The cache is not hidden at the above coordinates, but to complete the puzzle you will need to visit this location. By following the directions given you should be able to gather the information required to calculate the final coordinates, which are within a couple of hundred metres of the given coords.
The first purpose-built broadcast centre in the UK
Designed by G Val Myer and built in 1932, Broadcasting House was the BBC's first purpose-built home for radio broadcasting. It is situated in central London between Oxford Street and Regents Park, adjacent to Nash's All Souls' church and is Grade II* listed.
Built of Portland stone, with 9 floors above ground and 3 below, its central heavy masonry tower originally contained all the studios. A lighter steel-framed 'shell' provided acoustic buffering. With its accentuated front section bearing a clock tower and aerial mast, the building has been compared to a ship. The Architectural Review of 1932 described it as the 'new Tower of London'. It is strangely asymmetrical, because Val Myer had to adapt his first plan when local residents complained about the shadow the building would cast on houses in Langham Street, and their loss of natural light.
Artistic commissions
Artistic commissions adorn the building, notably Eric Gill's statue over the front entrance of Prospero and Ariel (from Shakespeare's last play The Tempest: Ariel as the spirit of the air was felt to be an appropriate personification of the spirit of broadcasting). The naked Ariel provoked comments about the size of his genitalia, prompting a question in the House of Commons on the offence to public morals caused by the image. It is said Gill was ordered to adjust Ariel's dimensions to more decent proportions by the BBC’s first Director-General, John Reith.
There is an additional Gill statue in the Art Deco reception of Broadcasting House. Called The Sower, it is once again a metaphor for broadcasting: as the sower casts seed so does broadcasting cast its messages and communications to its hopefully receptive listeners.
The reinvention of Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House was restored after being bombed twice during the Second World War, and has recently undergone further extensive renovation and extension. The New Broadcasting House, one of the largest live broadcast centres in the world, with facilities including 36 radio studios, six TV studios and 60 edit/graphic suites. houses BBC Audio & Music, News and World Service.
The East wing, known as Peel Wing, built in the same Portland stone as the original Broadcasting House, balances the existing construction. The two buildings are linked by a glass-fronted extension, which allows visitors and passers-by to witness the BBC's daily activities. The glass was specially treated to create varied lighting effects throughout the day. An integrated lighting scheme for the site will also embrace the neighbouring All Souls' Church. The Broadcasting House complex surrounds a new central 'piazza' space which creates a new public destination in central London, with facilities including a cafe and performance areas.
Major new artworks have also been commissioned as part of the new development. These include the new pavement artwork called 'World' and the glass and light 'Breathing' sculpture which stands on Peel Wing of Broadcasting House. The latter is an international memorial to reporters and crew who have died while reporting the news.
World: A new art pavement at the heart of the new central public space in front of the new Broadcasting House, created by Mark Pimlott. Reflecting the global dimension of the BBC’s broadcasting, it consists of over 750 stone flags inscribed with place names from around the world, and enhanced by elegant steel lines of longitude and latitude. In addition, there is a subtle scheme of small embedded lights and some audio installation linked to key output from the World Service.
The published coords for this cache take you to the square shown above, from here follow the directions below, gathering information which will enable you to calculate the final coords for the cache. For this puzzle North is towards the main doors of Broadcasting House, and South is towards All Souls Church. The area where you are gathering information is well covered by CCTV cameras and security guards, but they are quite friendly and are generally willing to take photos or help find places of interest. As a check that you haven't made a wrong turn, point 17 is a place you could find the feet of an Eagle. You are looking for a magnetic nano, bring your own pen, and possibly some tweezers.
The area may be cordoned off at times due to activities of the BBC. On most weekdays a large part of The World is barriered off for production of The One Show, for this reason it is advisable to avoid attemping this cache during weekday afternoons or early evenings
From London head north 41 to point 1
Head south 73, head west 9 to point 2
Head north 47, head east 3 to point 3
Head south 50, head east 21 to point 4
Head north 52, head east 4 to point 5
Head north 20, head east 6 to point 6
Head south 60, head west 33 to point 7
Head north 18, head east 17 to point 8
Head west 12 to point 9
Head north 35, head east 36 to point 10
Head south 38, head west 29 to point 11
Head north 43, head east 26 to point 12
Head south 15, head west 26 to point 13
Head south 59, head west 13 to point 14
Head north 76, head east 25 to point 15
Head south 28, head west 11 to point 16
Head north 15, head east 22 to point 17
Head off to the cache.
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