english phone boxes

does any one no what coins they take ?

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most are credit card now. but I think the coin ones take any silver or pound coins.

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This link will give you some idea of coinage used, Pixie .... depending on the length of your call I would say it would be safe to have a collection of 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 coins.

Most of the phone kiosks will also take phone cards.

http://www.payphones.bt.com/publicpa...mentprices.htm

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You'll be lucky to find a phone box Pixie, at least one that is working, the pay phone in my local pub takes 20p 50p and £1 coins.

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Why not buy a pre-paid SIM card for your stay Pixie, and use it in your own mobile, and if you haven't got a mobile then you could just get a cheap pay and go one that you can throw away when you leave....

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ahh you can get phone cards in the uk
we have no cell phone and even if we did it wouldnt work in the uk \it would jst to call a cab at the trian station but thank you for letting me no
i no lots of phones do not work or have been smashed was like that last time i came to the uk

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platman what is a sim card ?

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That's the best idea Barry, a Tesco job or something like that. Pixie, the new cheapy phone will have a sim card in it.

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my brother told me the same thing you get a phone for 10 pounds and get some time on it
seems rather a long and expensiff way just to make a phone call once

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I think the thought behind it was that it would be more convenient for you to use rather than spending time finding a telephone kiosk, Pixie.