Belmont Transmitter is a television and radio mast, situated close to the village of Donington on Bain, near Market Rasen and Louth in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
At 1265 feet (385 m), it is the tallest structure in the UK (and in the European Union). Constructed in 1959, it came into service on December 20 of that year. (An identical mast was constructed in 1964 at Emley Moor near Huddersfield in Yorkshire, but that mast collapsed due to guy failure caused by icing and high winds on March 19, 1969.)
From its location, high in the Lincolnshire Wolds, it is used to broadcast both analogue and digital television and radio to parts of Lincolnshire, north Nottinghamshire, north-west Norfolk, Hull and East Yorkshire.
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External Links
- Belmont entry on www.structurae.net
- Photographs of Belmont
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b533
