 Transmission Mast, Cottington Hill | |
  Hannington transmitting station (Hampshire) | |
| Mast height | 151.9 metres (498 ft) |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51°18′29″N 1°14′41″W / 51.3080°N 1.2447°W |
| Built | 1970 |
| BBC region | BBC South |
| ITV region | ITV Meridian (Thames Valley) |
| Local TV service | That's Thames Valley |
Hannington transmitting station is a television and radio transmitting station located on Cottington Hill near the village of Hannington, Hampshire. The transmitter is actually in the parish of Kingsclere. The station provides broadcast services to Berkshire, north Hampshire and parts of Surrey and Wiltshire, and includes a 131.4-metre (431 ft) guyed steel lattice mast. This includes cities and towns such as Basingstoke, Reading, Farnborough, Winchester, Andover, Newbury, Amesbury and Camberley. Surmounting the mast is a GRP aerial cylinder, which contains the UHF television transmitting antennas, which brings the overall height of the mast to 151.9 metres (498 ft).
Hannington's digital broadcasts were severely attenuated to the east before the digital switchover (DSO) so as not to cause co-channel interference with Guildford transmitter. Those restrictions were removed soon after DSO in 2012.
The transmitter has 8 local relays: Alton, Aldbourne, Chisbury, Hemdean, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Lambourn, The Bournes and Tidworth.[1]
- ^ "Hannington (including relays)". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 26 September 2024.