The Tinshill BT Tower is a telecommunication tower located on the east side of Otley Old Road in the north of Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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, England

England

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. It is in an elevated part of Leeds, with its base 192 metres above sea level.
It is one of twelve BT towers

BT Tower (disambiguation)

BT Group owns at least 200 radio masts and towers in Britain. Of these, twelve are reinforced concrete towers. The rest are of steel lattice construction....

 built of reinforced concrete.

In 2002, prompted by a request from the local MP, Harold Best

Harold Best

Harold Best is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Meanwood County Secondary School and worked as an electrical technician. He was Member of Parliament for Leeds North West from the 1997 general election until he retired at the 2005 general election. He is a...

, it was the subject of a study by the Health Protection Agency

Health Protection Agency

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, who concluded that the radio emissions from its various transmitters, were well below levels which might cause a risk to health for people nearby.

See also

• British Telecom microwave network
  British Telecom microwave network
  The British Telecom microwave network was a network of point-to-point microwave radio links in the United Kingdom, operated at first by the General Post Office, and subsequently by its successor BT plc...
  
  
• BT Tower (disambiguation)
  BT Tower (disambiguation)
  BT Group owns at least 200 radio masts and towers in Britain. Of these, twelve are reinforced concrete towers. The rest are of steel lattice construction....
  
  
• Radio masts and towers
  Radio masts and towers
  Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. They are among the tallest man-made structures...
  
  
• List of towers