Challenge... ugliest and prettiest phone mast

Thine Wonk · 21-02-2015, 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 · 21-02-2015, 20:06

What's the prize and judging panel? Lol

Minardi · 21-02-2015, 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 · 21-02-2015, 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by clewsy

What's the prize and judging panel? Lol

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

d123 · 21-02-2015, 20:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thine Wonk

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

So a prize that only Devon will appreciate

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clewsy · 21-02-2015, 20:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thine Wonk

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 · 21-02-2015, 20:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minardi

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 · 21-02-2015, 22:37

Ugly 'orange' lamppost mast

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

Thine Wonk · 22-02-2015, 11:53

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

matty1000kk · 22-02-2015, 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 · 22-02-2015, 13:27

How about this as a hidden one:

https://goo.gl/maps/psR00

Public house in Felixstowe.

Thine Wonk · 22-02-2015, 13:33

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

ConnorL9382 · 22-02-2015, 14:05

Three according to SiteFinder.

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

rasseru16 · 22-02-2015, 14:09

If only sitefinder got regular updates...

Zebb · 22-02-2015, 14:12

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

Dark 1 · 22-02-2015, 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 · 22-02-2015, 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 · 22-02-2015, 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 · 22-02-2015, 14:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark 1

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 · 22-02-2015, 18:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thine Wonk

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 · 22-02-2015, 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/@50.42...M23KuHg91A!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/@50.42...BLJ3DIMAQg!2e0

DevonBloke · 22-02-2015, 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/2e1uhfu8vb...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/@50.28...3di_5XYIzw!2e0

jaffboy151 · 22-02-2015, 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 · 22-02-2015, 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 · 22-02-2015, 21:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaffboy151

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!

21-02-2015, 19:44	#1
Thine Wonk Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14,577	Challenge... ugliest and prettiest phone mast 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.

21-02-2015, 20:06	#2
clewsy Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Midlands Posts: 2,860	What's the prize and judging panel? Lol

21-02-2015, 20:21	#3
Minardi Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Midlands Posts: 502	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?!

21-02-2015, 20:51	#4
Thine Wonk Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14,577	Quote: Originally Posted by clewsy What's the prize and judging panel? Lol Your prize is a weeks holiday camping at your favourite base station.

21-02-2015, 20:57	#5
d123 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,993	Quote: Originally Posted by Thine Wonk Your prize is a weeks holiday camping at your favourite base station. So a prize that only Devon will appreciate .

21-02-2015, 20:58	#7
clewsy Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Midlands Posts: 2,860	Quote: Originally Posted by Minardi 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.

21-02-2015, 22:37	#8
totalhysteria Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: West Sussex Posts: 46	Ugly 'orange' lamppost mast http://i.imgur.com/yFCS4tk.jpg

22-02-2015, 11:53	#9
Thine Wonk Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14,577	Streetview pictures are ok, otherwise it'll turn into a Clewsy and Devonbloke face off!

22-02-2015, 12:04	#10
matty1000kk Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 272	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.

22-02-2015, 13:27	#11
John_Patrick Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Newcastle Posts: 904	How about this as a hidden one: https://goo.gl/maps/psR00 Public house in Felixstowe.

22-02-2015, 13:33	#12
Thine Wonk Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14,577	Ah wow! I think that's the best so far... Which network?

22-02-2015, 14:05	#13
ConnorL9382 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 106	Three according to SiteFinder. http://i.imgur.com/FRQUIQg.png

22-02-2015, 14:09	#14
rasseru16 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Suffolk, East Anglia Posts: 666	If only sitefinder got regular updates...

22-02-2015, 14:12	#15
Zebb Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 652	Orange mast? Was silver until they painted it green. http://goo.gl/maps/LCtgb

22-02-2015, 14:29	#16
Dark 1 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nottingham Posts: 3,975	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.

22-02-2015, 14:39	#17
Dark 1 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nottingham Posts: 3,975	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.

22-02-2015, 14:44	#18
Thine Wonk Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14,577	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.

22-02-2015, 14:56	#19
psionic Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Crystal Palace TX Posts: 19,702	Quote: Originally Posted by Dark 1 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.

22-02-2015, 18:43	#20
DevonBloke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Totnes, Devon Posts: 6,694	Quote: Originally Posted by Thine Wonk 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

22-02-2015, 18:52	#21
DevonBloke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Totnes, Devon Posts: 6,694	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/@50.42...M23KuHg91A!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/@50.42...BLJ3DIMAQg!2e0

22-02-2015, 19:08	#22
DevonBloke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Totnes, Devon Posts: 6,694	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/2e1uhfu8vb...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/@50.28...3di_5XYIzw!2e0

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22-02-2015, 20:29	#23
jaffboy151 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Woore, Cheshire/Shropshire Posts: 1,675	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 😠

22-02-2015, 20:50	#24
steffangl Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: South Wales Posts: 312	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!).

22-02-2015, 21:58	#25
DevonBloke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Totnes, Devon Posts: 6,694	Quote: Originally Posted by jaffboy151 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!