The Wrekin transmitting station, Wellington

Name: The Wrekin transmitting station
Address: Wellington, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Wellington

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The Wrekin transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on The Wrekin, a hill in the county of Shropshire, England. It includes a 52 metres tall free-standing lattice tower with transmitting antennas attached at various heights. The DTT transmitting arrays add about another 10m to this. It broadcasts digital television, alongside digital and FM radio. The station was first proposed in 1966. As The Wrekin is a local beauty spot, many objections had to be overcome and alternative sites analysed before planning consent was given. The transmitter opened in 1975. The building is semi-underground and the tower stands on its roof. ()

Coordinates: 52°40'15"N, 2°33'1"W

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The Wrekin transmitting station – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Wrekin, Sunnycroft, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron, Darby Houses.

~650 ftSW
Natural attraction, Hiking trail, Park
The Wrekin, Telford
4 min walk • The Wrekin is a hill in east Shropshire, England. It is located some five miles west of Telford, on the border between the unitary authorities of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.
2.2 miNE
Museum, Historical place, Garden
Sunnycroft, Wellington
57 min walk • Sunnycroft is a Victorian suburban villa, located in Wellington, Shropshire.
3.3 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron, Telford
83 min walk • The Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. The museum is based in the village of Coalbrookdale in the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England within a World Heritage Site, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
3.1 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Darby Houses, Telford
80 min walk • The Darby Houses museum is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. It is based in the village of Coalbrookdale in the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England within a World Heritage Site, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
2.6 miS
Stone remains of a 12th-century church
Buildwas Abbey, Ironbridge
67 min walk • Buildwas Abbey was a Cistercian monastery located on the banks of the River Severn, at Buildwas, Shropshire, England - today about two miles west of Ironbridge.
3.4 miSE
Bridge
Albert Edward Bridge, Telford
87 min walk • The Albert Edward Bridge is a railway bridge spanning the River Severn at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England.
1.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
The Ercall, Telford
33 min walk • The Ercall is a small hill in Shropshire, England, between The Wrekin and Wellington. It is an internationally important geological site, part of The Wrekin and The Ercall Site of Special Scientific Interest.
3.3 miSE
Educational exhibits alongside a gorge
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Ironbridge
83 min walk • The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is an industrial heritage organisation which runs ten museums and manages multiple historic sites within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Shropshire, England, widely considered as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
3.3 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum
Enginuity, Ironbridge
85 min walk • Enginuity is an interactive design and technology centre in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England. It is the newest of the ten museums operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and was opened in 2002.
3.3 miSE
Village, Area
Coalbrookdale, Telford
83 min walk • Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. It lies within the civil parish called the Gorge. This is where iron ore was first smelted by Abraham Darby using easily mined "coking coal".
3.3 miSE
Museum
Museum of the Gorge, Telford
83 min walk • The Museum of the Gorge, originally the Severn Warehouse, is one of the ten museums of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. It portrays the history of the Ironbridge Gorge and the surrounding area of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England.

The Wrekin transmitting station, Wellington

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The Wrekin transmitting station – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)