The Peterborough transmitting station is a
broadcasting
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and
telecommunications
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facility at
Morborne Hill, near
Peterborough
Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...
, ().
There are two tall structures on adjacent sites: a guyed steel lattice mast belonging to
Arqiva
Arqiva () is a British telecommunications company which provides infrastructure, broadcast transmission and smart meter facilities in the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered at the former Independent Broadcasting Authority headquart ...
, and a tall reinforced concrete tower belonging to
BT. These sites are known by their owners as 'Peterborough' and 'Morborne Hill' respectively.
Arqiva mast
A guyed high-steel lattice mast, belonging to
Arqiva
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, is used primarily for
FM broadcasting
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but carries many other services.
Originally, this mast was built for broadcasting television on
VHF Band I.
On 30 October 2004, the original mast was destroyed by a fire. It collapsed, seriously damaging the transmitter building at the base. Services were temporarily restored by transferring them to the adjacent BT tower and two temporary masts, including the
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emergency mast which was put in use for the first time.
in the UK. It is used mainly for point-to-point microwave links and forms part of BT's national telecommunications network. It was not damaged by the collapse of the Arqiva mast.