Mountains & hills · Northern Ireland
Black Mountain transmitting station
Black Mountain transmitting station in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Black Mountain transmitting station is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Black Mountain transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated on Black Mountain to the west of the city of Belfast, on land 301 metres (988 ft) above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level) in Northern Ireland (grid reference J278727). It includes a guyed steel lattice mast which is 228.6 metres (750 ft) in height. The height of the top of the structure above mean sea level is 529 metres (1,736 ft). It is owned and operated by Arqiva.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 54.5869, -6.0222
- District
- Belfast
- Postcode
- BT17 0YY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Belfast West
- Established
- 1959
Sources
- wikidata: Q4921357 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Black Mountain transmitting station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Black Mountain transmitting station?
- Black Mountain transmitting station is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT17 0YY).
- When was Black Mountain transmitting station built?
- Built or established in 1959.
- Is Black Mountain transmitting station free to visit?
- Yes, Black Mountain transmitting station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Black Mountain transmitting station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT17 0YY. It sits within the Belfast West parliamentary constituency.