Peterborough transmitting station
The Peterborough transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility at Morborne Hill, near Peterborough, England. There are two tall structures on adjacent sites: a guyed steel lattice mast belonging to Arqiva, and a 98.45 m tall reinforced concrete tower belonging to BT.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tower
- Description: transmitter station in the UK
- Also known as: “Peterborough Transmitting Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parish Church of All Saints and Parish Church of St Helen.
Parish Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Chris Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of All Saints is situated 1 mile east of Peterborough transmitting station.
Parish Church of St Helen
Church
Photo: Chris Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Helen is situated 1½ miles southeast of Peterborough transmitting station.
Norman Cross Prison
Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Norman Cross Prison in Huntingdonshire, England, was the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp or "depot". Constructed in 1796–97, it was designed to hold prisoners of war from France and its allies during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Norman Cross Prison is situated 2 miles east of Peterborough transmitting station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Washingley and Folksworth.
Washingley
Hamlet
Photo: Ken Brockway, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Washingley is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Folksworth and Washingley, in Cambridgeshire, England. Washingley lies approximately 7 miles south-west of Peterborough, near Folksworth.
Folksworth
Village
Photo: neil davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Folksworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Folksworth and Washingley, in Cambridgeshire, England. Folksworth lies approximately 5 miles south-west of Peterborough, just off the A1.
Caldecote
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caldecote is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Denton and Caldecote, in Cambridgeshire, England. Caldecote lies approximately 7 miles south-west of Peterborough. Caldecote is situated 2 miles southeast of Peterborough transmitting station.
Peterborough transmitting station
- Category: transmitter station
- Location: Morborne, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
“Peterborough transmitting station” goes by many names.
- Slovenian: “oddajna postaja Peterborough”
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