Another bit of history gone

Oh good. It's very similar to the Liverpool Street box

I passed it up Amersham way, without realising it, as I was driving a colleague to Aylesbury.When he told me we had just passed a signal box on a low loader, I told him he was talking a load of old ********. I'll believe him next time

May I drift slightly to ask a signal box question.
A solid brick structure 60-70 feet high with a signal box perched on top - located at a level crossing within sight of what was a relatively busy station.
Now disused with the windows smashed, but apparently it's too much hassle to knock it down.
Why would a signal box have been built so high?
It was one of my places revisited yesterday.

There's your answer, at one time most major stations had canopies, some of which may have obscured the signalman's view. In many cases these canopies are long gone but the signal box would remain, as Metman said it would have been built high to enable the signalman to see all the signals under his control.
If you could tell us where it is we may be able to give a more concise answer.

its a shame it wasnt restored on the original line,it looks badly rotten and decayed.

its a shame the line to aylesbury wasn't transfered to london overground like the east london section and become one,it would surely be a better service all round.

those traveling from aylesbury to zone 2 have to pay in excess of £20 return,if a ticket is bought from aylesbury to amersham and an oyster topped up it costs £14 return.chiltern charge for zone when you dont need it.

Thanks clagmonster. Sadly no longer a busy area with the fish trains gone and the inter city direct to London gone. When I was a young teen, there were two early morning London trains, a lunchtime one and 2-3 early/late evening services. Now, nothing.
In terms of withdrawal of all passenger train services, east coast seaside resorts seem to have been given a rough deal. Cleethorpes itself is down to a half dozen trains per day with many services starting at Grimsby Town, and nothing at all in the area before 10AM on a Sunday.