Dover transmitting station
The Dover transmitting station is a facility for broadcasting and telecommunications, located at West Hougham, near Dover, Kent. It came into full operation on 31 January 1960.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tower
- Description: Radio broadcasting facility
- Also known as: “Dover Transmitting Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Lawrence and Samphire Hoe.
Church of St Lawrence
Church
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Lawrence is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Dover transmitting station.
Samphire Hoe
Park
Photo: Barry Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Samphire Hoe is a country park situated 2 miles west of Dover in Kent in southeast England. The park was created by using 4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl from the Channel Tunnel excavations and is located at the bottom of a section of the White Cliffs of Dover. Samphire Hoe is situated 1 mile southeast of Dover transmitting station.
Abbotscliff Tunnel
Tunnel
Abbotscliff Tunnel is situated 3,500 feet south of Dover transmitting station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capel-le-Ferne and Maxton.
Capel-le-Ferne
Village
Capel-le-Ferne is a village and civil parish on the White Cliffs of Dover, near Folkestone in the Dover district, in Kent, England. Its name derives from a medieval French term meaning "chapel in the ferns". Capel-le-Ferne is situated 1½ miles southwest of Dover transmitting station.
Maxton
Suburb
Maxton is an area in the west of Dover, in the county of Kent, England. Maxton also served as the terminus of the tramway system serving the town until its closure in 1938. Maxton is situated 2 miles east of Dover transmitting station.
Alkham
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alkham is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of Kent, England, about five miles west of Dover. Within the parish are the settlements of Chalksole and Ewell Minnis; the parish population was 691 people, reducing slightly to 688 at the 2011 Census. Alkham is situated 2 miles northwest of Dover transmitting station.
Dover transmitting station
- Category: transmitter station
- Location: Hougham Without, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
“Dover transmitting station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “多佛發射站”
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