Somerton TARDIS, Grade II listed police box in Alway, United Kingdom
The concrete police box stands on Acacia Avenue beside the B4237 road with a distinctive lamp fixture on its top for incoming call signals.
The structure, built before 1969, represents one of four original police communication points in Newport, enabling officers to contact their local station before radio systems.
Local residents painted a multicolored scarf on the blue police box in the 1980s to reference the Fourth Doctor from the television series Doctor Who.
The building received a restoration grant of £10,500 from Cadw in 2010 to address deterioration issues caused by concrete structural problems.
This police box remains the sole survivor among Newport's original four communication points and maintains its external telephone access flap for public viewing.
Location: Alway
Elevation above the sea: 22.3 m
GPS coordinates: 51.58833,-2.95933
Latest update: May 12, 2025 00:18
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