Police Box in Cottenham Drive, Peel Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. Police box.

Police Box in Cottenham Drive, Peel Centre

WRENN ID
twelfth-stone-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnet
Constituency
Hendon MP: David Pinto-Duschinsky (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Police box
OS grid reference
TQ 219 897
Coordinates
51.59323, -0.24051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a police box located in Cottenham Drive, Peel Centre, built around 1935. It is made of timber and has a square shape. Each side features a recessed panel with three small windows positioned near the top, except for one side which has a door. The roof has stepped detailing and is topped with a lantern. The words 'Police Public Call Box' are inscribed above the side panels.

Local climate

Police Box in Cottenham Drive, Peel Centre sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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