Derbyshire still retains a surprising amount of SOX lighting even on main roads.
There has been some conversion to LED, and new schemes are also LED but on the whole, legacy lighting (SOX and SON) seems to be largely left as is, with LED just being used for casual replacements. Concrete columns are still widespread, although sleeved.
In the Derwent valley west of Ripley is this fine stretch of
135W SOX on 10m columns with an Alpha 4 and GEC Z9554Ms.
These
sleeved CU concretes would have had twin brackets originally but are now sleeved.
Crich is one village where there has been conversion to LED with Phosco P852 lanterns, but many lanterns have been missed with Beta 2s and 5s still about. Even better are these Thorn Gamma 3s in the village square.
Sadly the weather was very overcast and telephone wires abundant. They have inline/column mounted Royce Thompson P42 photocells.
Nearby, is this cast iron column, with AC Ford control box and Thorn Beta 5.
It has for some reason escaped LED conversion, but could do with some fresh paint!
Further along the valley are some private installations of note.
At this industrial complex outside Ambergate is a
GEC ZD10839At this old petrol station an
Alpha 3 and GEC9532 share the same bracket to the right of the canopy.
In the market town of Wriksworth is this low wall mounted Beta 5.
Plenty of main and side road SOX in this village as well.
Meanwhile further east in Codnor, this pub is flanked by
GEC Z5643 "China hat" post top lanterns.