Burnhope transmitting station
The Burnhope transmitting station is a former television transmitter in County Durham in the north east of England. It is currently a radio transmitting station…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mackem Beefy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: transmitting station
- Also known as: “Burnhope Transmitting Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Longovicium and St John the Evangelist.
Longovicium
Archaeological site
Photo: David Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longovicium was an auxiliary fort located on Roman Dere Street, in the Roman province of Britannia Inferior. It is located just southwest of Lanchester in the English county of Durham, roughly 8 miles to the west of the city of Durham and 5 miles from Consett. Longovicium is situated 1½ miles west of Burnhope transmitting station.
St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Evangelist is a church, which is situated 1 mile northeast of Burnhope transmitting station.
Burnhope War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Vivienne Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burnhope War Memorial is situated 1 mile northeast of Burnhope transmitting station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnhope and Lanchester.
Burnhope
Village
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burnhope is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is located in the Craghead valley on the opposite side to Stanley and has 1,564 inhabitants, as measured in the 2011 census.
Lanchester
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, 8 miles west of Durham and 5 miles from Consett. It had a population at the 2011 Census of 4,054.
Ornsby Hill
Hamlet
Ornsby Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. Ornsby Hill is situated immediately to the north of Lanchester at the junction of the A691 and A6076 roads. Administratively it forms part of the civil parish of Lanchester.
Burnhope transmitting station
- Category: transmitter station
- Location: Lanchester, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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