MY wife and I took a trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park – which is an absolutely brilliant day out, by the way. As we left, far in the distance, we spotted a very tall tower, several hundred feet tall, miles away. While we’re sure it wasn’t an electri

It was the Emley Moor Mast.

At 1084ft high, it is the 23rd tallest tower in the world and the tallest freestanding structure in the UK – 66ft taller than The Shard in London.

Grade 2 listed, the concrete mast is used for telecommunications and broadcasting.

Emley Moor has been a transmission site since the earliest days of TV, and the present mast is the third structure to occupy the site.