BT Tower

The BT Communication Tower, more commonly known as the BT Tower, is a Grade II listed in , , , owned by MCR Hotels.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: communications tower located in Fitzrovia, London, England, UK
  • Also known as: British Telecom Tower”, “BT Communication Tower”, “G.P.O. Tower”, “GPO Tower”, “London Telecom Tower”, and “Post Office Tower
  • Address: Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JZ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and London St Pancras International.

The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in . It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland .

University
The , is a drama school in , England, which provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. is situated 1,700 feet east of BT Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fitzrovia and Bloomsbury.

Suburb
is a district of , England, near the . Its eastern part is in the , and the western in the .

Photo: Diliff, CC BY 2.5.
This article is about three neighbourhoods of central : , St Pancras and Fitzrovia. is the hub of London's university district, is home to the British Museum and is next to the British Library.

Suburb
is a district in . It was originally a medieval ancient parish and subsequently became a metropolitan borough. The metropolitan borough then merged with neighbouring boroughs and the area now forms around half of the modern .

BT Tower

Latitude
51.52144° or 51° 31′ 17″ north
Longitude
-0.13881° or 0° 8′ 20″ west
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Levels
37
Height
618 feet (188 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGVC6+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 5022282
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7284405
Wiki­data ID
Q797085
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“BT Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: برج بي تي
  • Basque: BT Tower
  • Catalan: BT Tower
  • Catalan: GPO Tower
  • Chinese: 英國電信塔
  • Czech: BT Tower
  • Czech: Věž British Telecom
  • Dutch: BT Tower
  • Egyptian Arabic: برج بى تى
  • Finnish: BT Tower
  • French: BT Tower
  • German: BT Tower
  • German: London Telecom Tower
  • German: Post office tower
  • Hebrew: מגדל בריטיש טלקום
  • Hungarian: BT Tower
  • Icelandic: BT-turninn
  • Indonesian: British Telecom Tower
  • Indonesian: Bt tower
  • Indonesian: BT Tower
  • Indonesian: Menara BT
  • Irish: BT Tower
  • Italian: BT Tower
  • Japanese: BTタワー
  • Malay: BT Tower
  • Norwegian Bokmål: BT Tower
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Telecom Tower
  • Norwegian: Telecom Tower
  • Persian: برج بی‌تی
  • Polish: BT Tower
  • Russian: BT Tower
  • Spanish: BT Tower
  • Spanish: Torre BT
  • Swedish: BT Tower
  • Turkish: BT Tower, Londra
  • Turkish: BT Tower
  • Uzbek: BT Tower

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “BT Tower”. Photo: Dcastor, Public domain.