Darvel transmitting station

Darvel transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located near Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The site is owned by Arqiva.

Type: Tower
Description: transmitter station in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Darvel Transmitting Station”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darvel and Newmilns.

Darvel

Town

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Darvel is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is at the eastern end of the Irvine Valley and is sometimes referred to as "The Lang Toon". The town's Latin motto, Non sibi sed cunctis, means "Not for ourselves, but for others". Darvel is situated 2 miles north of Darvel transmitting station.

Newmilns

Town

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Newmilns is a village in the burgh of Newmilns and Greenholm, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people and lies on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. Newmilns is situated 2½ miles northwest of Darvel transmitting station.

Galston

Town

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Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 4,710 and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside four miles upriver from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns. Galston is situated 4 miles west of Darvel transmitting station.

Darvel transmitting station

Category: transmitter station
Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.57942° or 55° 34′ 46″ north

Longitude

-4.28976° or 4° 17′ 23″ west

Elevation

951 feet (290 metres)

Open location code

9C7QHPH6+Q3

GeoNames ID

7284433

Wikidata ID

Q5225841

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