How far away can you get and still see Beetham Tower?

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About How far away can you get and still see Beetham Tower?

Like it or not, Beetham Tower (aka the Hilton Tower, and 303 Deansgate) has shot up in the centre of Manchester. At 48 floors, 171 metres, and 561 feet high it's variously the tallest residential building in the UK, the tallest UK building outside London, and the third tallest residential building in Europe.

So, how far away can you get whilst still being able to see the tower?

Wikipedia claims that "the tower offers views of the set of Coronation Street and on a clear day, it is also possible to see the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, much of the Cheshire Plain, Jodrell Bank and the mountains of Snowdonia". Who knows, maybe you can see the tower from those places as well!

You can use GMaps Pedometer to draw a line to measure the distance.
1. Start from this page: www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=422577
2. Find where you took your photo on the map by dragging it around and zooming in.
3. Double click on that spot to draw a line to it. We want a single nice straight line to represent line of sight, so click "Undo last point" if you made a mistake.
4. Note the Total Distance and gasp in amazement!
For a bonus point: Click "Save route" and pop the permalink under your photo.
Finally, please geotag it so we can see them all together on a map (you may need to import 'em).

The lucky winner gets the opportunity to write a letter to Ian Simpson boasting about it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetham_Tower,_Manchester