The present concrete tower is the third antenna support structure to have occupied the site. In 2021, the antenna was removed due to technical errors and it was replaced by a shorter antenna of 11 m (36 ft) but the structure still remains the tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.Įmley Moor has been a transmission site since the earliest days of commercial television in the UK. The tower's current official name, The Arqiva Tower, is shown on a sign beside the offices at the base of the tower, but it is commonly known just as "Emley Moor Mast". When built it was the sixth tallest freestanding structure in the world after the Ostankino Tower, the Empire State Building, 875 North Michigan Avenue (known as The John Hancock Center), the Berliner Fernsehturm and Tokyo Tower. It was the seventh tallest freestanding structure and was fourth tallest tower in the European Union before Brexit. It is the tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom, and 25th tallest tower in the world. It is protected under UK law as a Grade II listed building. It is made up of a 1,047 ft (319 m) concrete tower and apparatus that began to transmit in 1971. The Emley Moor transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on Emley Moor, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village centre of Emley, in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.
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