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Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London. The first radio broadcast from the building was made on 15 March 1932, and the building was officially opened two months later, on 15 May.
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  • Type: Office building
  • Description: headquarters and registered office of the BBC in London, England, UK
  • Also known as: “BBC Broadcasting House”, “Broadcasting House (London)”, “Broadcasting House, London”, “NBH”, and “New Broadcasting House”
  • Address: Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA
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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

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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 .

Church
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is a conservative evangelical Anglican church in the , situated in Langham Place in , at the north end of Regent Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fitzrovia and Marylebone.

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

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is an area in , England, and is located in the . It is in and part of the . forms its southern boundary.

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is a district of central , part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.

Broadcasting House

Latitude
51.51878° or 51° 31′ 8″ north
Longitude
-0.14342° or 0° 8′ 36″ west
Levels
9
Open location code
9C3XGV94+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 10811256
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Wiki­data ID
Q2914560
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Broadcasting House” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Broadcasting House”
  • Belarusian: “Broadcasting House”
  • Belarusian: “Вяшчальны дом БВК”
  • Belarusian: “Вяшчальны дом”
  • Catalan: “Broadcasting House”
  • Chinese: “BBC广播大楼”
  • Chinese: “BBC廣播大樓”
  • Cornish: “Broadcasting House”
  • Czech: “Broadcasting House”
  • Dutch: “Broadcasting House”
  • Finnish: “Broadcasting House”
  • French: “Broadcasting House”
  • French: “Siège de la BBC”
  • German: “BBC Broadcasting House”
  • German: “Broadcasting House (London)”
  • German: “Broadcasting House, London”
  • German: “Broadcasting House”
  • Greek: “Ραδιομέγαρο του BBC”
  • Greek: “Ραδιομέγαρο”
  • Hebrew: “בית השידור”
  • Indonesian: “Broadcasting House”
  • Italian: “Broadcasting House”
  • Japanese: “ブロードキャスティング・ハウス”
  • Japanese: “ブロードキャスティングハウス”
  • Japanese: “ロンドン”
  • Korean: “브로드캐스팅 하우스”
  • Macedonian: “Радиодифузен дом”
  • Malay: “Broadcasting House”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Broadcasting House”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Broadcasting House”
  • Norwegian: “Broadcasting House”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Broadcasting House”
  • Persian: “برودکستینگ هاوس”
  • Polish: “Broadcasting House”
  • Portuguese: “Broadcasting House”
  • Russian: “Broadcasting House”
  • Serbian: “BBC Broadcasting House”
  • Serbian: “Broadcasting House, London”
  • Serbian: “Broadcasting House”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රෝඩ්කාස්ටිං හවුස්”
  • Slovak: “Broadcasting House”
  • Slovenian: “Broadcasting House”
  • Spanish: “Broadcasting House”
  • Tamil: “ஒலிபரப்பு இல்லம்”
  • Welsh: “Y Ty Darlledu”
  • Welsh: “Y Tŷ Darlledu”

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