If you live in the area you can’t have missed it. It looks like a mini Post office Tower perched on the hill near where the road splits towards Wotton-under-Edge and Dursley.
Obviously there’s no restaurant at the top of the tower like the one in London has and the way in isn’t very glamorous either.
It’s changed over the years, mostly it looks like communication isn’t its strong point any longer as all the dishes and aerials have been removed. There’s more of those on the TV transmitter across the road!
The photos below show how it used to look. I’m not sure of the date but the photos (slides) were probably taken in the 90’s. As you can see, it had a lot of antennas on it back then!
The dishes would have been lined up with other communications towers. Most of that traffic is probably now carried over the Internet or via satellite links.
The approach road from the A4135 has some great views looking down the valley into Wotton.
Access to it is easy, take the road to Ozleworth Park and the road splits to go either side of it. If you’re into towers such as this it’s worth a look. If it’s largely redundant it might get pulled down.
If anybody has any technical info on the tower or photos taken from the top they don’t mind me publishing please contact me.
I’ve put a video of it on the Stroudie Central YouTube channel.
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