BT has published a list of 25 payphones which it plans to remove.

It says its customers' needs have changed drastically and the number of calls made from payphones has more than halved in the last three years.

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For 99 per cent of homes have a phone and 90 per cent of people have a mobile.

Rick Thompson, of BT Payphones, said: "There are 25 public payphones in Sheffield which are little used and BT proposes removing them under full consultation."

Posters will be stuck on the payphones giving people 42 days to object.

Those due to be removed are Riverdale Road at Endcliffe, Ben Lane at Wisewood, Loxley Road at Loxley, Claywheels Lane at Hillsborough, Springfield Road at Grimesthorpe, Ecclesall Road South at Ecclesall, Abbeydale Road South at Dore, Hathersage Road at Dore, Raeburn Road at Gleadless, Elm Lane at Longley, Deerlands Avenue at Parson Cross, Halifax Road at Grenoside, Butterthwaite Road at Ecclesfield, Wood End at Grenoside, High Storrs Road at Ecclesall, Athelstan Road at Manor, Woodhouse Lane at Beighton, Henley Avenue at Norton, Maltravers Road at Wybourn, Church Street at Oughtibridge, Langsett Road South at Oughtibridge, Kenworthy Road at Stocksbridge, Ewden Valley at Bolsterstone, Hathersage Road at Grindleford and the village of Dungworth.


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