Observatories T-Z

Name                                     Acronym          Date         Type*     Location     Association

(*G–Governmental; I–Institutional; Pr–Private; Pu–Public; S–School & U–University)
Temple ObservatoryTeO1871-SWarwickshireWilson, James M.; Seabroke,  George Mitchell; Rugby School
The Spaceguard Centresee Powys County Observatory [PoCO]
The Astronomy CentreTACT1982-ILancashireDrew, Peter; Millar, Rob; Simonian, Linda
The University ObservatoryUOC1823-1946UCambridgeshireAiry, George Biddell; Cambridge University
Thirlestaine Hall ObservatoryTHO1914-1930PrGloucestershirePlayer, John
Thorp’s ObservatoryTO1910-1815PrFlintshireThorp, Thomas
Thorrowgood’s ObservatoryTOW1927-1928PrSurreyThorrowgood, W. J.
Tomkins’s ObservatoryToO1924-1934PrEssexTomkins, Herbert Gerald
Toothill ObservatoryTOTc.1988-IHampshireSolent Amateur Astronomers
Torbay Boys’ Grammar School ObservatoryTBGSO1989-SDevonTorquay Boys’ Grammar School
Trent Astronomical ObservatoryTAO2006-UNottinghamshireNottingham Trent University
Trinity College ObservatoryTCOC1739-1797UCambridgeshireTrinity College, Cambridge
Trinity School ObservatoryTSO1988-ICumberlandBorder Astronomical Society
Twice Brewed Inn ObservatoryTBIO2015-PuNorthumberlandTwice Brewed Inn
United Charities Institution ObservatoryUCIO1836-90IInverness  Inverness United Charities       Institution
University of Central London ObservatorySee University College London Observatory [UCLO]
University College London ObservatoryUCLO1929-UCounty of LondonUniversity College, London
University Gardens ObservatoryUGOUG1939-1960?ULanarkshireGlasgow University
University Museum ObservatoryUMO1860-1875UOxfordshireOxford University
University Observatory (Sheffield)see Western Park Museum Observatory [WPMO]
University of Birmingham ObservatorySee Wast Hill Observatory [WHOKN]
University of Oxford ObservatoryUOO1875-UOxfordshireUniversity of Oxford
Ward’s ObservatoryWaO1828-1840PrStaffordshireWard, Michael
Wast Hills ObservatoryWHOKN1982-UWorcestershireUniversity of Birmingham
Walker’s ObservatoryWOHMc.1800s-1816PrMiddlesexWalker, William
Water’s ObservatoryWOH1930-1931PrMiddlesexWaters, Henry Hayden
Waterloo Dock Observatorysee Liverpool City Observatory [LCO]
Webb’s ObservatoryWeO1866-1885PrHerefordshireWebb, Thomas William
Wellington College ObservatoryWCO1920-SBerkshireSaunders, S.A.; Wellington College
West Hendon House Observatorysee Backhouse’s Observatory [BaO]
Weston Park Museum ObservatoryWPMO1880-1939Pu/UYorkshire – West RidingUniversity of Sheffield
Whichello’s ObservatorySee Whichello’s Chester Observatory [WOCC]
See Whichello’s Heswall Observatory [WOHC]
See Whichello’s Tattenhall Observatory [WOT]  
Whichello’s Chester ObservatoryWOCC1900-1914PrCheshireWhichello, Harold
Whichello’s Heswall ObservatoryWOHC1914-1923PrCheshireWhichello, Harold
Whichello’s Tattenhall ObservatoryWOT1923-1936PrCheshireWhichello, Harold
Whitaker’s ObservatoryGWO1940s-1950sPrNottinghamshireNottingham Astronomical        Society Granger, Richard;   Whitaker, J. W.;
Whitbread’s ObservatoryWOC1851-PrBedfordshireWhitbread, Samuel Charles
Whitelow’s Birkdale ObservatoryWBO1910(c.)-1932PrLancashireWhitelow, Edward Turner
Widey High School ObservatoryWHSO1960-?SDevonHarris, Lawrence
Wigglesworth’s ObservatoryWigO1885-1890PrYorkshire: North RidingWigglesworth, James
Wilding’s ObservatoryWOBP1896-1900PrLancashireWilding, Richard
Wilkins Memorial ObservatoryWMO1961-2012IKentCrayford Manor House Astronomical Society; Wilkins, Hugh Percy
Wilkins’s ObservatoryWOB1918-1960PrKentWilkins, Hugh Percy
Williams’s ObservatoryWO1880-1897PrMerionethshireWilliams, George
Wilred-Hall Observatorysee Alston Observatory [AsO]
Wilson’s ObservatoryWiO1871-1924PrWestmeathWilson, W.E.
Winks’s ObservatoryWiO1890sPrGlamorganWinks, William
Wollaston’s ObservatoryWoOC1770-.1820sPrKentWollaston, Francis
Wolsingham ObservatoryWoO1888-1939PrDurhamEspin, Thomas Henry Espinall Compton
Woodside Observatorysee Hepple Observatory [HeO]
Worth Hill Observatory1996-2009PrDorsetStrange, David
Worthing Astronomical Society ObservatoryWASO1972-1987ISussexWorthing Astronomical Society; Windlesham House School
Worthington’s ObservatorySee Worthington’s Crumpsall Observatory
See Worthington’s Four Marks Observatory
Worthington’s Crumpsall ObservatoryWOCHc.1847-1868PrLancashireWorthington, Robert; Baxendell, Joseph
Worthington’s Four Marks ObservatoryWOFM1913-1925PrHampshireWorthington, James H.
Wrottesley Hall ObservatoryWHO1842-1867PrStaffordshireWrottesley, Sir John
Wrottesley ObservatoryWOBCM2007-2010IStaffordshireArmitage, John; Black Country Museum
Wrottesley’s ObservatoryWOBL1829-41PrCounty of LondonWrottesley, Sir John
Wrottesley-Philips ObservatoryWPO2006-2010IStaffordshireArmitage, John; Pendrell Hall Adult Education College
Wrottesley’s Observatorysee Wrottesley Hall Observatory (WHO)
Wynyard Planetarium and ObservatoryWPOW2002-PuDurhamDarlington Astronomical Society; Stockton-on-Tees Council
York Observatorysee Yorkshire Philosophical Society Observatory [YPSO]
Yorkshire Philosophical Society ObservatoryYPSO1833-IYorkshire: North RidingYorkshire Philosophical Society