Birkdale signal bx stands at the level crossing itself located

at the northern end of the station of the same name. The box closed in 1994 but still stands thanks to it being an unusual Lancashire and Yorkshire design. One of its more unusual features is that there is no external staircase with access gained from a ground-floor door. It also has not been spoilt by any UPVC appendages and I believe that it still contains its 1905 twenty-four lever Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Tappet frame despite closing nearly twenty years ago.

NB In November 2013 (four months after this picture was taken) the box was given a Grade II listing by Historic England. (note added 2025).