High Hunsley is a small hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds

Yorkshire Wolds

The Yorkshire Wolds are low hills in the counties of East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire in northeastern England. The name also applies to the district in which the hills lie....

 approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of Beverley

Beverley

Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley...

 town centre and 2 miles (3.2 km) north west of the village of Little Weighton

Little Weighton

Little Weighton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south west of Beverley town centre.Little Weighton forms part of the civil parish of Rowley....

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It forms part of the civil parish of Rowley

Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire

Rowley is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated south of Little Weighton and approximately south-west of Beverley town centre....

. It is situated on the B1230 road and the Yorkshire Wolds Way

Yorkshire Wolds Way

The Yorkshire Wolds Way is a National Trail in Yorkshire, England. It runs 79 miles from Hessle to Filey, around the Yorkshire Wolds...

 passes close to the west.

Transmitter site

To the west of the settlement is the 200 feet (61 m) High Hunsley transmitter which is used by local radio stations BBC Radio Humberside

BBC Radio Humberside

BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull on 1 April 1996....

, 96.9 Viking FM

96.9 Viking FM

96.9 Viking FM is an English Independent Local Radio station which has broadcast music and local information to the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire since 1984. It is based in Kingston upon Hull...

 and Capital Yorkshire. The ground around the transmitter is at a height of around 160 metres (524.9 ft) above sea level

Sea level

Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...

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Analogue radio

Frequency	kW	Service
95.9 MHz	9.6	BBC Radio Humberside BBC Radio Humberside BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull on 1 April 1996....
96.9 MHz	9.4	Viking FM
105.8 MHz	9.6	Capital FM

Digital radio

Frequency	Block	kW	Service	Notes
215.072 MHz	10D	N/A	MuxCo Lincolnshire MuxCo Lincolnshire MuxCo is the DAB multiplex operator for Lincolnshire. It serves and area similar to the analogue area served by Lincs FM.It is a consortium made up of two companies - Lincs FM PLC owning 51% with transmitter company National Grid Wireless owning the other 49%.The DAB licence was advertised by...	Awarded in 19 February 2008 but yet to launch
225.648 MHz	12B	2	BBC National DAB

External links

• High Hunsley transmitter.
• More High Hunsley mast from Richard Moore