Telephone box facts for kids

Two red telephone boxes

A telephone box or phone booth is a public kiosk enclosing a payphone. It is usually an item of street furniture, though some may be inside a building.

United Kingdom telephone boxes were designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and were common in the UK, Malta and Gibraltar. The colour red was chosen to make them easy to spot. Because of the growth of mobile phones, telephone boxes are steadily being removed.

A Post box in a telephone box in Warrington, Cheshire, England.

K2 red telephone boxes behind Enzo Plazzotta's bronze, "Young Dancer", on Broad Street, Covent Garden, London

Related pages

• Payphone

Images for kids

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  A Hull K6 telephone box

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  Public Phone Booths in Kashmar, Iran

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  Phone booth in North Carolina

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  Telephone booth in La Crescent, Minnesota, May 2012

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  An example of a person using a Telstra phone box in Victoria, Australia

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  A vandalized KX+ phone box in London

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  Telephone booth in Brazil, popularly called orelhão ("big ear") because of its format

See also

In Spanish: Cabina telefónica para niños