Urbis Ampera Mini Lantern Installations

The Ampera Mini is the smaller version of Urbis' Ampera lantern; they can be identified due to their slimmer under-profile when compared to the Ampera. They can have a colour temperature of 3000k-4000k. The Ampera series was very durable, and had an impact-resistance of between IK08-IK10, and an ingress-protection rating of IP66.

Castle Donington

Donington Lane is an abandoned road which is home to several columns supporting Urbis Ampera Minis.

This is the final (non-working) Ampera Mini.

The lens has been smashed to bits by stone-throwers, and the lane entrance appears to be too narrow to get a van down, so it may remain like this for an extended period until a smaller platform can service it.

Ampera Minis continue down the footpath on much shorter columns:

The remains of the old road are still visible today, but are inaccessible.

The feeder for these installations was peeping out from within the bushes.

Crewe

Despite the difference in age of the components of this installation, oddly, it all goes together quite seamlessly. Well, aside from one bodge! The eagle-eyed among you may be able to spot it in the image below:

Previously, a GEC Z9454 would have been installed on the column's sleeve, but the Ampera now takes its place. The bodge isn't up here, however!

The bodge-job is located at the base, where a Concrete Utilities door has been crudely tied to cover the base-compartment. Presumably, the locking mechanism between the old door and column became damaged.

Loughborough

This installation is on Railway Terrace, with the Ampera Mini occupying the space where a GEC Z9538 would have been installed previously. The column is a very old Stewarts & Lloyds column.

Tamworth

The Urbis Ampera mini lantern only really pops-up on newer housing estates here. These examples on Boundary Drive are shown in the images below.

Another Urbis Ampera Mini is extant in a new housing estate near Borough Park, this one in light grey.