EPW010525 ENGLAND (1924). Rugby Radio Station under construction, Rugby, 1924

First opened in 1926, at its height in the 1950s it was the largest radio transmitting station in the world, with a total of 57 radio transmitters, covering an area of 1,600 acres. It was closed down between 2003 and 2007 and the masts removed. A lot of the associated buildings were converted in the 2020s to create a new secondary school, Houlton School, which is named after the huge housing estate that now covers the transmitting station site.