Belmont transmitting station
The Belmont Transmitter is a television and radio mast, situated close to the village of Donington on Bain, near Market Rasen and Louth in Lincolnshire, England (grid reference TF217837).
At 1265 feet (385 m), it is the tallest structure in the UK (and in the European Union). Constructed in 1965, 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.) In 1967 meteorological equipment was added to the mast extending its height to 1272ft (388m). 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.
Channels listed by Frequency
- Analogue Radio (FM VHF)
- 88.8 MHz - BBC Radio 2
- 90.9 MHz - BBC Radio 3
- 93.1 MHz - BBC Radio 4
- 94.9 MHz - BBC Radio Lincolnshire
- 98.3 MHz - BBC Radio 1
- 100.5 MHz - Classic FM
- 102.2 MHz - Lincs FM
- Digital Radio (DAB)
- Block 11D: 222.064 MHz - Digital One
- Block 12B: 225.648 MHz - BBC
- Analogue Television
- Digital Television