BBC First regular high definition television service
BBC First regular high definition television service is a memorial in Haringey, Greater London, England. BBC First regular high definition television service is situated nearby to the tower Alexandra Palace television station, as well as near Alexandra Palace Ice Rink.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alexandra Park and Alexandra Palace.
Alexandra Park
Park
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alexandra Park is a 200-acre, Green Flag Award, and Green Heritage winning, diverse-landscape park, in the Borough of Haringey in north London adjacent to Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood Green. Alexandra Park is situated 460 feet south of BBC First regular high definition television service.
Alexandra Palace
Event venue
Photo: Pianistinator, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alexandra Palace is an entertainment and sports venue in north London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey. A Grade II listed building, it is built on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm. Alexandra Palace is situated 410 feet west of BBC First regular high definition television service.
Alexandra Palace television station
Tower
Photo: Angmering, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alexandra Palace television station in North London is the oldest television transmission site in the world. What was at the time called "high definition", the world's first TV broadcasts on VHF were beamed from this mast from 1936 until the outbreak of World War II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hornsey and Muswell Hill.
Hornsey
Suburb
Photo: Julian Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hornsey is a district of north London, England, in the London Borough of Haringey. It is an inner-suburban, for the most part residential, area centred 10 km north of Charing Cross.
Muswell Hill
Suburb
Photo: Salimfadhley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Muswell Hill is a district of the London Borough of Haringey, in north London, England. The hill, which reaches over 100 m above sea level, is situated 5+1⁄2 mi north of Charing Cross.
Wood Green
Town
Photo: Vicky Ayech, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wood Green is a suburban district of the London Borough of Haringey, London, England. Its postal district is N22, with parts in N8 or N15. The London Plan identifies it as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater London, and today it forms a major commercial district of north London.
BBC First regular high definition television service
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “The world’s first regular high definition television service was inaugurated here by the B.B.C. 2 November 1936”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Haringey, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.59448° or 51° 35′ 40″ northLongitude
-0.12908° or 0° 7′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C3XHVVC+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 7999534461OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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