Freeview Light on the Ashford in the Water (Derbyshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ashford in the Water (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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.
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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 Ashford in the Water (Derbyshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Ashford in the Water 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 266m | DTG- | 3W |
1 BBC One (SD) East Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 266m | DTG- | 3W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48- (689.8MHz) | 266m | DTG- | 3W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands 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 Ashford in the Water (Derbyshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Ashford in the Water transmitter?

BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 49km southeast (127°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.

ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 84km south (189°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)
How will the Ashford in the Water (Derbyshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 4 Mar 2020 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | |||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C30 | -BBCB | ||||||||
C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB |
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 17 Aug 11 and 31 Aug 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 14W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2.8W |
Local transmitter maps
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Saturday, 29 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:21 today to 06:28 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:35 today to 06:02 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 30 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:21 yesterday to 06:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:35 yesterday to 06:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 1 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:21 on 29 Nov to 06:28 on 29 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:35 on 29 Nov to 06:02 on 29 Nov. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:35 on 29 Nov to 06:02 on 29 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:21 on 29 Nov to 06:28 on 29 Nov. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 7 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:52 today to 06:06 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:52 yesterday to 06:06 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:52 on 21 Apr to 06:06 on 21 Apr. [BBC]
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Monday, 4 May 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:05 today to 10:11 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:05 today to 10:11 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 5 May 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
ASHFORD IN THE WATER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:05 yesterday to 10:11 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:05 yesterday to 10:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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