How to build London Phone Box & Bus in Minecraft

A tiny slice of London: a red K6 telephone box with its glowing TELEPHONE sign and gold crown, a red pillar box, a Victorian lamp post and a zebra crossing with flashing-orange Belisha beacons, while a red Routemaster double-decker waits at the bus stop with its open back platform, cream band and destination blind.

Open the interactive 3D plan above to build it one layer at a time: every layer has a numbered top-down plan, a block list and full-screen step-by-step instructions you can tick off as you go. You can also download it for Litematica, WorldEdit or Minecraft Bedrock, or view it in your room in AR.

Materials list

BlockAmountStacks
Red Concrete3094 stacks + 53
Gray Concrete3074 stacks + 51
Smooth Stone1832 stacks + 55
Black Concrete1762 stacks + 48
Glass1091 stack + 45
Stone Bricks771 stack + 13
Iron Bars661 stack + 2
White Terracotta44
White Concrete41
Cyan Wool19
Glass Pane15
Sea Lantern6
Block of Gold4
Light Gray Concrete4
Oak Leaves4
Oak Log4
Oak Stairs4
Lantern3
Red Carpet3
Spruce Stairs3
Dirt2
Glowstone2
Brown Wool1
Cornflower1
Poppy1
Yellow Concrete1

Building tips

  1. Start with the phone box: a 3×3 red column 9 blocks tall. Glass panes down the middle of each side, a white sign row near the top and a gold crown above it.
  2. The bus is a hollow red box 18 long, 6 wide and 10 tall. Do the wheels first, then the two rows of windows, then the cream stripe between the decks.
  3. Leave the back corner of the bus open on the pavement side. That is the famous hop-on platform; a single iron bar makes the grab pole.
  4. Zebra crossings are just stripes of white and black concrete in the road. Count them out on the layer plan.
  5. Phone boxes, lamps and bus headlights all glow. Switch to Night mood for the best view.

Step-by-step: all 12 layers

  1. Layer 1 Gray Concrete ×187, Smooth Stone ×183, Stone Bricks ×77, Black Concrete ×65, White Concrete ×34
  2. Layer 2 Black Concrete ×80, Iron Bars ×47, Red Concrete ×8, Spruce Stairs ×3, Dirt ×2, Oak Log ×1, Red Carpet ×1
  3. Layer 3 Gray Concrete ×64, Red Concrete ×35, Black Concrete ×14, Glass Pane ×4, Iron Bars ×4, Light Gray Concrete ×4, White Concrete ×2, Cornflower ×1, Oak Log ×1, Poppy ×1
  4. Layer 4 Red Concrete ×27, Black Concrete ×14, Cyan Wool ×10, Iron Bars ×6, Glass Pane ×3, Sea Lantern ×2, Brown Wool ×1, Oak Log ×1, Oak Stairs ×1, Yellow Concrete ×1
  5. Layer 5 Glass ×24, Red Concrete ×21, Iron Bars ×5, Oak Leaves ×4, White Concrete ×2, Oak Log ×1, Oak Stairs ×1, Red Carpet ×1
  6. Layer 6 Glass ×25, Red Concrete ×18, Glass Pane ×4, Iron Bars ×3, Glowstone ×2, Oak Stairs ×1
  7. Layer 7 White Terracotta ×44, Red Concrete ×5, Glass Pane ×4, Iron Bars ×1, Lantern ×1, Oak Stairs ×1
  8. Layer 8 Gray Concrete ×56, Red Concrete ×48, Sea Lantern ×4, Black Concrete ×1, White Concrete ×1
  9. Layer 9 Glass ×30, Red Concrete ×20, Cyan Wool ×9, Block of Gold ×4, Lantern ×1
  10. Layer 10 Glass ×30, Red Concrete ×23
  11. Layer 11 Red Concrete ×40, Black Concrete ×2, White Concrete ×2, Lantern ×1, Red Carpet ×1
  12. Layer 12 Red Concrete ×64

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