PUCKLECHURCH could lose its payphone after BT said it wants to remove it.
The phone is in a red kiosk on Westerleigh Road, opposite the former Spar shop in the village centre, and is one of seven the network operator wants to remove across South Gloucestershire.
A consultation has been launched, with people having until May 25 to say whether they think the phone should be kept.
Figures released as part of the consultation show that only one phone call has been made from the box over the past year.
BT has to keep the phone in place if there are no other payphones within 800 metres – and either more than 12 calls are made per year, there is a high frequency of accidents or suicide near the location, the area doesn’t have coverage from all four mobile network providers or there is other evidence of “reasonable need”, such as use to call helplines or being in a socially-deprived area.
But the only one of those factors that applies in Pucklechurch is that there are no other payphones within 800m.
The phone box itself is a listed building and will be kept if the phone is removed.
The survey can be found online at payphones2025.commonplace.is.
People can also write to the council at Freepost Plus RTXL-YHGY-GSYS, South Gloucestershire Council, Corporate Consultation Team, Council Offices, Badminton Road, BS37 5AF.
People can also use the consultation to offer to ‘adopt’ the kiosk for community use.