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BT Tower

Birmingham, United Kingdom

The 858th tallest building in the world

140 m · 459 ft

The BT Tower, formerly known as the Post Office Tower and the GPO Tower, is a landmark and telecommunications tower in Birmingham, England. Until 2024 it was the tallest structure in the city, being surpassed by the topping out of both the Octagon and One Eastside that year, which now share the title. Its Post Office code was YBMR.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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