Pur Down BT Tower

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location =Bristol, England
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Pur Down BT Tower was built in 1970 and is located on a hill (Purdown) just north of the city centre of Bristol, in the Lockleaze suburb, UK (National Grid Reference: ST610764). It is one of twelve reinforced concrete towers owned by BT in the UK. It is used mainly for point-to-point microwave links and forms part of the British Telecom microwave network.

It is one of the few telecommunication towers in the UK built of reinforced concrete. There is a second set of foundations to the side of the tower that was part of a smaller tower that collapsed.Fact|date=April 2007

It is also used for radio broadcasting to the Bristol area, and carries the following services:

Channels listed by Frequency

* Analogue Radio (VHF FM)
** 97.2 MHz Vibe 101
** 101.4 MHz Classic FM
** 107.2 MHz Star Radio

* Digital Radio (DAB)
** 222.06 MHz (Block 11D) Digital One
** 225.65 MHz (Block 12B) BBC

Media

* The tower is briefly featured on the Skins Series 2 opening credits.

ee also

*BT Tower (disambiguation)
*List of towers

External links

* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/pur-down.php The Transmission Gallery: Pur Down Transmitter photographs and information]
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=360000&Y=177500&width=500&height=300&gride=361000&gridn=176400&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&in
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* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/344626@N23/ Purdown Transmitter pictures on Flickr]