Burghead Transmitting Station
The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead in Scotland for long wave and medium wave radio transmission that started service on 12 October 1936.Photo: W. L. Tarbert, Public domain.
- Type: Building
- Description: architectural structure in Moray, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Burghead transmitting station” and “Burghead transmitting station, Radio Relay Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roseisle distillery.
Roseisle distillery
Distillery
Photo: Kirsty Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roseisle distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery, in Roseisle, near Elgin, Moray, in the Strathspey region of Scotland. Roseisle distillery is situated 2 miles south of Burghead Transmitting Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cummingston and Burghead.
Cummingston
Village
Cummingston is located in Moray on the north-east coast of Scotland. It lies on the B9012, sandwiched between the two fishing villages of Hopeman and Burghead. It was known as "the Collach", possibly from Scottish Gaelic an Coileach meaning "eddy".
Burghead
Village
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burghead is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 miles north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on three sides.
Hopeman
Village
Photo: Craig Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopeman is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances.
Burghead Transmitting Station
- Categories: architectural structure and transmitter station
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.69891° or 57° 41′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.47106° or 3° 28′ 16″ westElevation
135 feet (41 metres)Operator
ArqivaOpen location code
9C9RMGXH+HHOpenStreetMap ID
way 211033025OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
7282221Wikidata ID
Q2270177
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In Other Languages
From French to Slovenian—“Burghead Transmitting Station” goes by many names.
- French: “Emetteur de Burghead”
- French: “Émetteur de burghead”
- French: “Émetteur de Burghead”
- German: “Sender Burghead”
- Slovenian: “oddajna postaja Burghead”
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