Freeview Light on the Bollington (Cheshire East, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bollington (Cheshire East, England) transmitter which serves 1,700 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.
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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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Bollington (Cheshire East, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Bollington 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 4W |
1 BBC One (SD) North West, 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 4W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C30+ (546.2MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 4W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Bollington (Cheshire East, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Bollington transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-north-west-tonight.jpg)
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 24km northwest (325°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-granada-reports.jpg)
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 24km northwest (325°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Bollington (Cheshire East, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 23 Oct 2019 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
C31 | 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 | 21W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 4.2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Friday, 10 June 2011
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Alan MM9:14 AM
Anyone know if there's any chance that Bollington will add more Mux groups at any future point?
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Monday, 13 June 2011
Alan MM: No, the commercial multiplex operators did not regard this transmitter as profitable to broadcast from and long since declined the offer of frequencies to do so from Ofcom.
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Monday, 11 July 2011
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Alan MM8:46 AM
Macclesfield
Many thanks, that's helpful to know. Alan.
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Alan's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
BOLLINGTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today [BBC]
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BOLLINGTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today to 19:34 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today [BBC]
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BOLLINGTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today to 19:34 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today to 19:34 today [BBC]
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Wednesday, 5 October 2011
BOLLINGTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 yesterday to 19:34 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 yesterday to 19:34 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 6 October 2011
BOLLINGTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 on 04 Oct to 19:34 on 04 Oct HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 on 04 Oct to 19:34 on 04 Oct [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
BOLLINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 today to 10:58 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 today to 10:58 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 24 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BOLLINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday. [BBC]
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