Washford transmitting station
Washford transmitting station is a medium wave broadcasting station and low-power digital terrestrial television relay near Washford, Somerset. A smaller 45.7 metres mast is used to relay digital terrestrial television services from the Mendip transmitting station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Commerce
- Description: transmitting station
- Also known as: “Washford MF” and “Washford Transmitting Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tropiquaria and Washford railway station.
Tropiquaria
Zoo
Tropiquaria Zoo is a small tropical house and zoo in Somerset, England. It is located at Washford Cross, 16 miles from Taunton and 9 miles from Minehead. Tropiquaria is situated 590 feet south of Washford transmitting station.
Washford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Washford railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in England. The station is situated in the village of Washford, which is itself within the civil parish of Old Cleeve in the county of Somerset. Washford railway station is situated 1 mile west of Washford transmitting station.
Cleeve Abbey
Ruins
Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cleeve Abbey is a medieval monastery located near the Washford River and village of Washford, in the English county of Somerset. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument. Cleeve Abbey is situated 3,900 feet west of Washford transmitting station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Washford and Old Cleeve.
Washford
Village
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Washford is a village on the Washford River in the civil parish of Old Cleeve, Somerset, England. The village is next to Cleeve Abbey, one of the best-preserved medieval monasteries in England.
Old Cleeve
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Cleeve is a village 5 miles south east of Minehead in Somerset, England, and also a civil parish. The civil parish of Old Cleeve covers an area of 2,092 hectares and includes the villages of Old Cleeve, Roadwater and Washford as well as hamlets such as Bilbrook, Chapel Cleeve, Golsoncott and Leighland Chapel.
Watchet
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Watchet is a harbour town in Somerset. It is also a popular holiday destination and is a stop on the West Somerset Railway.
Washford transmitting station
- Categories: transmitter station and building
- Location: Williton, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.16165° or 51° 9′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.34799° or 3° 20′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C3R5M62+MROpenStreetMap ID
way 29698615OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercialWikidata ID
Q7971491
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Washford transmitting station” goes by many names.
- German: “Sender Washford”
- German: “Washford Transmitting Station”
- “Washford Transmitting Station”
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