Everything about Broadway Tower totally explained
Broadway Tower is a
folly located on Broadway Hill,
A44 between
Evesham and
Moreton-in-Marsh, one mile (1.6
km) south-east of the village of
Broadway,
Worcestershire,
England, at the second highest point of the
Cotswolds after
Cleeve Hill. Broadway Tower's base is 1,024
feet (312
metres) above sea level. The tower itself stands 55 feet (17 metres) high. On a day of clear weather, thirteen
counties of England can be seen from the top of the tower, including across the
Severn Valley to the
Welsh mountains. Today, it's a tourist attraction with various exhibitions open to the public for a small fee. to resemble a mock
castle, and built for
Lady Coventry in 1799. The tower was built on a "
beacon" hill, where beacons were lit on special occasions. Lady Coventry wondered if a beacon on this hill could be seen from her house in
Worcester (~22 miles or 35 km away), and sponsored the construction of the folly to find out. The beacon could be seen clearly.
Over the years, the tower was home to the printing press of
Sir Thomas Phillipps, and served as a country retreat for artists including
William Morris.
The tower is on the
Cotswold Way; it's easily reached by following the Cotswold Way from the A44 road at Fish Hill, or by a steep climb out of Broadway village.
Close by the tower is a memorial to the World War II bomber that crashed here whilst on a training mission.
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