Mendip transmitting station
The Mendip transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility on the summit of Pen Hill, part of the Mendip Hills range in Somerset, England, at 305 metres above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jsommer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Commerce
- Description: broadcasting and telecommunications facility
- Also known as: “Mendip Transmitting Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pen Hill and Hunter’s Hole.
Pen Hill
Peak
Photo: Jsommer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pen Hill forms part of the Mendip Hills plateau in Somerset, England. The hill is located in St Cuthbert Out civil parish. The name Pen is believed to be Celtic for hill or tor.
Hunter’s Hole
Cave
Hunter's Hole is a cave in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is behind a pub, known as the Hunters Lodge Inn just outside Priddy where visitors can park. Hunter’s Hole is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Mendip transmitting station.
Drove Cottage Henge
Residential area
Drove Cottage Henge is a scheduled monument in the Priddy parish of Somerset, England. It is located 370 metres north of Drove Cottage. The site is a ceremonial Neolithic location. Drove Cottage Henge is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Mendip transmitting station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horrington and Wells.
Horrington
Village
Photo: Mdpclark, Public domain.
Horrington is a collection of three small villages in the parish of St Cuthbert Out 1 mile or 2 miles east of Wells, Somerset, England. South Horrington is a relatively new village created in the late 1990s from the defunct Mendip Hospital that was closed in 1991. Horrington is situated 1½ miles south of Mendip transmitting station.
Wells
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wells is the smallest city in England, with a population of around 10,000. It is in Somerset in the south-west of the country. The city is dominated by the magnificent Gothic cathedral and is famous for its remarkably intact ecclesiastical quarter.
Wookey Hole
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wookey Hole is a village in Somerset, England. It is the location of the Wookey Hole show caves. Wookey Hole is situated 2½ miles west of Mendip transmitting station.
Mendip transmitting station
- Category: transmitter station
- Location: St Cuthbert Out, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.23715° or 51° 14′ 14″ northLongitude
-2.62567° or 2° 37′ 32″ westOperator
ArqivaOpen location code
9C3V69PF+VPOpenStreetMap ID
way 131492308OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercialWikidata ID
Q6816653
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