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Photos by Scott Henderson Page last updated: 2023-10-12
Ballycastle Forest Co. Antrim
NGR: D118397 Maps: Google  Bing (Ord Surv)   Site Height:       Structure Height: 35m
Digital TV: BBC A: 23   D3&4: 26   BBC B: 30  
National Radio:
Local Radio:
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B  
Comments: Ballycastle Forest is a relay of Limavady. Pre B700 allocations: 45/42/39.

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The Ballycastle Forest transmitter is a relay of Limavady, and provides TV reception to the town of Ballycastle, on the north coast of Northern Ireland. The town is a popular destination for tourists, being situated near to the Giant's Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge and Rathlin Island.

Finding the transmitter was fairly easy, although on my visit, the access track was starting to look a bit overgrown!

BBC FM Radio is transmitted from a different site on the other side of town.

Ballycastle Forest was originally an IBA landlord site which entered service on 17-Nov-1978 to serve 2,850 people. Channel 4 was added in November 1984. DSO was on 10 and 24-Oct-2012.













Ballycastle

This site is now included in the Update List for the following reason:
New BBC DAB installation, antenna 35 m agl. UHF trough likely to have been replaced due to B700 at Limavady

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