Urbis Evolo Lantern Installations

The Urbis Evolo is an extremely common lantern in Staffordshire. It may even be the most common metal halide lantern still on the roads today.

Rugby

Below is column 11 of Coton Road: a 5m hockey-stick column sporting an Urbis Evolo 2. A Thorn Beta 5 was located here previously.

The lantern is fitted with a radio-node cell, as are all the lanterns on this road.

A view of one of Rugby's Evolos at night (its exact location has been lost):

Tamworth

These examples are located on Perrycrofts Crescent, Tamworth. They run 45W CosmoPolis lamps.

There are also some side-entry lanterns on the road.

Opposite the Train Station in Tamworth, the Urbis Evolos have the reversed optic!

A close-up reveals the CPO lamp inside.

These installations have sadly been removed as of February 2024. Don't panic though! A gallery of Urbis Evolos with the reversed optic exist about the cycleways around Bolebridge Street and Ankerdrive. The first example isn't too bad, but the increase in tree coverage means they get grubbier and grubbier...

The second column:

Column 3 has the worst lantern in terms of cobwebs and grime!