Height - 100 meters, 328 foot
Built - 1900
Location - The clock tower sits at the centre of the University of Birmingham's campus. It's about 3 miles from the city centre
Images - Taken by Shel

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More images - http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=110764

Like many before me, I have forgotten to put in a poll

How embarrassing

I use to go past this on the train and always wondered if this was taller or shorter than than "Big Ben" in London, now thanks to wonders of the Information SuperInternet, I now know.

This information inproved the standard of my life, a little bit.

Ohh, I shall give this 8, no, 9 out of 10, extra point for fitting in so well with the other great buildings of the (orginal) University Campus.

Brilliant building. 9/10. But some dimwit forgot to put a poll :D

Brilliant building. 9/10. But some dimwit forgot to put a poll :D

Guilty as charged :nocrook:

It may also be worth noting that this is taller than St. Stephen's Tower (the tower you lot may know as Big Ben).

^^ 4 meters taller I believe.

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Any way, It wasn't untill I had a butchers on Google Earth that I realised it stood all on its
own and wasn't actually connected to the university.

^^ 4 meters taller I believe.


3.7 metres actually :D

Not according to emporis my friend.

Looks like the India mill tower in Darwen Lancashire but with clock faces on,its about the same height too.Nice 7/10 http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=373&language=eng

Taller than St Stephens Clock tower?? Absolutely (by a few metres) BUT... also... this tower is listed as the TALLEST CLOCK TOWER IN THE WORLD... that is, the tallest tower built specifically to host a clock.. accoring to that book of records we all know about...

Not according to emporis my friend.
Wikipedia thinks not my friend.

Well, I've just this minute got back from London and whilst I was there, I measured the height of the Clock Tower and I can officialy say that it is exactly 96 meters tall making it 4 meters shorter then old Joe.

So screw you Erebus555 :baeh3:

It's great. I love the height. However, I reckon the clock faces are too high/small to be read properly by those poor of sight. I reckon it's just about my only gripe... :)
9/10

What clockfaces? I dont see any clock faces? :D

I'm just trying to think there wouldn't have been any building taller in Birmingam till the Post Office tower, HCT, and Alpha Tower, and that's only the same height anyway.

Was there anything taller other than Blackpool, and maybe New Brighton towers in 1900? And the big tower on the HoP?

And Sailsbury cathedrial, and a load more...

I can think of 5 taller

New Brighton Tower - 170
Blackpool Tower - 150
Salisbury Cathedral - 123
Saint Pauls Cathedral - 111
Victoria Tower - 102
Chamberlain Clock Tower - 100

Not that many really, of course it just is a big Chimney with a clock stuck on the top, but it is nice just to look straight up at and get that reverse vertigo/dizzy feeling.

Is there any photos taken from the top flying about any where?

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photo by Elizabeth Kinoke

I thought St Stephen's Tower was the other tower at the Palace of Westminster :? That IS taller than the one that holds Big Ben...

But ours is the tallest clock tower IN THE WORLD (I hope) ;)

8/10

A beautiful structure.

This is now listed as 110m rather than 100m.

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i guess the guiness book of records is wrong then!!

I thought St Stephen's Tower was the other tower at the Palace of Westminster :? That IS taller than the one that holds Big Ben...

But ours is the tallest clock tower IN THE WORLD (I hope) ;)

If it is, then it won't be for much longer.

You seen the disgusting Makkah Clock Royal Tower that's under construction in Mecca? What were they thinking :no:

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that's not a free-standing clock tower though. it's a skyscraper with a clock on the top.

Phew, for a minute I thought we had lost the title of the world's tallest clock tower ;)

How vile, didn't anyone ever tell them that size isn't everything?

^^ Have a look in the World Forums - they're planning to create a circular perimeter of skyscrapers around Mecca :ohno:

:eek: Can you imagine if they tried to do that with sites of such historical significance in this country? There would be outrage.

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8/10

Great, a master in Victorian architecture. Must be the tallest building built during the Victorian period in Britain? 10/10.

The clock tower has underground passages! It is gorgeous, I heard there were plans to finnish off construction of that whole complex, as there is a building missing on the outskirts of that green.

In regards to Mecca (pics above), it is a total tragedy that they have built that monstrosity! That's what happens when you have too much money and not enough sense, what was the King thinking, it will be the world largest hotel/building?
Interestingly, one of them clock faces is suppose to be the same as 5 Big Ben next to each other, 40m, thats almost half the size of this tower and the clock is 8x bigger than ours

Great, a master in Victorian architecture. Must be the tallest building built during the Victorian period in Britain? 10/10.

It's actually the 4th tallest surprisingly, after New Brighton Tower (now destroyed), Blackpool Tower and the Houses of Parliament.

Great, a master in Victorian architecture. .

it looks like a mosque to me though :dunno:

smashing building though, I remember going for an interview to brum uni and thinking gorr blimey thats tall !


10/10 - there is really nothing to critisize about it.

It's actually the 4th tallest surprisingly, after New Brighton Tower (now destroyed), Blackpool Tower and the Houses of Parliament.

Technically, it wasn't built in the Victorian period - it started construction in 1900 and Queen Viccy popped her cotton socks in 1901. The tower was completed in 1908. :)

it looks like a mosque to me though

it's called a campanile and is actually venetian. i was just about to link to the wikipedia article to show what one of these is... and lo-and-behold this precise structure is the tallest campanile in the world according to it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanile

great project abraj al bait...