Burghead Transmitting Station, Burghead

Name: Burghead Transmitting Station
Address: Burghead, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Burghead

Top attraction, Tower

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The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead in Scotland for long wave and medium wave radio transmission that started service on 12 October 1936. The site is owned by Arqiva and houses a long wave radio transmitter on 198 kHz broadcasting BBC Radio 4 and two medium wave radio transmitters, broadcasting BBC Radio 5 Live on 693 kHz and BBC Radio Scotland on 810 kHz. The long wave transmitter is part of a network transmitting on the same frequency, the other transmitters being Droitwich and Westerglen. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°41'57"N, 3°28'15"W

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Burghead United Kingdom

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Day trips

Burghead Transmitting Station – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Duffus Castle, Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, Kinloss Abbey, Burghead Fort.

4.1 miE
Medieval ruins with informational boards
Duffus Castle, Elgin
105 min walk • Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and was in use from c. 1140 to 1705. During its occupation it underwent many alterations.
5.2 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, Lossiemouth
132 min walk • Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, originally belonging to the Northern Lighthouse Board, is built on top of a small headland on the south coast of the Moray Firth at Covesea, near Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland.
5.7 miSW
Monastery
Kinloss Abbey, Forres
147 min walk • Kinloss Abbey is a Cistercian abbey at Kinloss in the county of Moray, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I and was first colonised by monks from Melrose Abbey. It received its Papal Bull from Pope Alexander III in 1174, and later came under the protection of the Bishop of Moray in 1187.
1 miW
Archaeological site
Burghead Fort, Burghead
26 min walk • Burghead Fort was a Pictish promontory fort on the site now occupied by the small town of Burghead in Moray, Scotland. It was one of the earliest power centres of the Picts and was three times the size of any other enclosed site in Early Medieval Scotland.
5.5 miSW
57°39'6"N • 3°35'25"W
Findhorn Bay Holiday Park, Findhorn
141 min walk • Park
6 miSW
57°39'46"N • 3°37'11"W
Findhorn Marina, Findhorn
155 min walk • Sailing, Marina
2.1 miS
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Roseisle distillery
55 min walk • Roseisle is a distillery of Speyside single malt Scotch whisky, in Roseisle, near Elgin, Morayshire, in the Strathspey region of Scotland. The distillery is owned by multinational drinks company Diageo. The distillery opened in 2010 and is the largest-ever built at 3,000 sq m and a cost of £40million.
6.4 miSE
Football, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Borough Briggs, Elgin
164 min walk • Borough Briggs is a football ground in Elgin, Moray, Scotland and is the most northerly football league stadium in Great Britain. This venue is the home ground of Elgin City who currently play in the Scottish League Two.
5.7 miSW
Village
Kinloss
145 min walk • Kinloss is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay, around 3 miles from Findhorn and 2.5 miles from Forres. Northeast of the village is Kinloss Barracks, formerly RAF Kinloss which opened on 1 April 1939.