Freeview Light on the Bristol Barton House (City of Bristol, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bristol Barton House (City of Bristol, England) transmitter which serves 19,000 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 Bristol Barton House (City of Bristol, 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 Bristol Barton House (City of Bristol, 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 Bristol Barton House 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 | H max | C26 (514.0MHz) | 67m | DTG- | 18W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 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 | H max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 67m | DTG- | 18W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 67m | DTG- | 18W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 Bristol Barton House (City of Bristol, 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 Bristol Barton House transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 3km west-northwest (282°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 1km south (185°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Bristol Barton House (City of Bristol, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C23 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C26 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C29 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C31 | 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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 18W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-2.1dB) 11W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Saturday, 20 November 2021
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Chris.SE6:26 AM
Jamie Burchell:
I will reply to your comment over on the Saddleworth transmitter page.
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Chris.SE6:44 AM
Paul Denning:
Have your signals returned? I can't find any reports of outages either by the BBC or Freeview and the transmitter isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering.
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Friday, 26 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:17 PM
3:17 PM
Bristol Barton House transmitter - Bristol Barton House transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
Bristol Barton House transmitter - Bristol Barton House transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 3 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
BRISTOL BARTON HOUSE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 2 Dec 09:13 until 2 Dec 15:18. . [BBC]
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Monday, 13 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
BRISTOL BARTON HOUSE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 13 Mar 10:09. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
BRISTOL BARTON HOUSE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 13 Mar 10:09 until 13 Mar 11:43. . [BBC]
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