The Building Worker
The Building Worker is a work of art in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. The Building Worker is situated nearby to the park Tower Hill Garden, as well as near the archaeological site Tower Hill Postern.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: sculpture by Alan Wilson
- Inscription: “For the thousands of building workers who are today building and rebuilding towns and cities across the Unites Kingdom, we celebrate you.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tower of London and Tower Bridge.
The Tower of London
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 590 feet south of The Building Worker.
Tower Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 1,500 feet south of The Building Worker.
White Tower
Castle
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The White Tower is a former royal residence, the old keep, at the Tower of London in England. It was built by William the Conqueror during the early 1080s, and subsequently extended. White Tower is situated 590 feet south of The Building Worker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aldgate Ward and Butler’s Wharf.
Aldgate Ward
Quarter
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Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.
Butler’s Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butler's Wharf is an English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants.
The Building Worker
- Categories: statue and tourism
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50964° or 51° 30′ 35″ northLongitude
-0.07532° or 0° 4′ 31″ westInception
October 11th, 2006Open location code
9C3XGW5F+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 9688413358OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q31429138
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tower Hill Garden and Tower Hill Postern.
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