Freeview Light on the St Bees (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the St Bees (Cumbria, 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 St Bees (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 St Bees (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 St Bees 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 34m | DTG- | 50W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 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 | C34 (578.0MHz) | 34m | DTG- | 50W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Border (England)), 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 | C35 (586.0MHz) | 34m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 St Bees (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 St Bees transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 138km east-northeast (67°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 62km northeast (46°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the St Bees (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 12 Aug 2020 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 50W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-6.2dB) 12W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 2 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:17 PM
9:17 PM
ST BEES transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Nov 04:58 until 29 Nov 08:25. . [BBC]
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Friday, 3 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
ST BEES transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 23:03. Off the air due to a fault from 29 Nov 04:58 until 29 Nov 08:25. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
ST BEES transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 23:03 until 3 Dec 11:28. Off the air due to a fault from 29 Nov 04:58 until 29 Nov 08:25. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 4 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:10 PM
12:10 PM
ST BEES transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 23:03 until 3 Dec 11:28. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 17 May 2022
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John Baker2:30 PM
Cleator Moor
No HD channels BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, 5SELECT, TBN UK - CA25 5NH - Roof Aerial
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Chris.SE2:42 PM
John Baker:
The BBC have reported a fault - From 11:35am on 17th May 2022 BBC B HD Off the air due to a fault.
I also believe this transmitter is aka Whitehaven.
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Saturday, 10 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
ST BEES transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Dec 09:56 until 10 Dec 09:59. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
ST BEES transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 12 Mar 11:50. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
ST BEES transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 12 Mar 11:50 until 12 Mar 11:58. . [BBC]
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