Gardens · London
Tatsfield Receiving Station
In or near Tatsfield.
Tatsfield Receiving Station — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
David Anstiss — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Oxted · 3.7 km
- Dog-friendly
About
Tatsfield Receiving Station is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Surrey Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Tatsfield Receiving Station – known formally as the BBC Engineering Measurement and Receiving Station – was a radio broadcasting signals-receiving and frequency-measuring facility operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on the North Downs just south of London in the United Kingdom. The station was in operation between 1929 and 1974.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The BBC set up its first receiving station at Keston in Kent (now in the London Borough of Bromley) in 1925, measuring the frequencies of BBC and foreign transmitters and picking up continental broadcasts to be relayed by the BBC. The work of the Keston station was moved the short distance to the new Tatsfield facility in 1929, initially with a staff of three. The station expanded considerably during the 1930s and by the start of the Second World War had a staff of 20. The war saw a further expansion in activities and staff. The number of personnel on the official BBC "establishment" for Tatsfield rose to 72 by 1945, though many of these were seconded to work at BBC Monitoring for the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.2900, 0.0100
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Tandridge
- Parish
- Tatsfield
- Postcode
- TN16 2JT
- Parliamentary constituency
- East Surrey
- Established
- 1929
- Nearest railway station
- Oxted — 3.7 km
- Official site
- books.google.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q42417691 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tatsfield Receiving Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tatsfield Receiving Station?
- Tatsfield Receiving Station is in Surrey, London, United Kingdom (postcode TN16 2JT), in the parish of Tatsfield.
- What is Tatsfield Receiving Station?
- Tatsfield Receiving Station — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Tatsfield Receiving Station?
- The nearest railway station is Oxted, about 3.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode TN16 2JT.
- When was Tatsfield Receiving Station built?
- Built or established in 1929.
- Who owns Tatsfield Receiving Station?
- Tatsfield Receiving Station is owned by | current_tenants = Vacated.
- Is Tatsfield Receiving Station a protected site?
- Yes — Tatsfield Receiving Station is part of the Surrey Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Tatsfield Receiving Station?
- The nearest railway station is Oxted, about 3.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TN16 2JT.