That 240/415 Volt cable is armoured ? Usually it is for 11 kV cables or is this a UK standard.
These were the standard cables when installed several decades ago. You'll still see plenty in service here, but often looking rather tatty now, as with this one!
The lower ones seem to be telephone cables which I think is quite rare to find both on the same utility pole in the UK, Certainly in my area it is unheard of.
Welcome back Martin. Yes, just in case there is any confusion the lower cables are all telephone. In fact the line from the support ring going off to the right in the first photo is the drop to my house.
The little estate where I live probably has a higher proportion of cabling still overhead than in many areas, although with this part of Norfolk being quite rural, there are plenty of places where you can find telephone cables running below LV power.
I meant I dont like the idea of 240V/400V on the same pole as telephone.
I was wondering for a moment where might have 240/415 and 33kV on the same poles!
Different voltage power lines on the same poles are certainly very rare in the U.K. compared to, say, North America. Most times 11kV and 240/415V only meet on the same pole where the transformer is located.
Again though, out here in the sticks there are a few exceptions. There's a place a few miles away where 11kV and 240V share a few spans. The lines cross the main road, and there's a 1-ph transformer on one side which feeds a house on that side and back across to another house on the opposite side. It is fairly unusual though; I'll have to try and get some pics next time I'm over that way.
Were there saddles on that cable at one time, where it runs up the pole above the protection strip?
Possibly at one time, but there have never been any the 11 years I've been here -- Until now!