Pylon of the Month - May 2025
May 15, 2025
May's Pylon of the Month is another sent in by a fan of the website. He became a fan when his Physics teacher introduced the class to the blog in a lesson so it's good to know that it is being used out there in the world! Anyway, this pylon is from just outside Leeds and it's a lovely example of a tension pylon, with the wider middle arms (also visible on the pylon in the background) making me think it's an L6 carrying 400 kV lines. The diagram below is from the fantastic Technical information on British Electricity Pylons website. Don't click on the link if you have important jobs to get done because you could spend hours down that particular internet rabbit hole!
I don't have any more detailed information about exactly where in Leeds this pylon is located, but if it has whetted your appetite for more Yorkshire pylon action then Wikipedia Commons has a category for Electricity pylons in Leeds and is if that wasn't enough excitement for one day, there is also an Electrical substations in the City of Leeds category. That is many weekends of happy pylon and substation spotting sorted if you are that way inclined.
great post , thank you for sharing.
Posted by: channel manager | June 05, 2025 at 06:00 AM
This a fantastic picture of a superb transmission tower, standing proud over the land carrying energy to us whatever the weather.
Posted by: Jules | May 18, 2025 at 07:48 PM