Mendip Transmitting Station (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Mendip transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated on the summit of Pen Hill, part of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England, at 302.3 metres (992 ft) above sea level. The station is located in St Cuthbert Out civil parish in Mendip district. It includes a 281.6 metres (924 ft) tall mast, which was built in 1967 and weighs around 500 tonnes, the tallest structure in the south west of England. The mast broadcasts digital television, FM analogue radio and DAB digital radio, and broadcast analogue colour television from 1967 until 2010.On top of the mast is located a GRP aerial cylinder, which contains the analogue television transmitting antennas, and brings the total height of the structure to 305 metres (1,001 ft).