Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter which serves 2,690,000 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 Winter Hill (Bolton, 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Winter 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Winter Hill transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 22km southeast (139°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 22km southeast (139°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1956-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Feb 2020 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
| C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C12 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C24 | _local | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C40 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | ||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | LPR | |||||
| C57tv_off | GIM | GIM | GIM | GIM | |||||
| C58tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C61 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | 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 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-12.9dB) 25.7kW | |
| com8 | (-13.4dB) 22.6kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-16dB) 12.5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| LL | (-24dB) 2kW | |
| GIM, LM, LPR | (-27dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
Winter Hill Freeview Winter Hill DAB Winter Hill TV region BBC North West GranadaWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Friday, 4 February 2011
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Charlie5:36 PM
My (Wigan-based) indoor aerial used on a pc gives excellent results - except for certain channels, i.e., Yesterday, Russia Today and Film4 to name but three contained in C55 (746,0 MHz) and whose power output is shown on this page as 'very low'. I have recently been told by Arqiva that all six muxes are being transmitted from WH at their full and final powers. But I see on this very helpful page that Winter Hill Arqiva B will operate at 12.5kW until 2011. Does this mean that it will be reduced further and will get even worse for my little aerial to drag in? Reception of these channels is variable - ranging from rotten to awful - freezing, blocking and stuttering being the name of the game. Can you tell me what is due to happen? Many thanks.
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
Charlie: as above "Winter Hill Arqiva B will operate at 12.5kW until 2011", specifically 21st September 2011.
A rooftop aerial is required for reliable Freeview reception.
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Karen Ballington12:48 PM
Briantist - Any tips on where to buy attenuator. I have tried Currys etc but no joy
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Charlie3:46 PM
Briantist: Thanks for the warning about the Winter Hill Arqiva B date this year. But after that time does it mean that the mux will either shut down or output will plummet further? Getting a rooftop aerial for pc use, to me, is a last resort and I may need to forget about this approach. Why are some of those channels with the 'channel four' category so relegated?? Kind regards.
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Sunday, 6 February 2011
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noryb nhoj11:41 PM
what has happened to ch20. my family miss enterprise
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Monday, 7 February 2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
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valley girl10:25 PM
Useless Grants Tower repeater, come on you hopeless private enterprise grabbers how about providing us with some service. Fifth time in less than a week no tv. Even when we get a signal, only 14 channels instead of 40. Several times this week only bbc channels and nothing else, and/or quality so poor as to be unwatchable. Nothing wrong with our tv or antenna, the problem is YOU! Surely the worst service in the entire winter hill area, if not the whole of northern england, the GRANTS TOWER REPEATER, will you at least tell us what your problem is?
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Wednesday, 9 February 2011
valley girl: The probably certainty isn't me.
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