Broad Hinton Telephone Exchange
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Broad Hinton Telephone Exchange
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 16 Aug 2019
Situated north west of Broad Hinton, this redbrick building would appear to date from the GPO era ie before 1969, and has the code SSBHN. It provides telephone and broadband services to 640 residential and 48 non-residential premises in Broad Hinton, Berwick Bassett, Broad Town, Bushton, Clyffe Pypard, Uffcott, Winterbourne Bassett and the surrounding rural area. Two pale green generators can be seen by the side of the TE. Its numbering range is (01793) 731xxx, the (01793) referring to the Swindon group of fourteen TEs, and its postcode is SN4 9PH.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.490329
Longitude
-1.856064