This is a list of clock towers by location, including only clock towers based on the following definition:
A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall.
The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes, sometimes playing simple musical phrases or tunes.
Africa
Egypt
Kenya
Libya
- Tripoli, Ottoman clock tower (1866âÂÂ70)
Nigeria
South Africa
Tanzania
Tunisia
Americas
Argentina
Aruba
Barbados
Brazil
Alagoas
Amapá
Amazonas
Ceará
Distrito Federal
EspÃÂrito Santo
Goiás
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso do Sul
Minas Gerais
- Praça Rui Barbosa, Belo Horizonte
- Museu da Inconfidência, Ouro Preto
- BasÃÂlica Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Belo Horizonte
- Catedral Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, Belo Horizonte
- , Belo Horizonte
- (), Belo Horizonte
- , Juiz de Fora
- Praça Doutor Jorge Frange, Uberaba
- Torre do Relógio da Paróquia Nossa Senhora Saúde, Lambari
- Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Pedro Leopoldo
- , Belo Horizonte
- , Belo Horizonte
Pará
ParaÃÂba
Paraná
Pernambuco
Rio Grande do Norte
- Torre da Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Apresentação Natal
- Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião Parelhas
- Torre da Igreja do Nossa Senhora de Sant'Ana Currais Novos
- Torre da Igreja do Nossa Senhora da Guia Acari
- Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Jardim do Seridó
- Torre da Igreja Matriz São José Carnaúba dos Dantas
- Torre da Igreja Nossa Senhora do Rosário Caicó
- Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião Jucurutu
- Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião Florânia
- Torre da Igreja Matriz Santa Rita de Cássia Santa Cruz
- Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Mossoró
- Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do ÃÂ Serra Negra do Norte
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio de Janeiro
Santa Catarina
São Paulo
- Júlio Prestes Station, São Paulo
- Luz Station, São Paulo
- Clock Tower of The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida Clock Tower, Aparecida
- Farol do Jaguaré, São Paulo
- Praça do Relógio at University of São Paulo, São Paulo
- Law School at University of São Paulo, São Paulo
- O Relógio da Sé at Praça da Sé, São Paulo
- , São Paulo
- Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian, Ribeirão Preto
- Clock Tower at Swiss Park, Campinas
- Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Franca
- Paranapiacaba, Santo André
- , Taubaté
- Santuário de Santa Terezinha, Taubaté
- Palácio das Indústrias, São Paulo
- Post Office Palace, São Paulo
- Paróquia Santo Antonio, São Paulo
Chile
In 2013, a research made by newspaper La Tercera revealed that only 5 out of 25 clock towers are functioning in Santiago, mostly because of financial issues and lack of interest by the owners.
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
- Brampton City Hall, Brampton, Ontario
- Cambridge City Hall, (formerly Galt City Hall) Cambridge, Ontario
- Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto
- Central Post Office (Ottawa)
- Dominion Building, Brampton
- Hamilton City Hall
- Hart House (University of Toronto), Soldiers' Tower (University of Toronto), Toronto
- Kerr Hall, Ryerson University, Toronto
- Mississauga Civic Centre in Mississauga
- Old City Hall (Toronto), Toronto
- Peace Tower, Parliament Hill Ottawa
- Planet Snoopy (formerly Hanna-Barbera Land), Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan
- Queen Street Viaduct, Toronto
- Queen's Quay Terminal, Toronto
- Ridley College, St. Catharines
- Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario
- St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto
- St. Paul's Cathedral (London, Ontario)
- Summerhill-North Toronto CPR Station, Toronto
- Toronto Fire Services Station 227, Toronto
- Upper Canada College, Toronto
- Market Hall Performing Arts Centre , Peterborough, Ontario
- Fire Hall and Police Station, Exhibition Place, Toronto
- Toronto Fire Service Station 315, former Toronto Fire Department Hose Station # 8, Toronto - 1972 replica of 1878 tower
- Press Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto
- former Toronto Fire Department Fire Hall Number 3, Toronto - tower now on top of new commercial building at 484 Yonge Street
- Toronto Fire Station 312, former Toronto FD Hall #10
- former North York Fire Hall # 1 hose drying tower - now located at Princess Park behind Empress Walk
- Etobicoke Civic Centre clock tower, Toronto
- East York Civic Centre, Toronto
Quebec
Mexico
Peru
United States
Asia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
China
Bhutan
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
- Haifa, Ottoman clock tower (c. 1898âÂÂ1900)
- Safed, Ottoman clock tower at the "Saraya" (government house), inaugurated in 1900
Japan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Malaysia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
United Arab Emirates
Europe
Albania
Austria
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Montenegro
Netherlands
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Bank Hall Clock Tower, Bretherton, Lancashire, England
- Brighton General Hospital, Brighton and Hove, England
- Central Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
- City Hall, Cardiff, Wales
- City Hall, Norwich, England
- Civic Centre, Southampton, England
- Clock Tower, Brighton, England
- Clock Tower, Malvern, England
- Clock Tower, Knighton, Wales
- Clock Tower, Clevedon, England
- Clock Tower, Epsom, Surrey, England
- Clock Tower, Herne Bay, Kent, England â probably oldest in the UK
- Clock tower, Redcar, North Yorkshire, England
- Clock tower, Surbiton, London, England
- Nottingham Council House, England
- Colchester Clock Tower, Colchester, England
- Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster, London, England (Big Ben is the name of the bell inside)
- Gravesend Clock Tower, Kent, England
- Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower, Leicester, England
- Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, University of Birmingham, England (The tallest freestanding clock tower in the world)
- Jubilee Clock Tower, Weymouth, Dorset, England
- Jubilee Clock Tower, Churchill, North Somerset, England
- King's Cross station, London, England
- Little Ben, London, England
- Liver Building, Liverpool, England
- Memorial Clock, Willenhall, England
- North British Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, England
- St Pancras railway station, London, England
- Tolbooth Steeple, Glasgow, Scotland
- Trent Building, University of Nottingham, England
- Victoria Building, University of Liverpool, England
- Victoria Tower, Liverpool, England
Oceania
Australia
- Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, South Australia
- Adelaide General Post Office, Adelaide, South Australia
- Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane, Queensland
- Central Railway Station, Sydney, New South Wales
- Fremantle Town Hall, Fremantle, Western Australia
- General Post Office, Sydney, New South Wales
- Hobart General Post Office, Hobart, Tasmania
- Launceston Post Office, Launceston, Tasmania
- Kalgoorlie Post Office, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
- Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria
- Perth Town Hall, Perth, Western Australia
- Sale Clocktower, Sale, Victoria
- Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales
- Winthrop Hall, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia.
- The Nannup Clock Tower, Nannup, Western Australia
New Zealand
Hopwood Clock Tower, Palmerston North
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