Freeview Light on the Cane Hill (Greater London, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cane Hill (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 4,800 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 Cane Hill (Greater London, 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 Cane Hill (Greater London, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Cane 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 170m | DTG- | 5W |
 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, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 170m | DTG- | 5W |
 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 170m | DTG- | 5W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Cane Hill (Greater London, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Cane Hill transmitter?
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 23km north (4°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Cane Hill (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Nov 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 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| 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 | 25W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 5W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Monday, 12 November 2012
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d gould3:34 PM
Coulsdon
we are having problems on all channels with either no channels or very bad pixiling .can you help
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d's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
d gould: The most common cause of such an issue is that the receiver has tuned to the wrong transmitter (i.e. the one which the aerial does not face and was installed for).
Therefore the first thing is to establish that you are watching the output of the correct transmitter.
At your location you may be able to receive from the main Crystal Palace transmitter and the Cane Hill relay. The former broadcasts all channels and is south south west with the aerial horizontal. The latter broadcasts only Public Service (PSB) channels and is north north east (the opposite direction of Crystal Palace) with the aerial vertical.
On each of the channels/services below, bring up the signal strength screen and observe which UHF channel it is tuned to.
The channels for Crystal Palace (CP) and Cane Hill (CH) are:
PSB1 | BBC One | CP=C23 | CH=C58
PSB2 | ITV1 | CP=C26 | CH=C49
PSB3 | BBC One HD | CP=C30 | CH=C54
COM4 | ITV3 | CP=C25
COM5 | Pick TV | CP=C22
COM6 | Film4 | CP=C28
If your aerial faces Cane Hill and has tuned in Crystal Palace PSBs, then run the automatic tuning scan through with the aerial unplugged for the first 50% to miss out scanning of CP channels. This should give you Cane Hill's PSBs with no COMs (Commercials).
If your aerial faces Crystal Palace and has tuned in Cane Hill's PSBs, then run the automatic tuning scan and unplug at 30% then plug in again when the scan has completed.
The small transmitters like Cane Hill do not broadcast COM channels because the Commercial broadcasters do not consider it worth their while to pay for them. As a result, anyone using them will not have the COMs (or may do poorly/intermittantly due to picking them up from another transmitter).
Some, such as yourself, may be able to change to using Crystal Palace to get the full service. Those who have no choice and who cannot receive from a full-service transmitter will only have PSB channels.
For a full list of Freeview channels by multiplex (PSB/COM), see:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
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d gould: I should add that Reigate "may" be a possibility to some degree and it is vertically polarised, as Cane Hill, and in the opposite direction. It is a full-service transmitter and its channels are:
60, 57, 53(HD), 21, 24, 27
If you have your aerial on Cane Hill, then you may be looking to switch to Crystal Palace. See ATV's site for lots of information and products:
Crystal Palace Transmitter
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Monday, 16 December 2013
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ads10:53 PM
no signal tonight at cane hill, is it weather related, tried the reset procedure
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KMJ,Derby11:45 PM
ads: The Cane Hill transmitter is shown as being off-air since 9.30pm. If you have lost channels from your channel list due to re-tuning with no signal present you will need to re-tune again when service resumes.
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Wednesday, 18 December 2013
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KMJ,Derby11:45 PM
ads: BBC engineering information reports that the Cane Hill transmitter returned to service at 9.56am yesterday, 17th December 2013.
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Sunday, 25 May 2014
Has BBC 3 HD TV stopped transmitting in London. I have a message which says not service. BBC 4 HD is working. ?
Many Thanks
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Saturday, 11 February 2017
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Adam12:57 AM
Can you tell me why the Cane hill transmitter only outputs 18 channels (in reality we might get 10 if we are lucky). Why can't transmitter be upgraded. Poor reception and less than a mile away
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StevensOnln111:58 AM
Adam: The commercial broadcaster were given the opportunity to broadcast from more transmitters after digital switchover but were not interested in doing so. If you have poor reception and live less than a mile from the transmitter then you need to get your aerial system sorted out. Start by checking for loose or damaged cables behind the TV and then follow as far as you can safely access towards the aerial. If you can't find anything wrong and replacing cables makes no improvement then it's time to get an aerial installer out. Alternatively you could get Freesat which will give you nearly all of the channels available on full service Freeview transmitters for a one off cost of a box along with the installation of a dish and cabling (if the property hasn't previously had Sky or Freesat).
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