Watlington Telephone Exchange, Oxon
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Watlington Telephone Exchange, Oxon
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 8 Aug 2009
Situated in Spring Lane near Hill Road, this TE, which has the code THWT, is in the background and would have replaced the standard dark wooden hut at the front, possibly in the 1970s when several of the larger TEs were built to handle increased telephone traffic. It provides telephone and broadband services to 1,519 residential and 105 non-residential premises in Watlington, plus Brightwell Baldwin, Britwell Salome, Christmas Common, Cuxham, Pyrton and Shirburn nearby. This TE has (01491) 61xxxx numbers, the (01491) referring to the Henley-on-Thames group of ten TEs, and its postcode is OX49 5BD.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.643983
Longitude
-1.002771