The Emley Moor Tower | & A Collapse!

Join me as we take a look at the story of Emley Moor TV Transmitting Tower, the tallest free standing structure in the U.K, we talk through it's facts and figures and go back through the history of the site. We also take a look into the previous towers on the site and the Emley Moor Tower Collapse of 1969. Finishing by having a look at the tower lit up for the Tour de France when it visited Yorkshire in 2014.
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[@southleedsmemories2686]

Another great little video. Well done:-)

[@AdventureMe]

Thank You

[@seedubyu]

GREAT video, very interesting and informative. Well Done.

[@LUFCMOT50]

Really informative and interesting!

[@suesmith4366]

Brilliant 👍🏻 my ex worked on the rebuilding of the mast my daughter used to tell everyone my Dad built that. He is on the film a tale of a tower walking round the tower when they were building it. I can see the old mast out of my front window, if I’d have known you could of called in for a cuppa 😂

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Sue. I used to live in Shelley, and my back garden looked onto the mast.

[@richardclarke376]

These videos luckily started being surfaced by YT. Never heard of any of this. Absolutely fascinating - thanks for posting !

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for the tour, Darren. An amazing structure. Thanks for the video. Cheers mate.

[@Chris-ln6so]

Quite topical for those of us in North Yorkshire, since Bilsdale caught fire. Great video, as always.

[@shirleybedford3625]

Always know we are nearly home when we see the mast, and that out journey is nearly over

[@AdventureMe]

Same here

[@fredthebass185]

Fascinating video. Thanks. I'm watching from Spain where I now live, but I'm originally a Leeds lad (now 64).

[@charliedavies9160]

I live in Huddersfield so this is one of the landmarks near me

[@AdventureMe]

I used to live right next to it, but no more.

[@dct1]

Fascinating structure. I once stopped to take a look after visiting the mining museum at Caphouse. Those images at the end are superb.

[@billybritvic5500]

Just made a cuppa and sat down for another very enjoyable video. I remember when the tower collapsed, we had to retune the tv in order to receive Tyne Tees television. I remember all the adverts were for shops / stores up in the north east and all the stories on the local news station, (ours was Calendar) was about Tyneside etc..

[@jasinere35]

tyne tees

[@AlexanderWright1]

I went on a trip to the tower as part of my degree at York University. The day we visited, it was so foggy, you could not see the tower until your nose was pressed against it. We did get to go up. It has a cog powered lift in the centre. Going through the door in the base of the tower, where we could see little further than our outstretched hand to inside the tower, where it is almost completely open all the way up was very unusual. The lift travels up a steel formwork in the centre, that also supports the transmission cables. It stops near the top where there is an observation deck that circles the top of the tower. The main antenna are fitted to the top of the concrete on a short steel column. The deck is used to quickly point parabolic antenna where needed. The day I visited, outside was a uniform grey ;'(

[@robertbrice2108]

Fascinating stuff! What a brilliant video. I’m really liking your channel. When I’m driving up the M1 I always know I’m nearly home when I see Emley Moor!

[@AdventureMe]

Great to hear! Thanks for watching.

[@simontaylor9972]

Excellent info. Thank you.

[@alvadr570]

Drive past this everyday on the way to work. Such an amazing structure

[@nixtax3526]

Great vlog mate, really interesting. Thanks for uploading it.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@jfro5867]

Terrific video, nice production. Enjoyed that 👍

[@tonywright8294]

Guy cables lovely fella always gives you support when you need it ! 🤣

[@jeffallinson8089]

This was a fascinating video, great upload. I first saw the Tower from the M62 across Saddleworth Moor and I had to google what it was! I have driven past it on various routes many times since then and the sheer size of the tower blows me away every time.

[@rjones6219]

Its size is incomprehendable . If you go to the mast, you'll see some massive doors in the base, which obviousoy are for large vehicles with equipment. But they just look like an ordinary door. An optical illusion.

[@Keith19563]

Thanks for posting, very interesting.

[@infinitysearcher8858]

Thank you for a very interesting and informative piece.

[@FastAsFunk]

I used to live on the hill above Triangle near Sowerby Bridge and could see this mast. Genuinely iconic.

[@jameskellett2699]

My grandad once went up to the top of the mast when my uncle worked there. He said he could feel it sway slightly in the wind and said the view was incredible.

[@marli288]

Wow enjoyed the story, Breathtakeing pictures!

[@skareggae301]

Huddersfield has two iconic towers, Emley Moor and Castle Hill ,Not bad for a small town.

[@ianpeden2906]

That was really very good. thanks a lot. Great photos.

[@liveforeverprod1]

Great video! Thank you! I finally visited the tower today for the first time, hiking from Huddersfield. It was very impressive 👍🗼

[@sharpie842]

Thanks for sharing this. I had no idea it was that tall. Also subscribed to find out more on our lovely county.

