Pye Green BT Tower

Pye Green

Pye Green BT Tower, from a hot air balloon
Location	Pye Green, Staffordshire
Tower height	96.9 metres (318 ft)
Coordinates	52°43′43″N 2°01′11″W
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 (grid reference SJ987142). Standing in Cannock Chase it is one of the few 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.

Cannock Radio logo

Local community radio station Cannock Radio uses the Pye Green BT Tower in its logo to show that it is a local radio station that covers Cannock. The station has used the tower in its logo since its launch in 2014.

Services available

Analogue radio (FM VHF)

Frequency	kW	Service
96.9 MHz	0.2	Signal 1

Digital radio (DAB)

Frequency	Block	kW	Operator
223.936 MHz	12A	0.25	MXR West Midlands
229.072 MHz	12D	0.85	Stoke & Stafford

See also

• British Telecom microwave network
• Telecommunications towers in the United Kingdom

References

• Campbell, D., 1983. War Plan UK, p243, p245. Paladin edition. ISBN 0-586-08479-7.
• Laurie, P., 1983. Beneath the City Streets, p. 243, p. 246. Granada edition. ISBN 0-586-05055-8.
• The National Archives (UK), 1956-1962. Proposed relay station sites for the General Post Office ("The Backbone Scheme"). File No. COU1/38.
• Fox, S., and Lamont, R., 2003. The Towers of Backbone.

External links

• The Transmission Gallery: photographs, coverage maps and information