Alpha Tower
Alpha Tower is a Grade II listed office skyscraper in Birmingham, England. It was designed by the Birmingham-born architect George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners as the headquarters of the commercial television company ATV and part of the company's production studio complex known as ATV Centre, an adjacent shorter tower was planned but was never built.Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Office
- Description: office building in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
- Address: Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham, B1 1TT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Library of Birmingham and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Library of Birmingham
Library
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep and Baskerville House. Library of Birmingham is situated 660 feet northwest of Alpha Tower.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is situated 970 feet northeast of Alpha Tower.
Council House
Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Birmingham City Council House in Birmingham, England, is the home of Birmingham City Council, and thus the seat of local government for the city. It provides office accommodation for both employed council officers, including the chief executive, and elected… Council House is situated 960 feet northeast of Alpha Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brindleyplace and Birmingham Chinatown.
Brindleyplace
Locality
Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development, in the Westside district of Birmingham, England. It was named after Brindley Place, the name of the street around which it is built.
Birmingham Chinatown
Neighborhood
Birmingham Chinatown in Birmingham, England is located in the city centre's Southside. It is an area with a predominantly Chinese influence as a result of a concentration of Chinese owned businesses, organisations and social clubs.
Birmingham Gay Village
Locality
Photo: Jenova20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birmingham Gay Village is an LGBT district next to the Chinese Quarter in Birmingham city centre, centred along Hurst Street, which hosts many LGBT-friendly businesses.
Alpha Tower
- Categories: tower block, skyscraper, and building
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.47853° or 52° 28′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.90627° or 1° 54′ 23″ westInception
1969Height
328 feet (100 metres)Open location code
9C4WF3HV+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 28299284OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
office=yesWikidata ID
Q4735137
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Turkish—“Alpha Tower” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج الفا”
- Turkish: “Alpha Kulesi”
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