Historic houses · North Wales
Radio City Tower
Radio City Tower — a Grade II*-listed historic house in wales-north, United Kingdom.
David Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Paid entry
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Radio City Tower is a Grade II*-listed building in wales-north, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
St Johns Beacon (also known locally as the Radio City Tower) is a Grade II listed communications and observation tower in Liverpool, England. Designed by James A. Roberts Associates, it was built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. The tower is 138 metres (453 ft) tall, and is the second-tallest free-standing structure in Liverpool after the 40-storey West Tower. It has a 10 m (33 ft) long antenna on the roof, making it the tallest structure in Liverpool when antennas are included. The building was listed at Grade II in November 2020, when Historic England said its design "embodies the technological bravura and spirit of the space age". It is shorter and newer than the BT Tower in London, another communications tower built with a revolving restaurant. The building housed the studios and offices of local commercial radio station Radio City (now known as Hits Radio Liverpool) alongside its sister station, Greatest Hits Radio, from 2000 to 2024.
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Background
History
At the top of the tower was a luxury revolving restaurant, the façade and floor of the restaurant revolving as one unit, while the roof was used as an observation platform for visitors. There are 558 stairs up to the top, and two lift shafts with lifts reaching the top in 30 seconds. The tower is structurally independent of the adjacent shopping centre, with a simple foundation onto sandstone. The foundation is 60 ft in diameter, deep and begins below Houghton Street. It has a tapering shaft that was built using slip-formed concrete. The crow's nest structure at the top was added after the shaft was formed. The original restaurant closed in 1979 for health and safety issues. It was…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.4064, -2.9819
- District
- Liverpool
- Parish
- Liverpool, unparished area
- Postcode
- L1 1LL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Established
- 1971
- Official site
- www.stgeorgeshallliverpool.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q2319549 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Johns Beacon (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Radio City Tower?
- Radio City Tower is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode L1 1LL), in the parish of Liverpool, unparished area.
- When was Radio City Tower built?
- Built or established in 1971.
- Who owns Radio City Tower?
- Radio City Tower is owned by RivingtonHark.
- Is Radio City Tower a listed building?
- Radio City Tower is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- How do I get to Radio City Tower?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode L1 1LL. It sits within the Liverpool Riverside parliamentary constituency.