York, York, England, United Kingdom
This Observatory was built by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society following the inaugural meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1831. It has an earlier rotating roof designed by John Smeaton who also designed the Eddystone Lighthouse. The Observatory housed what was fo
r many years the largest refracting telescope in the world, designed and built by Thomas Cook of York, whose firm also built the Greenwich transit instrument. It was restored and refitted to mark the
Listen to the audio guide for Thomas Cooke, John Smeaton, and Observatory, York green plaque Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off