Freeview Light on the Ashford in the Water (Derbyshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ashford in the Water (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Ashford in the Water (Derbyshire, England) transmitter._______
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 Ashford in the Water (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 Ashford in the Water 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 266m | DTG- | 3W |
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 | C36 (594.0MHz) | 266m | DTG- | 3W |
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 | C48- (689.8MHz) | 266m | DTG- | 3W |
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 Ashford in the Water (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 Ashford in the Water transmitter?

BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 49km southeast (127°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.

ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 84km south (189°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)
How will the Ashford in the Water (Derbyshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 4 Mar 2020 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | |||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C30 | -BBCB | ||||||||
C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB |
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 | 14W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2.8W |
Local transmitter maps
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Sunday, 22 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:41 today to 02:28 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:04 today to 08:28 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 23 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:04 yesterday to 08:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:41 yesterday to 02:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:41 yesterday to 02:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:04 yesterday to 08:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:41 on 22 Jun to 02:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:04 on 22 Jun to 08:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:41 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:09 today to 02:27 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:41 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:09 today to 02:27 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:04 on 22 Jun to 08:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:41 on 22 Jun to 02:28 on [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:41 today to 06:31 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:04 on 22 Jun to 08:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:41 on 22 Jun to 02:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:09 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:09 today to 02:27 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:41 today to 06:31 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:41 on 22 Jun to 02:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:04 on 22 J [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:41 today to 06:31 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:09 today to 02:27 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:04 on 22 Jun to 08:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:41 on 22 J [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:04 on 22 Jun to 08:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:41 on 22 Jun to 02:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:09 today to 02:27 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:41 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:04 on 22 Jun to 08:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:41 on 22 Jun to 02:28 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:09 yesterday to 02:27 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality fr [BBC]
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