[@grindelston5968]

Seeing as you're local, do you fancy doing a video on the Halifax bank HQ in Halifax, it's massive and even has a masons lodge built into it. The whole thing is a right sinister looking thing. It's built to withstand a nuclear blast because it's where they keep all the mortgage certificates safe. I just reckon it's up your street and would make a very interesting video

[@AdventureMe]

I would if they would let me inside.

[@residentelect]

Lol, I don't know if I'd be willing to test out your theory of the deed store (to give it it's proper title) being suitable to withstand a nuclear blast and subsequent fallout? However, as well as it being strong enough to protect it from fire, explosives, gunfire, flooding and seismic activity, redundancy was also built into the structure to allow it to remain intact if an airliner came down right on top of it 😳 So, if Mr Putin does decide to lob a few conventional ballistic missiles towards West Yorkshire, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more suitable shelter than underneath "the diamond" on Trinity Rd 😁

[@markparish9072]

Had a spell driving 7 plus years ago. spotted a tower when doing Yorkshire drops and wondered what it was, thanks. now I Know.

[@theaussieburwoodboy9943]

For me ...its a symbol of home....when coming home from places .....you see the mast ...and you know youre nearly home....

[@AdventureMe]

Me too, especially as you come down the hill towards sheffield from the south.

[@DeneF]

Lol@they started at the bottom. Brilliant. Interesting video. Many thanks.

[@mrsgenehunt48]

Absolutely fascinating. BTW Happy Yorkshire Day🎉 How you present these videos makes history even more exciting. Seeing someone's drive and passion about any particular item makes it more interesting and appealing. I personally believe having a visual makes you remember it better. Great work Darren. 👏 (Jan aka Mrs GeneHunt)

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks. This is one of my weaker ones. It was my third ever video made.

[@janetturner7489]

Always seen this from the train on the way to Wakefield and knew I would soon be with mum and dad at their home in Lepton. Have seen it from the ECML too. Great vid!

[@busterboy7505]

Interesting video, well done 👍.

[@NOWThatsRichy]

Very interesting content, especially about the collapse of the old tower. I've always been fascinated by the various transmitter masts & towers, Right, time to zip up my anorak! The nearest ones to me, being based in Portsmouth, are the two on the Isle of Wight, at Rowridge (TV & BBC FM radio transmissions) & Chillerton Down (which now transmits Commercial radio & DAB radio signals) at a height of about 1,000 feet, these two masts can be seen for many miles around Hampshire & transmit to a large part of the South coast of England. Great music on the soundtrack here too.

[@duvalian]

I could see this quite clearly from my bedroom window as a kid on the Westwood estate in Middleton. I still look out for it when coming back home from the south where I currently live, and feel a sense of home when it comes into view…

[@celebrationballoonsofrothw2706]

Another very informative video. A DJ friend and colleague of mine lives at Emley about a mile from the mast, it's a very impressive structure.

[@AdventureMe]

Great to hear!

[@Misteryowl]

Thanks for this. Have always found the tower fascinating. I can see it very well on a clear day from North Derbyshire. It's a beast.

[@AdventureMe]

It is. Icon of Yorkshire.

[@robemley6130]

I loved watching this because I am an Emley, and knew about Emley Moor, but never knew about Emley Moor Tower. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah for those that might have been curious. Bang up job on the video.

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you

[@grindelston5968]

Google earth has a good 3D shot of it

[@boborbob7579]

Thanks every time I was up that way i kept meaning to look itup but never got round to it, now I know

[@shytot4x4]

The original mast fell down on 19th March 1969. I was watching TV at the time the signal was cut. I remember my dad taking me to see the debris and we grabbed a couple of bits of the fibreglass cladding as souvenirs. I was 8 years old at the time.

[@AdventureMe]

Must have been exciting at the time. Thanks for watching.

[@methanoid]

Very much enjoyed my trip up the tower in the ratchet mechanism lift. Fabulous view of Yorkshire from the viewing platform at the top. Got my cert also

[@paulhammal7231]

Enjoyed that!

[@adrianhudson9473]

See the tower regularly from the top of Garrowby Hill on the other side of York on the way to Bridlington. Fascinating as usual and been on the bucket list for most of my life to go up the tower

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah I've seen it from there too.

[@simonrichardson5077]

nice one darren,thanks

[@jordylyons4648]

Absolutely love the intro of this video its phenomenal👌👏

[@AdventureMe]

Not my best lol

[@gabjen7548]

Interesting, thanks man. I lived near the mast for 20 years and can still see it now even when I moved house.

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SheardTV1]

Went up Emley Moor transmitter in 1992 when I started working at Calendar News. I’m pretty sure you could see a trench in the floor from above where the original mast had left an imprint when it fell. It also swayed around a bit at the top which was fun!

[@AdventureMe]

You're lucky to do that