Freeview Light on the Biggin Hill (Greater London, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Biggin Hill (Greater London, England) transmitter. 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 Biggin 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 Biggin Hill (Greater London, 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 Biggin 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) | 186m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 2W |
 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), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 Biggin Hill (Greater London, 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 Biggin Hill transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 26km north-northwest (332°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 26km north-northwest (337°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Biggin Hill (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| E T | E T | E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C42 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C45 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C52tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C57tv_off | 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, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Wednesday, 1 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
6:23 PM
6:23 PM
BIGGIN HILL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-29 19:41:34 until 2019-12-29 19:41:34. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:44 AM
10:44 AM
BIGGIN HILL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-29 19:41:34 until 2019-12-30 22:27:26. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 4 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:47 PM
4:47 PM
BIGGIN HILL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 29 Dec 19:41 until 30 Dec 22:27. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
BIGGIN HILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:52 until 10 Mar 01:55. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:46 until 10 Mar 01:50. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
BIGGIN HILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:52 until 10 Mar 01:55. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:46 until 10 Mar 01:50. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
BIGGIN HILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Oct 15:32 until 6 Oct 15:33. . [BBC]
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Friday, 24 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
BIGGIN HILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Jul 10:09 until 23 Jul 11:08. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:26 PM
10:26 PM
BIGGIN HILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Jul 15:24 until 29 Jul 15:49. Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Jul 10:09 until 23 Jul 11:08. . [BBC]
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Friday, 31 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:36 PM
1:36 PM
BIGGIN HILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Jul 15:24 until 29 Jul 15:49. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
BIGGIN HILL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 Sep 06:37 until 15 Sep 08:25. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 Sep 05:06 until 15 Sep 05:59. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 Sep 0 [BBC]
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