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This column has been here for a few years, made of steel and has an inspection hatch similar to a street lamp. recently had a new coat of paint.Can anyone here throw some light on it.......... Argh!!http://snipurl.com/evo7d

Suspect it's a poor atempt at diguising a small mobile phone transmitter?

cctv?? More probably what Chameleon said!

It could be a relay for the police 02airwave system maybe?

Not sure how long it has been in place, seems to be forever,There are two large street cabinets nearby, and a further two cabinets with false street light nearby.

according to http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/ there's a phone mast on street lane just after the junction of devonshire av- I wonder if this is the mast in question? I think by the look of it it's one of them mast's that they try and blend in to the surroundings? lol and here's the other,Its been 'camouflaged' to look like a wooden telegraph pole lol    http://snipurl.com/evx9i

[quotenick="Brandy"]according to http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/ there's a phone mast on street lane just after the junction of devonshire av- I wonder if this is the mast in question? I think by the look of it it's one of them mast's that they try and blend in to the surroundings? lol and here's the other,Its been 'camouflaged' to look like a wooden telegraph pole lol    http://snipurl.com/evx9i(I'm sure when I first looked at this it was a neat little hyper-link??)Interesting you've found a sitefinder Brandy, the telcos stopped providing information to most of them a few years ago - I forget why.I think a mobile mast is more likely, the Tetra Coms masts are not usually local low power (and they can cause a lot of problems!).Strange isn't it - how conspicuous they are when they try to make them, inconspicuous!    

The Ofcom site is correct, all the cell masts are on Street Ln.I will investigate further, next time will take high powered field glasses and have a close look at the top.

This is a long shot but you dont think its anything to do with the texaco filling station do you? http://snipurl.com/evv0mIm thinking some kind of breather pipe or summet?

Brandy wrote: This is a long shot but you dont think its anything to do with the texaco filling station do you? http://snipurl.com/evv0mIm thinking some kind of breather pipe or summet? Wouldn't that have to be on private land though, not the public footway? That doesn't look like either an NTL/Virgin or BT cabinet, more likely a mobile Co I think.