Challenge... ugliest and prettiest phone mast

Thine Wonk · 21/02/15 - 19:44

As people have been posting phone mast pictures here recently, I thought some members here would like this challenge. Find the UK's ugliest and the UK's prettiest phone mast.

Let the nominations begin.

clewsy · 21/02/15 - 20:06

What's the prize and judging panel? Lol

Minardi · 21/02/15 - 20:21

Not got a proper pic, cheating with sreetview! https://goo.gl/maps/RYKiO

It's not that easy to see, but there's a big mast, and then to the right (just poking above the hedge) is one of those Orange tree type masts. What was the point, when there's a socking great tower next to it?!

Thine Wonk · 21/02/15 - 20:51

clewsy wrote: »

What's the prize and judging panel? Lol

Your prize is a weeks holiday camping at your favourite base station.

d123 · 21/02/15 - 20:57

Thine Wonk wrote: »

Your prize is a weeks holiday camping at your favourite base station.

So a prize that only Devon will appreciate ;-).

clewsy · 21/02/15 - 20:57

Thine Wonk wrote: »

Your prize is a weeks holiday camping at your favourite base station.

I shall take part then. I wonder if the rest of the DS mast lovers would care to join me should I be successful?

clewsy · 21/02/15 - 20:58

Minardi wrote: »

Not got a proper pic, cheating with sreetview! https://goo.gl/maps/RYKiO

It's not that easy to see, but there's a big mast, and then to the right (just poking above the hedge) is one of those Orange tree type masts. What was the point, when there's a socking great tower next to it?!

Wooooo I think we need to have real personal snaps and not google ones.Tests the dedication to the cause.

totalhysteria · 21/02/15 - 22:37

Ugly 'orange' lamppost mast

http://i.imgur.com/yFCS4tk.jpg

Thine Wonk · 22/02/15 - 11:53

Streetview pictures are ok, otherwise it'll turn into a Clewsy and Devonbloke face off!

matty1000kk · 22/02/15 - 12:04

http://goo.gl/maps/LPXKh - might need to zoom out a bit.

Not sure if it counts as pretty but this was originally a Three mast now MBNl (3G only). I believe Three built a few of these concealed type masts when they were struggling for planning permission.

John_Patrick · 22/02/15 - 13:27

How about this as a hidden one:

https://goo.gl/maps/psR00

Public house in Felixstowe.

Thine Wonk · 22/02/15 - 13:33

Ah wow! I think that's the best so far... Which network?

ConnorL9382 · 22/02/15 - 14:05

Three according to SiteFinder.

http://i.imgur.com/FRQUIQg.png

rasseru16 · 22/02/15 - 14:09

If only sitefinder got regular updates...

Zebb · 22/02/15 - 14:12

Orange mast? Was silver until they painted it green. http://goo.gl/maps/LCtgb

Dark 1 · 22/02/15 - 14:29

I've got one. Not sure if it's the prettiest or the ugliest, but it's certainly the weirdest mast I've ever seen.

The story goes that Orange needed to have a mast in this locality, but the council wouldn't allow planning permission for anything that didn't look like it belonged there. So they build a special mast to look like a grain hopper and put it in a farmyard.

imgbox.com/O4lJkrIm

Orange ref NOT0193 at post code NG9 3PQ.

Dark 1 · 22/02/15 - 14:39

I suppose the prettiest ones - relatively speaking of course - are the ones vaguely made to look like trees. Like this one:

imgbox.com/V5GPurv5

Orange ref NOT0137 at post code NG15 8AE.

Thine Wonk · 22/02/15 - 14:44

That's a very nice one, they even hid the cabinets away with bushes around the compound. When you think about it, they still have to be able to climb the pole unhindered by the branches too, so that's all quite clever.

psionic · 22/02/15 - 14:56

Dark 1 wrote: »

I suppose the prettiest ones - relatively speaking of course - are the ones vaguely made to look like trees. Like this one:

imgbox.com/V5GPurv5

Orange ref NOT0137 at post code NG15 8AE.

That's a very nice looking one

Where I am right now an extremely boring looking lamppost jobby.

DevonBloke · 22/02/15 - 18:43

Thine Wonk wrote: »

Streetview pictures are ok, otherwise it'll turn into a Clewsy and Devonbloke face off!

Yeah coz I might splash out on a proper Canon SLR with 2 grand zoom lens and then where would we be!!
Hahahaha

DevonBloke · 22/02/15 - 18:52

I do think the Alan Dick Orange tree masts were the best.
This is the one going into Totnes taken from much higher up. Zoom in to see it better.
Just imagine how bad a standard lattice tower would look here.
It's right on the edge of a small wooded area and you hardly notice it really.
Well I do obviously! hahaha
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.425061,-3.733411,3a,39.6y,8.52h,76.9t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sfz129Xv9_10QM23KuHg91A!2e0

Here it is taken from a lane that joins the main road..
If you go back to the map you can see it was put there to provide coverage to the railway line coming out of Totnes going towards Plymouth.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.428665,-3.734104,3a,22.1y,22.91h,87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s4d0O0UNx44HMBLJ3DIMAQg!2e0

DevonBloke · 22/02/15 - 19:08

Now, I'm going to praise O2 for a moment. Yes really.
First, the bad news.......
Here is the O2 3G coverage for South Devon. It's that little spot in Kingsbridge.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2e1uhfu8vbiyhjp/O2-South-Devon.JPG?dl=0
They have done no other major 3G in South Devon apart from Torquay and Plymouth oh and a little in Totnes.
Oh and it's 2100 as well so it actually works!
But to get that 3G in the town which appears to be to cover the Tescos and Morrisons there they have erected this mast which only looks weird because it's effectively a telegraph pole with no wires.
It actually looks like a wooden pole and even has the foot rests on it as you can see.
For anyone apart from me, you simply wouldn't notice it at all.
Well done O2.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.285301,-3.780246,3a,68y,188.2h,96.73t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sAfkabHbQd_673di_5XYIzw!2e0

jaffboy151 · 22/02/15 - 20:29

There a popular addition around my part of the world too Devon from O2/Vodafone, a few popped up around 18 months - 2 years ago, one in my old town of Stone Staffordshire and 1 a few miles up the road in Trentham, by far the best urban mast design from any network.. They were working on the one in stone last year and had the cabinets open and the mast open to be worked on, didn't have my phone on me that day though 😠

steffangl · 22/02/15 - 20:50

There are lots of those 'wooden' telegraph pole designs in South Wales and the Midlands. The majority I've seen are Voda 3G-only sites. They're very neat (and probably not that much more expensive to manufacture!).

DevonBloke · 22/02/15 - 21:58

jaffboy151 wrote: »

There a popular addition around my part of the world too Devon from O2/Vodafone, a few popped up around 18 months - 2 years ago, one in my old town of Stone Staffordshire and 1 a few miles up the road in Trentham, by far the best urban mast design from any network.. They were working on the one in stone last year and had the cabinets open and the mast open to be worked on, didn't have my phone on me that day though 😠

Hey, this is a mast posting thread you know!

Get on Google maps and let's see them!

DevonBloke · 22/02/15 - 22:00

steffangl wrote: »

There are lots of those 'wooden' telegraph pole designs in South Wales and the Midlands. The majority I've seen are Voda 3G-only sites. They're very neat (and probably not that much more expensive to manufacture!).

Likewise, do you have links???
I have my anorak on and I'm ready!!

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