Long Mountain transmitting station
The Long Mountain transmitting station is sited on a 400 metres ridge about 4 kilometres east of Welshpool in Powys, Mid Wales and has been broadcasting UHF terrestrial TV and VHF FM radio services since the late 1970s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beacon Ring and Welshpool railway station.
Welshpool railway station
Railway station
Photo: Angella Streluk, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Welshpool railway station serves the town of Welshpool, in Powys, mid-Wales. It is a stop on the Cambrian Line between Shrewsbury and Machynlleth. The station was first opened in August 1860, but was resited a short distance away in May 1992 to allow for track realignment on the same day that the original closed. Welshpool railway station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Long Mountain transmitting station.
Church Of The Holy Trinity, Leighton
Church
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church Of The Holy Trinity, Leighton is situated 1½ miles west of Long Mountain transmitting station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trelystan and Buttington.
Trelystan
Hamlet
Photo: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trelystan is a remote parish and township on the border of the historic county of Montgomeryshire with Shropshire. Trelystan now forms part of the community of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan in Powys.
Buttington
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buttington is a village in Powys, Wales, less than 3 km from Welshpool and about 300 m from the River Severn, in the community of Trewern. The Montgomery Canal passes through the village. Buttington is situated 2 miles northwest of Long Mountain transmitting station.
Marton
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marton, also known as Marton-in-Chirbury, is a small village in Shropshire, England, 8 km southeast of Welshpool, and has a nearby lake called Marton Pool. Marton is situated 2½ miles southeast of Long Mountain transmitting station.
Long Mountain transmitting station
- Type: Industry
- Description: transmitter station in the UK
- Category: transmitter station
- Location: Forden with Leighton and Trelystan, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.64434° or 52° 38′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.08644° or 3° 5′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C4RJWV7+PCOpenStreetMap ID
way 628588276OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q6673018
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Slovenian—“Long Mountain transmitting station” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ロングマウンテン送信所”
- Slovenian: “oddajna postaja Long Mountain”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Long Mountain transmitting station”. Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.