Bristol Central Telephone Exchange (Bristol)
United Kingdom /
England /
Bristol /
Telephone Avenue, Central Telephone Exchange
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Bristol
office building, telephone exchange building
The Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) service, whereby telephone callers are able to make trunk calls automatically without the aid of the operator, was introduced into the United Kingdom by the Queen dialling a call on 5 December from Bristol Central Telephone Exchange to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, over 300 miles away - the greatest distance over which a subscriber trunk call could be made at the time. Afterwards, the Queen operated a switch which put 18,000 telephones connected to Bristol Central onto the new system.
Central Telephone Exchange,
Telephone Avenue,
Bristol,
Avon,
BS1 4BH
Central Telephone Exchange,
Telephone Avenue,
Bristol,
Avon,
BS1 4BH
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°27'9"N 2°35'41"W
- Canons House 0.6 km
- Trinity Quay 0.8 km
- Cabot Circus 0.9 km
- The Pavilions 4.1 km
- Somerfield HQ at Whitchurch BS140TJ 4.6 km
- Former Hewlett Packard estate 6.2 km
- Airbus 20 Site 6.7 km
- AXA SunLife Building 7.4 km
- Pure Offices, Kestrel Court 12 km
- Whale Wharf 18 km
- The Centre 0.2 km
- The Old City (North) 0.3 km
- Bristol City Centre 0.3 km
- Bristol Harbour 0.3 km
- Redcliffe 0.5 km
- Wapping Wharf 0.7 km
- Spike Island 1.1 km
- Bedminster 1.6 km
- Clifton 1.8 km
- Somerset 45 km