Wotton-under-Edge BT Tower, Gloucestershire
Climbed in the excellent company of @WhoDerpsWins
The tower is just over 76m, or 250 ft, high. As with the other towers built in this style, it's made of reinforced concrete known as the 'Chilterns' design. As far as I can tell, it started operating in 1964 or thereabouts.
The tower had programmed routes towards Stokenchurch (Buckinghamshire), Purdown (Bristol - big up!) and Corsham (Wiltshire). As of 2010, the large dishes, or horns, facing the other towers had been removed and now only a couple of smaller ones remain.
Not a huge amount to say about this one, really. A sudden obsession with the idea of tackling some more of the offering of BT Towers across the country led us to our closest in Gloucestershire. Not the tallest, but also not the shortest so for such an easy, pleasant and remote location, it made for a very enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours.
As with most of the towers nowadays the majority of transmitting equipment has now been removed and the structure seems almost redundant.
We were treated to a blinder of a sunset as we left the site, too. Beautiful skies paired with some forlorn-looking BT infrastructure; heaven.
First external platform
Still waiting for that sponsorship #exploringwithconverse
Back in and upwards - the tower narrows considerably at this point
Climbed in the excellent company of @WhoDerpsWins
The tower is just over 76m, or 250 ft, high. As with the other towers built in this style, it's made of reinforced concrete known as the 'Chilterns' design. As far as I can tell, it started operating in 1964 or thereabouts.
The tower had programmed routes towards Stokenchurch (Buckinghamshire), Purdown (Bristol - big up!) and Corsham (Wiltshire). As of 2010, the large dishes, or horns, facing the other towers had been removed and now only a couple of smaller ones remain.
Not a huge amount to say about this one, really. A sudden obsession with the idea of tackling some more of the offering of BT Towers across the country led us to our closest in Gloucestershire. Not the tallest, but also not the shortest so for such an easy, pleasant and remote location, it made for a very enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours.
As with most of the towers nowadays the majority of transmitting equipment has now been removed and the structure seems almost redundant.
We were treated to a blinder of a sunset as we left the site, too. Beautiful skies paired with some forlorn-looking BT infrastructure; heaven.
First external platform
Still waiting for that sponsorship #exploringwithconverse
Back in and upwards - the tower narrows considerably at this point
