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This is a list of clock towers in the United Kingdom. [1] Name City/Town County Built Image Notes Abberley Clock Tower: Abberley: Worcestershire: 1883/84 [2]
Pages in category "Clock towers in the United Kingdom" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
United Kingdom: Liverpool: Clocks faces on two towers 7.6 m (25 ft) diameter. Building part of the World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City [40] 25: Elizabeth Tower: 96 m (315 ft) 4: Yes: 1859: Tower Building: Clock Tower/Government: United Kingdom: London: Clock faces are 7 m (23 ft). Commonly known as 'Big Ben', although this is the name of ...
This is a list of clock towers by location, including only clock towers based on the following definition: A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall.
Clock tower: USA: Minneapolis: Largest four-face chiming clock in the world. Clock tower is 105 m (344 ft). Minute hands are 4.3 m (14 ft) [26] 35: Elizabeth Tower: 7 m (23 ft) 4: Yes: 1859: Clock Tower: United Kingdom: London: Clock tower is 96 m (315 ft) tall. Commonly known as 'Big Ben', although this is accurately the name of the largest ...
Old Joe in Birmingham, England – the tallest freestanding clock tower in the world. The tallest freestanding clock tower in the world is the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower (Old Joe) at the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom. [8] The tower stands at 100 metres (330 feet) tall and was completed in 1908.
Salisbury Cathedral at 123 m (404 ft) – tallest church spire in the United Kingdom [47] Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, Birmingham at 100 m (330 ft) – tallest free-standing clock tower in the world [48] Monument to the Great Fire of London, London at 61.57 m (202.0 ft) – tallest isolated stone column in the world [49]
The Town Clock of Dubuque, Iowa is in a downtown clock tower, built in 1864. The Clock of the Nations, Rochester, New York was located at the Midtown Plaza in the 1960s. It had dioramas of 12 different nations. Every hour on the hour the dioramas opened up and music was played.