Watkin’s Tower
Watkin's Tower was a partially completed iron lattice tower in Wembley Park, Middlesex, England. Its construction was an ambitious project to create a 358-metre -high visitor attraction in Wembley Park to the north of the city, led by the railway entrepreneur Sir Edward Watkin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: partially completed iron lattice tower in London, England
- Also known as: “Great London Tower”, “London Stump”, “Watkin’s Folly”, and “Wembley Park Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wembley Stadium railway station and Statue of Bobby Moore.
Wembley Stadium railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wembley Stadium railway station is a National Rail station in Wembley, Greater London, on the Chiltern Main Line. It is the nearest station to Wembley Stadium, and is located a quarter of a mile south west of the sports venue. It is in London fare zone 4. Wembley Stadium railway station is situated 1,300 feet west of Watkin’s Tower.
Statue of Bobby Moore
Work of art
Photo: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bobby Moore statue is a bronze sculpture of the former West Ham and England footballer Bobby Moore, situated directly outside England's national stadium, Wembley Stadium, in Wembley Park, north-west London. Statue of Bobby Moore is situated 690 feet north of Watkin’s Tower.
Wembley Library
Library
Photo: JuliaC2006, CC BY 2.0.
Wembley Library is situated 1,200 feet north of Watkin’s Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wembley and Alperton.
Wembley
Town
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wembley is a district in the London Borough of Brent, north-west London, 8 miles northwest of Charing Cross. It includes the neighbourhoods of Alperton, Kenton, North Wembley, Preston, Sudbury, Tokyngton and Wembley Park.
Alperton
Suburb
Photo: Russell Trebor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alperton is an area of north-west London, England, within the London Borough of Brent. It forms the southern part of the town of Wembley and is 7.5 miles west north-west of Charing Cross, on the border with the London Borough of Ealing.
Sudbury
Suburb
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sudbury is a suburb in the London Borough of Brent, located in northwest London, United Kingdom. The suburb forms the western part of Wembley and is centred around 0.6 miles west of Wembley Central railway station.
Watkin’s Tower
- Categories: folly, observation tower, unfinished building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brent, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Watkin’s Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Watkin’s Tower” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沃特金塔”
- Chinese: “瓦特金塔”
- Estonian: “Watkini torn”
- French: “Folie de Watkin”
- French: “Grande tour de Londres”
- French: “London Stump”
- French: “tour de Watkin”
- French: “Tour de Watkin”
- French: “Wembley Park Tower”
- German: “London Stump”
- German: “Watkin’s Folly”
- German: “Watkin’s Tower”
- German: “Watkins Tower”
- German: “Wembley Park Tower”
- German: “Wembley Tower”
- Hebrew: “המגדל הגדול של לונדון”
- Hebrew: “מגדל המטרופולין”
- Hebrew: “מגדל ווטקין”
- Hebrew: “מגדל וומבלי פארק”
- Hebrew: “מגדל וטקין”
- Italian: “Watkin’s Folly”
- Italian: “Watkin’s Tower”
- Japanese: “ワトキンズ・タワー”
- Polish: “Great London Tower”
- Polish: “London Stump”
- Polish: “Watkin’s Folly”
- Polish: “Watkin’s Tower”
- Polish: “Wembley Park Tower”
- Polish: “Wembley Tower”
- Polish: “wieża Watkina”
- Spanish: “Torre de Watkin”
- Spanish: “Torre de Wembley Park”
- Turkish: “Watkin’s Tower”
- Turkish: “Watkins Tower”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tokyngton and Wembley Park.
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