Television Centre | |
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Alternative names | The Southampton Television Centre |
General information | |
Type | Television studios |
Location | On the banks of the River Itchen, adjacent to Northam Bridge and the A3024. Access to the site was from rear. |
Address | Southampton, SO14 0PZ |
Coordinates | 50°54′49″N 1°23′18″W / 50.913729°N 1.388236°W |
Construction started | 1967 |
Inaugurated | 19 August 1969 |
Demolished | Summer 2008 |
Cost | £2,500,000 |
Owner | Southern Television, Television South, Meridian Broadcasting |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 2 |
Television Centre, Southampton was home to the three ITV contractors for the South and South East region: Southern, TVS, and Meridian. It was also known as The Southern Television Centre, The Southampton Television Centre, and unofficially as The Northam Studios.
The studio centre was constructed in 1967, vacated in 2004 and demolished in 2008. The site remained empty until 2015 when a £40 million development scheme to build 350 flats began.[1]