The Storeton Transmitter is located on top of Storeton Hill in a wood, above the town of Bebington, Wirral. The Transmitter is a relay of Winter Hill for Liverpool across the Mersey from the Wirral Peninsula.
I use to live a lot closer to the mast than I do now (only about half a mile) I never needed an aerial - I got perfect reception with nothing attached to my TV!
Originally a BBC landlord site, TV channels 1 - 3 entered service in September 1979. At first this may seem surprisingly late for what is the ninth largest UHF relay by population served, and serving a large city, until it is appreciated that Liverpool was already served by the UHF transmissions from Moel-y-Parc, albeit with Welsh programming. Therefore as the main purpose of Storeton was to bring the correct national programming to Liverpool, I assume the site wasn't considered a priority.
Channel 4 was added in July 1983 and Channel 5 was available from the launch on 30th March 1997.
BBC and Independent local radio for Liverpool are transmitted from Allerton Park, however a transmitter for a local radio station for the Wirral (Buzz radio 97.1 MHz), was added to Storeton in 1999. |
