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Pye Green
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Location in Staffordshire
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| Location |
Pye Green, Staffordshire |
| Tower height |
96.9 metres (318 ft) |
| Coordinates |
52°43′43″N 2°01′11″W / 52.728655°N 2.019655°W / 52.728655; -2.019655 |
| Grid reference |
SJ987142 |
Pye Green BT Tower is a 96.9 metres (318 ft) tall telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete at Pye Green, Staffordshire, England . Standing in The Chase it is one of fourteen telecommunication towers in the United Kingdom built of reinforced concrete. Pye Green was constructed as part of the British Cold War "Backbone" radio communications network.
Its combination of elevation and height give it line-of-sight to the BT Tower in Birmingham.
Services available
Analogue radio (FM VHF)
| Frequency |
kW |
Service |
| 96.9 MHz |
0.2 |
Signal 1 |
Digital radio (DAB)
| Frequency |
Block |
kW |
Operator |
| 229.072 MHz |
12D |
0.85 |
Stoke & Stafford |
| 225.648 MHz |
12B |
1.75 |
BBC National DAB |
| 218.064 MHz |
11B |
0.6 |
Wolverhampton & Shropshire |
