A petition has now been launched to preserve some of the cooling towers as a monument to the country’s industrial past.
Mr Graham said on X (formerly Twitter): “Some might think they’re ugly. I think they’re majestic. Concrete cathedrals.
“I got to stand inside one, filming Sherwood series two. I’ve never stood anywhere like it on earth.
“I’d love future generations to stand in them too. But they are inexplicably all going – all of them…”
He suggested Ratcliffe-on-Soar could be home to a national museum to the Industrial Revolution, “welcoming travellers to the birth of the modern world”.
The Twentieth Century Society, which fights to save industrial heritage, has called for the towers to be listed.
Most towers have a status which prevents this from happening, although Ratcliffe does not at this time, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
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