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Skelton Mast: the tallest structure in the UK!

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The Skelton transmitting station is a radio transmitter site located near Skelton, Cumbria, England approximately 5 miles north west of Penrith.

Its main purpose is shortwave broadcasting, the aerial being a 365m high guyed steel lattice mast, which is currently the tallest structure in the UK. Previously the tallest structure was the Belmont TV mast near Donington on Bain, Lincolnshire which was once 387m tall. However, on 5 October 2009 its height was reduced by about 35m as part of the switchover to digital broadcasting. Now standing at 351m tall the Belmont mast is the second tallest structure just beating the new Caldbeck mast, which is 337m tall, into third place.

To put this in perspective One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London (the tallest inhabited building in the UK) is a mere 235m high and the BT Tower is only 188m high.

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