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Broadway Tower

Broadway, Worcestershire

Built to see whether a beacon could be spotted from twenty miles away.

Lady Coventry wanted to know whether a beacon on Broadway Hill could be seen from her home at Croome Court, about twenty miles away. It could, and this castle-like tower was built on the spot.

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When
Built 1798–1799
Where
52.0247, -1.8358
Group
Towers & follies

Visiting

Open daily, with a café, deer park and the Cold War bunker.

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