Freeview Light on the Penny Bridge (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Penny Bridge (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Penny Bridge (Cumbria, 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 Penny Bridge (Cumbria, 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 Penny Bridge 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 131m | DTG- | 6W |
1 BBC One (SD) North 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 | V max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 131m | DTG- | 6W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 131m | DTG- | 6W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North 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 Penny Bridge (Cumbria, 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 Penny Bridge transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 99km south-southeast (150°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 99km south-southeast (150°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Penny Bridge (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 12 Aug 2020 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 31W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 6.2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 27 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
PENNY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Nov 22:16. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
PENNY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Nov 22:16 until 2 Dec 14:00. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:08 AM
10:08 AM
Penny Bridge transmitter - Penny Bridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 5 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
9:46 AM
9:46 AM
PENNY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 3 May 10:10 until 3 May 10:16. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:09 AM
4:09 AM
PENNY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 27 May 01:26. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 May 23:28 until 26 May 23:45. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:09 AM
7:09 AM
PENNY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 27 May 01:26 until 27 May 01:35. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 May 23:28 until 26 May 23:45. . [BBC]
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