Freeview Light on the Ashbourne (Derbyshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ashbourne (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 3,900 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Ashbourne (Derbyshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Ashbourne transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C25 (506.0MHz) | 208m | DTG- | 50W |
1 BBC One (SD) East Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C28 (530.0MHz) | 208m | DTG- | 50W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 208m | DTG- | 50W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Ashbourne (Derbyshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Ashbourne transmitter?

BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 40km east (99°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.

ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 61km south-southwest (192°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)
How will the Ashbourne (Derbyshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Feb 2018- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 17 Aug 11 and 31 Aug 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 6 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:38 on 02 Jul to 03:46 on 02 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:17 on 04 Jul to 01:33 on 04 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:56 on 01 Jul to 00:06 on 02 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:11 on 03 Jul to [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:17 on 04 Jul to 01:33 on 04 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:38 on 02 Jul to 03:46 on 02 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:56 on 01 Jul to 00:06 on 02 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:11 on 03 Jul to [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:56 on 01 Jul to 00:06 on 02 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:17 on 04 Jul to 01:33 on 04 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:38 on 02 Jul to 03:46 on 02 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:11 on 03 Jul to [BBC]
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Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:17 on 04 Jul to 01:33 on 04 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:11 on 03 Jul to 23:30 on 03 Jul. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:17 on 04 Jul to 01:33 on 04 Jul. [BBC]
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Monday, 13 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
ASHBOURNE transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 16 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:47 today. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:47 today to 08:16 today. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 17 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:47 yesterday to 08:16 yesterday. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Saturday, 18 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:34 today to 03:40 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:47 on 16 Jul to 08:16 on 16 Jul. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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