- The
Pontop Pike
transmitting station is a
facility for
telecommunications and
broadcasting situated on a 312-metre (1,024-ft) high hill of the same name...
- of the
surrounding landscape is
rough moorland,
dominated by the
nearby Pontop Pike
television mast. Not far from semi-rural Derwentside, however, is the...
-
along the A692 road.
Originally a
series of
hamlets and
settlements such as
Pontop, West Nook,
Colliery ****s and the
township of Collierley, by 1820 the name...
- partnership, and the
heavily indebted partners floated a new company, the
Pontop and
South Shields Railway, to
continue operation and take over the debt...
- this
episode was not
shown in full on this date
after lightning struck the
Pontop Pike
transmitter and
knocked out transmission. A
special repeat scheduled...
- and ****bria and ITV Tyne Tees.
Television signals are
received from the
Pontop Pike TV
transmitter Radio stations that
broadcast to the area are: BBC Local...
- east. To the west of
Catchgate was
Pontop village, now no more than a few bungalows,
dominated by the
enormous Pontop Pike
television and
radio transmitter...
-
National radio comes from
Bilsdale on the
North York
Moors for Teesside,
Pontop Pike in
County Durham for Tyne and Wear, and
Chatton near
Wooler for Northumberland...
- to
Leadgate and Consett. It is
situated on a crossroads, with
Dipton and
Pontop Pike
Television Transmitter (which
towers over East Castle) to the north...
- and ****bria and ITV Tyne Tees.
Television signals are
received from the
Pontop Pike TV transmitter.
Local radio stations are BBC
Radio Newcastle, Heart...