Freeview Light on the Mickleham (Surrey, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Mickleham (Surrey, England) transmitter which serves 700 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 Mickleham (Surrey, 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 Mickleham (Surrey, 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 Mickleham 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 18W |
1 BBC One (SD) London, 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 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 18W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 18W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London 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 Mickleham (Surrey, 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 Mickleham transmitter?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 31km north-northeast (24°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 32km north-northeast (27°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Mickleham (Surrey, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C54tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C55tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C58tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C61 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C68 | 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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 90W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 18W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
MICKLEHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:31 on 03 Aug to 18:37 on 03 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:31 on 03 Aug to 18:37 on 03 Aug. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 05:17 today, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 04:21 today to 04:32 today, Radio 1 FM Off Ai [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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5:08 PM
MICKLEHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:31 on 03 Aug to 18:37 on 03 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:31 on 03 Aug to 18:37 on 03 Aug. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 16:29 on 03 Aug to 18:39 on 03 Aug, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 05:17 today to 13:30 today [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:08 PM
11:08 PM
MICKLEHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:31 on 03 Aug to 18:37 on 03 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:31 on 03 Aug to 18:37 on 03 Aug. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 05:17 today to 13:30 today, Radio 1 FM Off Air from 16:29 on 03 Aug to 18:39 on 03 Aug [BBC]
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Sunday, 6 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
MICKLEHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:32 today to 15:33 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 7 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
MICKLEHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:32 yesterday to 15:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
MICKLEHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:32 on 06 Oct to 15:33 on 06 Oct. [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 December 2019
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David Light10:16 PM
The tv and radio signal in Westhumble served by the mickleham transmitter has failed. Can someone look into this.
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David Light:
There is engineering work at that transmitter at present, see the post above youyrs. DO NOT RETUNE.
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Sunday, 8 December 2019
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Chris.SE1:32 AM
David Light:
To be precise BBC Engineering has reported - From 2:55pm to 11:25pm on 7th Dec 2019 Off the air due to a fault.
If you did happen to retune whilst you had no signal, it will have cleared memory of your correct tuning and you will need to retune again now (when) the signal is back.
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Friday, 30 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:50 AM
11:50 AM
Mickleham transmitter - Mickleham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/07/2021 Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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