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actor
05-10-2021, 05:44 PM
I recently starting renting in East London and just realised I am not far from Bow, where the BB1 and BB2 house was.
Does anyone have an exact address/location of where it stood as I would like to go visit it - if that’s even possible.
If anyone here lives nearby and goes to visit sometimes and fancies giving me a tour that would be great (in the least creepy way possible).
Oliver_W
05-10-2021, 08:23 PM
Coordinates can be found at
http://wikimapia.org/14723279/Site-of-the-original-Big-Brother-UK-House
actor
07-10-2021, 12:31 PM
Coordinates can be found at
http://wikimapia.org/14723279/Site-of-the-original-Big-Brother-UK-House

Thanks. How do I find the exact location from coordinates?

I put them into Google Maps and it brought up a location on a bit of land next to a railway line. But wasn’t it right next to a bridge over a river? Is that bridge still there?
James
07-10-2021, 01:44 PM
Based on this - https://www.gearthhacks.com/downloads/big-brother-house-bow-east-london-overlay/#google_vignette

I'd say this location is here -

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/51%C2%B031'38.7%22N+0%C2%B000'12.1%22W/@51.5274152,-0.0055566,719m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d51.5274167!4 d-0.0033611
actor
09-10-2021, 02:21 AM
Based on this - https://www.gearthhacks.com/downloads/big-brother-house-bow-east-london-overlay/#google_vignette

I'd say this location is here -

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/51%C2%B031'38.7%22N+0%C2%B000'12.1%22W/@51.5274152,-0.0055566,719m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d51.5274167!4 d-0.0033611

Yes that does look like it thanks!

Has the bridge gone? :(

Or is that the bridge coming off from Three Mills Park?

I think I remember reading on here before there is a plague somewhere stating it was the site of the original Big Brother house. Would be good if someone knows exactly where that is.
emseateng2014
18-09-2025, 08:16 AM
why did the original bb uk house that lasted from 2000 to 2018 get torn down again

like i thought it would turn into a bb uk museum or at least a uk tv studio called the bb uk studios
Scarlett.
23-10-2025, 12:14 AM
why did the original bb uk house that lasted from 2000 to 2018 get torn down again

like i thought it would turn into a bb uk museum or at least a uk tv studio called the bb uk studios

Big Brother was no longer airing, so the lease ended and Elstree tore it down to make room for other film/tv production