Broadway Tower, Worcestershire

Broadway Tower in 2007
Broadway Tower in 2012

Broadway Tower is an 18th-century folly near the village of Broadway, in the English county of Worcestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Broadway Tower is built of limestone ashlar and is three storeys high, with three round corner turrets and battlements.[1] It stands above the village of Broadway on Broadway Hill, the second-highest point of the Cotswolds, at an elevation of 1,024 feet (312 m).[2][3] The tower itself is 65 feet (20 m) tall. Although a folly, it is a functional building with interior rooms.[3]

The tower is on the Cotswold Way and can be reached by following the Cotswold Way from the A44 road at Fish Hill, or by a steep climb out of Broadway village. It is now the centre of Broadway Tower Country Park, which has exhibitions open to the public at a fee, as well as a gift shop and restaurant.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Official list entry: Broadway Tower". Historic England. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Welcome to Broadway Tower". Broadway Tower: Cotswold Highest Castle. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Broadway Tower Country Park". Broadway Cotswolds. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

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