puddingstone are of a finer grained sarsen, quarried locally at Denner Hill. Once widely used as paving in the town few of these attractive buff stones survive but some may be seen in their original setting under the Market House."

Part of the Ridgeway Path

This photo shows the BT notice dated 13th August 2020 referring to the removal of this telephone kiosk in New Road. It has the following wording: We're thinking about removing this payphone Our research shows that this payphone just isn't used enough for us to carry on running it. Because of this, we think we should remove it. Do you have any comments or feedback? If so, please contact your local authority within 42 days of the above date ie 24th September 2020. If you'd like to know where the next nearest payphone is, or who your local authority is, please call 0800 661 610 and choose option 1. This BT notice is inside the BT kiosk which was photographed in January 2017 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5277080 refers. Since then the payphone has been removed and it is only a matter of time before this kiosk is removed, as has happened in the last few years to other kiosks in the Princes Risborough area.

Situated in Bell Lane, this TE was opened in the late 1960s to replace the former Manual TE. Its exchange code is SMPRB and serves 5,101 residential and 351 non-residential premises in Princes Risborough and the surrounding area. Two BT Openreach vans can be seen parked in front of the TE. Its postcode is HP27 0DD.

Yes, it's a barber's, previously called Classic Barbers