Full Freeview on the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves 38,000 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 Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Lark Stoke 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Lark Stoke transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 45km north-northwest (345°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 46km north-northwest (345°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C30 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | SDN | |||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C41 | +SDN | ||||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C48 | _local | _local |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6.3kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 1.26kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-24dB) 25W |
Local transmitter maps
Lark Stoke Freeview Lark Stoke TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Lark Stoke transmitter area
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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rich greenslade9:25 AM
same issue as Syd, no BBC channels, everything else ok though. Hopefully they will resolve the issue soon before the wife wants to watch eastenders...!
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rich greenslade10:02 AM
BBC ok now but NOT on my philips HDT8520. There must be some issue with that as all other tuners work fine.
I will let you know if/when I fix it....
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Syd Wall10:34 AM
Shipston-on-stour
Right - I've read through the transmission details at the top and note this foreboding section
'Following switchover at Lark Stoke, Arqiva A and Arqiva B will remain on their existing frequencies and powers, and the SDN multiplex will use a temporary frequency. All three multiplexes will adopt their final frequencies and powers during September 2011.'
I'm only 2 miles from Larkstoke so why can't I get, admittedly low power, ArqB? Aerial? I had a new aerial when I got my first freeview box 5/6 yrs ago. I've scanned on Ch60 where ArqB is found at present and get absolutely nothing.
Looks like I have to wait until Sept before I can get my cycling/isle of Man TT/motor sport on ITV4.
Can any reader in this area (I'm in Admington) get ITV4 from Lark Stoke?
Another question - why isn't ITV4, a relatively mainstream channel, on PSB2 instead of minor interest garbage like Rabbit and Gay Rabbit?
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Syd Wall: ITV4 is not a public service channel. Rabbit and Gay Rabbit (owned by Teletext Ltd) are on the PSB as teletext provider has allocation, and they are only low-bitrate text services, not full-capacity TV services.
If there was no Rabbit and Gay Rabbit there would be no room for even 10% of a TV channel.
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rich greenslade: You should check your non working device is not on this list TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Syd Wall2:44 PM
Shipston-on-stour
OK Brian - understand that now. thanks
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bob plant3:55 PM
Thanks to this site I ignored various aerial suppliers who told me I needed " NEW AERIAL "
This morning I retuned my TV and now receive most channels I was receiving before switchover with far better reception. Some of the minor chanels ITV3, QVC etc only 30% signal. I assume that Sept should bring further improvement. LARK STOKE transmitter
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bob plant: Glad we saved you getting an aerial you didn't need. Yes, you will get the SDN multiplex when the signal goes to full power in September.
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bob plant7:51 PM
Evesham
Thanks again BRIANTIST lets hope this will save some others the expense of a new aerial,there are several of my friends who have been conned even though they have used reputable installers who carried out a full surey. ?????
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