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Plea to Save Public Telephone in Whitby

Safety concerns are raised over the planned removal of a public telephone in Whitby

Whitby Town Council is opposing the removal of one of the towns public telephones.

BT wants to retire three phones on Upgang Lane, Royal Crescent and Horners Terrace.

Town Councillor Gareth Jackson says removing the Royal Terrace phone, which is used an average of seven times a month, might be dangerous.

The phone boxes are among 16 that BT is lookign to retire in the Scarborough Borough. It is offering town and parish councils the opportunity to adopt the phone boxes to be used for alternative purposes.

BT says the phones are not used frequently enough to be economically viable.

Town / Village Phone Location Average Calls per Month
Burniston & Cloughton HIGH STREET CLOUGHTON SCARBOROUGH 0
Cayton MILL LANE CAYTON BAY SCARBOROUGH 0
Danby & Mulgrave THE PARADE SANDSEND WHITBY 1
Danby & Mulgrave SANDSIDE ROAD / DUNSLEY LANE 2
Falsgrave & Stepney SCALBY RD / HARLEY STREET  SCARBOROUGH 4
Filey SCARBOROUGH ROAD / ROWAN AVENUE  FILEY 1
Fylingdales & Ravenscar  NEW ROAD ROBIN HOODS BAY  2
Fylingdales & Ravenscar THE DOCK ROBIN HOODS BAY 3
Newby NEWLANDS PARK DRIVE  SCARBOROUGH 2
Northstead COLUMBUS RAVIN / TENNYSON AVENUE  SCARBOROUGH 11
Seamer MAIN STREET SEAMER SCARBOROUGH 0
Seamer CROSSGATES SCARBOROUGH 0
Steonshalh HORNERS TERRACE  WHITBY 3
Whitby West Cliff UPGANG LANE  WHITBY 1
Whitby West Cliff ROYAL CRESCENT NORTH TERRACE  WHITBY 7
Woodlands NORTH LEAS AVENUE  SCARBOROUGH 6

The phone company is holding a consultation on the changes and local authorities have until the middle of the month to make their views known.

Whitby Town Councillors say they want BT to think again about the Royal Crescent phone due to to it's proximity to the sea front. Councillor Hero Sumner says mobile phones can not be relied on for emergency calls in the area.

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