 165m (pre-DSO) mast at Tacolneston | |
  Tacolneston transmitting station (Norfolk) | |
| Location | Wymondham Road, Tacolneston, Norfolk |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 52°31′04″N 1°08′20″E / 52.517778°N 1.138889°E |
| Grid reference | TM131958 |
| Built | 1954, August 1956 |
| BBC region | BBC East |
| ITV region | ITV Anglia |
| Local TV service | That's Norfolk |
| Digital switchover | 9 November 2011 / 23 November 2011 |
The Tacolneston transmitting station is a facility for both analogue and digital VHF/FM radio and UHF television transmission near Tacolneston, 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Norwich, Norfolk, England.
It includes a 206.1 metres (676 ft) tall guyed steel lattice mast, which was built between 2009 and 2012, and previously a 149.0 metres (489 ft) tall guyed steel lattice mast, which was built in 1956 (completed in late September/early October that year). On top of the current mast is located the UHF television transmitting antenna, which brings the overall height of the structure to 206.1 metres (676 ft) (the overall height of the previous mast being 165.0 metres (541 ft)).[1]
The transmitter provides broadcast television and radio services to Norfolk and north Suffolk. However, northwestern parts of Norfolk including King's Lynn and Wells-next-the-Sea receive better TV signals from the Belmont TV transmitter situated in north Lincolnshire but the local relay transmitters in both towns are transmitted from the Tacolneston transmitter. [2] [3]
- ^ South Norfolk District Council planning application, January 2008
- ^ "Freeview Light on the Kings Lynn (Norfolk, England) transmitter". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ "Freeview Light on the Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, England) transmitter". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 28 November 2023.