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Caldbeck transmitting station
The Caldbeck transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the village of Caldbeck, in Cumbria, England (Grid Reference: NY299425). It is owned and operated by Arqiva. It includes a 337-metre-high (1,106 ft) guyed steel lattice mast, which is the third highest structure in the United Kingdom. The transmission antennas surmounting the structure are contained within a fibreglass cylinder.
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For administrative purposes, Brackenthwaite lies within the civil parish of Westward, the Cumberland unitary authority area, and the county of Cumbria. It is within the Penrith and Solway constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament.
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The Nobel prize winner William Henry Bragg was born in Westward in 1862.
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Sandale transmitting station
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The station is situated on the Caldbeck Fells close to the B5299 road and eight miles south of Wigton. Its mast is 153 metres (502 ft) high.
Until 1993 it broadcast Radio Solway. Now it broadcasts BBC Radio Scotland on the same frequency.
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