Garston Telephone Exchange, Herts
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Garston Telephone Exchange, Herts
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 9 Jun 2016
Situated in First Avenue, this TE, which has the code LWGAR, comprises of the original redbrick building with its gabled windows and chimney and the extension behind it with the mobile phone aerials on its roof. It provides telephone and broadband services to 14,372 residential and 336 non-residential premises in Garston, plus Bricket Wood, Leavesden Green, Meriden, Kingswood and Woodside nearby. A BT warning notice can be seen fixed to the right of the original building whilst a BT Openreach van is parked in front of the extension building. This TE has the numbering range (01923) 67xxxx and some other numbers, the (01923) referring to the Watford group of eight TEs, and its postcode is WD25 9PS.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.685548
Longitude
-0.389229