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The highest numbered house in Britain is no. 2679 Stratford Road, Hockley Heath, SOLIHULL B94 5NH

 

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999

 

There will be several of them because of the Council policy

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999

 

There will be several of them because of the Council policy

Yes, there's a 999 Ecclesall Road and- I think- a 999 Abbeydale Road too.

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999

 

There will be several of them because of the Council policy

 

Interesting. What's the reasoning behind this policy, does anyone know?

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What about 999 Letsbe Avenue, I think it's a Police station. :)

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What about 999 Letsbe Avenue, I think it's a Police station.

It's "Letsby Avenue", in fact, and the name arose from a joke title that SY Police coined- only for Ordnance Survey/SCC to adopt it.

See http://www.bing.com/search?q=sheffield%20letsby%20avenue&pc=cosp&ptag=C1A005A2B4283&form=CONBDF&conlogo=CT3210127 where The Independent's article explains, awarding it first place in the "Top ten streetnames in the UK' list.

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24 Ringinglow Road.

 

About a thousand feet above sea level.

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Interesting. What's the reasoning behind this policy, does anyone know?

 

I think it's more to do with General Post Office rules (anywhere in the UK) rather than local government but you can blame SCC for everything else if you want.

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I think it's more to do with General Post Office rules (anywhere in the UK) rather than local government but you can blame SCC for everything else if you want.

No, because:

a. the GPO was abolished decades ago; and

b. numbering in Birmingham is not capped at 999.

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I think it's more to do with General Post Office rules (anywhere in the UK) rather than local government but you can blame SCC for everything else if you want.

 

Wasn't trying to blame SCC for anything - I was genuinely curious!

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