Editing Mendip transmitting station (section)

{{Short description|Broadcasting and telecommunications facility}}
{{More sources|date=March 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK Transmitter |
|name = Mendip
|image = Mendipmastjune2005.jpg 
|caption = The Mendip UHF television mast
|map_name = Somerset
|coordinates = {{coord|51.2370|-2.6253|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|height = {{cvt|293|m}}
|gridref=ST564488
|built = 1967
|demolished = 
|collapsed = 
|BBC = [[BBC West]]
|ITV = {{plainlist|
* [[ITV West Country]]
* (formerly [[ITV Wales & West|ITV West]])
}}
|localtv = [[TalkBristol]]
}}

The '''Mendip transmitting station''' is a [[broadcasting]] and [[telecommunication]]s facility on the summit of [[Pen Hill]], part of the [[Mendip Hills]] range in Somerset, England, at {{convert|305|m|ft|0}} above sea level. The station is in [[St Cuthbert Out]] [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]], approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} north-east of [[Wells, Somerset|Wells]]. Its mast, {{Cvt|293|m}} high, was built in 1967 and is the tallest structure in [[South West England]]. The mast broadcasts digital television, FM analogue radio and DAB digital radio, and had broadcast analogue colour television from 1967 until 2010.