The 20 least-used payphones to be removed during this year

SURE is planning to remove 20 public payphones this year, saying that the ones targeted are the least used around the Bailiwick.

Published 7 Jan 2018, 2:00pm

The phone is set to go from the box in St John’s Street, St Peter Port. It was the first payphone in Guernsey from where people could call the UK. The booth is part of the building so must stay. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 20285667) / Guernsey Press

Among those set to go is the one in the airport departure lounge, at Rosaire Steps in Herm and at the harbour in Alderney.

The falling use of payphones in recent years has led to the decision, said a spokesman, ‘and many of the phone boxes around the island are unfortunately subject to vandalism’.

In the majority of cases where the phone is in a booth, that will be removed too.

But in the case of St John’s Street, St Peter Port, the booth is part of the building so it will remain.

Once all 20 of the payphones have been taken out of service, there will be 54 left in the Bailiwick.

Full story in Saturday's Guernsey Press