Brookmans Park transmitting station
The Brookmans Park transmitting station is a facility for medium wave broadcasting at Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire, north of London. The station was built in the 1920s by the BBC as the first of a network of regional dual transmitter stations, replacing the city-based ones used previously, and this was to cover the Home Counties, London and South East.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Industry
- Description: transmitter station in the UK
- Also known as: “Brookmans Park Transmission Station”
- Address: Great North Road, Hatfield, AL9 6NE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chancellor’s School and Cock Of The North.
Chancellor’s School
School
Chancellor's School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire, England. Chancellor’s School is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Brookmans Park transmitting station.
Cock Of The North
Pub
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Cock Of The North is a pub, which is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Brookmans Park transmitting station.
Queenswood School
School
Queenswood School is a girls-only private school located near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, twenty miles from London. It offers admission at ages 11, 13 or 16. The Good Schools Guide 2013 described Queenswood as "a girls' school to which others should aspire."… Queenswood School is situated 1 mile southeast of Brookmans Park transmitting station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bell Bar and Brookmans Park.
Bell Bar
Village
Bell Bar is a hamlet located in North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England. It is in the civil parish of North Mymms. Thought to be named after the ancient Bell Inn which stood nearby, Bell Bar was a cluster of dwellings around this coaching inn on the Great North Road which used to pass through Bell Bar along what is now called Bell Lane.
Brookmans Park
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Brookmans Park is a village in Hertfordshire, southeast England, known for its BBC transmitter station. Brookmans Park railway station, on the East Coast Main Line, is operated by Great Northern.
Welham Green
Village
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Welham Green is a village in the parish of North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated a mile to the west of the Great North Road coaching route that used to run through the neighbouring hamlet of Bell Bar from London to York and the north. Welham Green is situated 1½ miles west of Brookmans Park transmitting station.
Brookmans Park transmitting station
- Category: transmitter station
- Location: North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.72982° or 51° 43′ 47″ northLongitude
-0.178° or 0° 10′ 41″ westInception
1929Operator
ArqivaOpen location code
9C3XPRHC+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 1026851840OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q942081
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In Other Languages
From German to Slovenian—“Brookmans Park transmitting station” goes by many names.
- German: “Sender Brookmans Park”
- Japanese: “ブルックマンズ・パーク”
- Slovenian: “oddajna postaja Brookmans Park”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brookmans Park Reservoir and George’s Wood.
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