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BT Call Box, Dunsop Bridge

Photograph at the BT Call Box, Dunsop Bridge plaque

BT You are calling from the BT payphone that marks the centre of Great Britain. It is the 100,000th payphone to be installed by BT and was officially opened on 29 June 1992. The exact centre of Great Britain and 401 associated islands is at National Grid reference SD 63770 56550 as supplied by Ordnance Survey.

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