GEC Z5670 Lantern Installations

Due to the difficulty of telling them apart, this page covers the entire GEC Z5670 range of lanterns. This includes the: Z5670 for 60W-200W GLS, Z5671 for 80W-125W MB/U or MBF/U, Z5672 for ES 60W-200W GLS, 50W-120W SON-T or ES 80W-125W MBF/U, Z5678 for 35W SOX or 45W-60W SOI/H, and the Z5679 for 80W-125W MBF/U or MB/U. These lanterns were always remote-geared but similar post-tops by GEC could sometimes accommodate gears.

Burntwood

This example is located along Chase Road, Burntwood, sitting atop a Stanton 1405 column.

The backlight from the sky outlined a SOX lamp inside, making this example a GEC Z5678, much like my own.

This example was spotted day-burning it's SOX lamp in March 2025, but I was on a bus and couldn't get my camera out fast enough to snap it.

Burton-upon-Trent

Around the car park of The Range, Burton-upon-Trent are countless GEC Z5672s. They each run a 70W SON lamp, with there being some visual differences between these and the SOX/MBF versions. Most notably the base is slightly different, in that the grub-screws jut out slightly and the base appears to extend slightly further into the lantern, that or there's some-kind of reflector employed inside.

They are all incredibly grubby, having decades of service under their belts respectively.

This next example is mounted to the column using a post-top adaptor, and is marked with a battle-scar in the form of a chunk missing from the hat.

Later in the day, these were discovered to be day-burning. The lanterns are likely operated off a timer inside one of the buildings (or manually switched) and as the days were just starting to get longer, they'd switch on during day-light hours.

The closest example to the camera:

Lichfield

This one's located in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Standing proud opposite 112 Purcell Avenue, this lantern is a true survivor! It appears to be a slightly newer version due to the longer mounting spigot, and runs a SOX lamp.

It is mounted at 5m on an unbranded column, with what might be a replacement door.

Another Lichfield example is tucked away at the end of Gilbert Road, in a garage area.

This example also looks to run a SOX lamp.