2018
SK0680 : Gold Post Box (SK23 51) for Anthony Kappes
taken 6 years ago, near to Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, England
Gold Post Box (SK23 51) for Anthony Kappes
Royal Mail celebrated every gold medal won by a British athlete during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by repainting one of their iconic red pillar boxes gold for each gold medal winning Olympian or Paralympian. This one, on Market Street SK0680 : Market Street, near Chapel-en-le-Frith Methodist Church, honours Anthony Kappes who won a gold medal in the Men's Track Cycling Individual Sprint event.
Olympic & Paralympic Gold Post Boxes
During the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, the Royal Mail celebrated each Great Britain gold medal by painting a post box gold in the home town of each gold medal winning olympian and paralympian.
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- Grid Square
- SK0680, 48 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Gerald England (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 9 June, 2018 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 11 October, 2018
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SK 0619 8087 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:19.4830N 1:54.5118W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SK 0617 8087
- View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)
