Freeview Light on the Primrose Hill (Kirklees, England) transmitter
Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 53.631,-1.787 or 53°37'53"N 1°47'12"W | HD4 6DN |
The symbol shows the location of the Primrose Hill (Kirklees, England) transmitter which serves 2,500 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 Primrose Hill (Kirklees, 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 Primrose Hill (Kirklees, 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 Primrose Hill 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 197m | DTG- | 6W |
1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 197m | DTG- | 6W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 197m | 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 Primrose Hill (Kirklees, 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 Primrose Hill transmitter?

BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 25km northeast (41°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 24km northeast (36°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Primrose Hill (Kirklees, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Feb 2020 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C67 | 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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 28W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 5.6W |
Local transmitter maps
Primrose Hill Freeview Emley Moor TV region BBC Yorkshire Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area
|
|
Saturday, 11 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PRIMROSE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:25 on 09 Feb to 14:41 on 09 Feb. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
8:32 AM
8:32 AM
PRIMROSE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:57 today to 04:42 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:57 today to 04:42 today. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
PRIMROSE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:57 yesterday to 04:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:57 yesterday to 04:42 yesterday. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Friday, 23 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
PRIMROSE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:57 on 21 Jun to 04:42 on 21 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:57 on 21 Jun to 04:42 on 21 Jun. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PRIMROSE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:14 yesterday to 00:17 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:14 yesterday to 00:17 today. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Friday, 8 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PRIMROSE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:14 on 06 Dec to 00:17 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:14 on 06 Dec to 00:17 yesterday. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Saturday, 9 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PRIMROSE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:14 on 06 Dec to 00:17 on 07 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:14 on 06 Dec to 00:17 on 07 Dec. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Monday, 8 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:06 PM
12:06 PM
PRIMROSE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:05 today to 10:21 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:05 today to 10:21 today. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Transmitter engineering
3:06 PM
3:06 PM
PRIMROSE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 today to 10:44 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 today to 10:44 today. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
PRIMROSE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 yesterday to 10:44 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 yesterday to 10:44 yesterday. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please