BT Tower

BT Tower from Regents Park

There has been a lot of fuss about media ownership in the last few months but this was not on my mind as I enjoyed a fine view of the BT Tower from the park today in the sunshine. Most of the little dishes on the sides of the tower may now be decorative, but, even in these days of digital technology, most broadcasters at home and abroad rely on the tower to get their TV programmes into our homes.

This Wikipedia page provides the technical details about the tower which is no longer freely open to the public. However the revolving 34th floor is now available for special events. It is also open, from time to time as part of the Open House London and for selected charity events.

I was lucky enough to be enjoy the views from the rotating floow a couple of weeks ago when I joined an event to celebrate the progress made in York with the development of the National STEM Centre which works with partners, including BT to support education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

London Eye and Westminster from the rotating floor of the BT Tower (click image to see details)