SOX Street Lighting
the best page for SOX Street Light Enthusiasts...
the best page for SOX Street Light Enthusiasts...
Welcome to SOX Street Lighting: a page for the enthusiasts.
On this page, you will find all things SOX and SON (and maybe a bit of LED too..). Use the buttons below to navigate around the site. Written below are my reasons on setting up this website and my opinion on SOX street lighting.
SOX Street Lighting was set up in September 2024 to showcase the remaining hidden gems (known as SOX/Low Pressure Sodium Street Lights) left in the UK.
Although the photos shown on the main pages are taken by me and found in my county (or surrounding), you may find your photos on the showcase page!
In addition, I felt like setting up this page as a way to set out my interests for street lighting (primarily SOX, but I like SON too). Feel free to take a look around my page, and share it with any enthusiasts you know!
Growing up as a kid, I used to venture the streets with a friend because we had 'nothing else to do'. After going to the shop to get our evening snacks, we would usually take a back alley back home. And that's when we stood there, looked up and said 'this light is really cool'. We don't know why, but we now had a fascination with 'old street lights' (what we called them at the time).
Ever since 2015, I've had a fascination for SOX/SON street lighting (none of this LED rubbish)..
It was (and still is) always fascinating to see a Thorn Beta 5 just power on with the sunset in the backdrop. Just imagine yourself in the moment; the noise of cars in the far far distance, the sunset, the moon, the bright orange glow of the SOX lantern. Moments like that are what I cherish, a bit like how you stand on the ground staring up at the twilight sky - filled with stars.
There is definitely more of a warm, attaching feeling to a SOX lamp compared to a boring, generic LED light.
Keep checking back as this site will be updated all the time!
Recent Updates:
Site last updated: Sunday 16th February 2025
Updated pages to reflect current status of street lighting around town.
Saturday 1st February 2025
Updated pages to reflect current status of street lighting around town.
Made a start on the SON/LED pages.
Revised/reviewed some information on other pages.
Sunday 26th January 2025
Updated pages to reflect current status of street lighting around the town.
Thursday 21st November 2024
Updated SOX Diagnostics page with a new entry
Tuesday 12th November 2024
Major site redesign (should be easier to read and navigate)
Planned Updates:
SON Page
LED Page
Have any suggestions?
If you have any suggestions, bug reports, or problems with my webpage: please forward them to soxstreetlighting@gmail.com
If you spot any incorrect or misleading information, please also forward this to the email above.