Eyemouth transmitting station
The Selkirk transmitting station is a telecommunications facility located next to Lindean Loch, near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. It includes a 229.1 metres high guyed steel lattice mast, surmounted by a UHF television transmitting antenna array, which brings the overall height of the structure to 238.8 metres.- Type: Tower
- Description: transmitter station in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Eyemouth transmitter”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ayton Parish Church and Railway Bridge (West), Ayton.
Ayton Parish Church
Church
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ayton and Burnmouth Parish Church is a member church of the Church of Scotland, serving the communities of Ayton and Burnmouth in the Scottish Borders. Ayton Parish Church is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Eyemouth transmitting station.
Railway Bridge (West), Ayton
Bridge
Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Railway Bridge (West), Ayton is situated 1½ miles west of Eyemouth transmitting station.
Railway Bridge (East), Ayton
Bridge
Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Railway Bridge (East), Ayton is situated 1½ miles west of Eyemouth transmitting station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnmouth and Lamberton Skerrs.
Burnmouth
Village
Photo: A15773, Public domain.
Burnmouth is a small fishing village located adjacent to the A1 road on the east coast of Scotland. It is the first village in Scotland on the A1, after crossing the border with England.
Lamberton Skerrs
Locality
Photo: Gator MacReady, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lamberton Skerrs is towards the southernmost point on the east coast of Scotland. It was the scene of a building known as the "Smuggler's Bothy" which was built by the famous smuggler John Robertson in about 1760 and stands on the cliffs overlooking the North Sea. Lamberton Skerrs is situated 1½ miles east of Eyemouth transmitting station.
Ayton
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ayton is a small village located in the historic county of Berwickshire, today part of the Scottish Borders region. It is on the Eye Water, from which it is said to take its name: Ayton means 'Eye-town'. Ayton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Eyemouth transmitting station.
Eyemouth transmitting station
- Category: transmitter station
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.83242° or 55° 49′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.08587° or 2° 5′ 9″ westHeight
148 feet (45 metres)Operator
ArqivaOpen location code
9C7VRWJ7+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 825242115OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q5422780
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In Other Languages
“Eyemouth transmitting station” goes by many names.
- Slovenian: “oddajna postaja Eyemouth”
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