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Television Centre

television studio complex in West London, England, UK
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Television Centre

Summary

Television Centre is a building[1]. It ranks in the top 0.32% of building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (491 views/month, #16 of 4,990).[2]

Key Facts

  • Television Centre is located in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham[3].
  • Television Centre is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Television Centre's image is recorded as BBC TV Centre.jpg[5].
  • Television Centre's instance of is recorded as building[6].
  • Television Centre's owned by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[7].
  • Television Centre's main building contractor is recorded as Higgs and Hill[8].
  • Television Centre's main building contractor is recorded as George Wimpey[9].
  • Television Centre's Commons category is recorded as Television Centre[10].
  • Television Centre's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 13572857[11].
  • +1960-06-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Television Centre[12].
  • Television Centre's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ2319580485[13].
  • Television Centre's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.5099, 'lon': -0.2263}[14].
  • Television Centre's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/031hmk[15].
  • Television Centre's MusicBrainz place ID is recorded as 9d63dcbb-65d8-48a8-befa-dd93c6dd722a[16].
  • Television Centre's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}[17].
  • Television Centre's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1393371[18].
  • Television Centre's CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID is recorded as 27397[19].
  • Television Centre's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[20].
  • Television Centre's date of official opening is recorded as +1960-06-29T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Television Centre's SkyscraperPage building ID is recorded as 31331[22].
  • Television Centre's Quora topic ID is recorded as BBC-Television-Centre[23].
  • Television Centre's nighttime view is recorded as BBC Television Centre - geograph.org.uk - 7407.jpg[24].
  • Television Centre's date of official closure is recorded as +2013-03-31T00:00:00Z[25].
  • Television Centre's historic county is recorded as Middlesex[26].
  • Television Centre's British Listed Buildings ID is recorded as 101393371[27].

Body

Geography

Television Centre is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham[3].

Designation and Status

Television Centre's instance of is recorded as building[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[20].

History and Context

+1960-06-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Television Centre[12]. Its owned by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[7].

Why It Matters

Television Centre ranks in the top 0.32% of building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (491 views/month, #16 of 4,990).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Floors above ground → {'amount': '+8'}
    Inception → —
    Wolfram language entity code → ['Entity["Building", "BBCTelevisionCentre::46t8v"]', 'Entity["Building", "Televi
    Instance of → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "BBCTelevisionCentre::46t8v"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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