Freeview Light on the Burbage (Derbyshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Burbage (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 2,000 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 Burbage (Derbyshire, 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 Burbage (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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Burbage 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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 380m | DTG- | 3W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 380m | DTG- | 3W |
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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 380m | DTG- | 3W |
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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Burbage (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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Burbage transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 35km northwest (316°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 35km northwest (316°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Burbage (Derbyshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 14W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2.8W |
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Saturday, 24 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
BURBAGE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:42 on 22 Aug to 11:50 on 22 Aug. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
BURBAGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Feb 18:29 until 16 Feb 18:48. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
BURBAGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Feb 07:11 until 19 Feb 07:47. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Feb 18:29 until 16 Feb 18:48. . [BBC]
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Monday, 24 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
BURBAGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Feb 07:11 until 19 Feb 07:47. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:44 AM
7:44 AM
BURBAGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Nov 00:36 until 18 Nov 00:38. . [BBC]
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Monday, 7 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
BURBAGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 Dec 12:13 until 7 Dec 12:15. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
BURBAGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Dec 09:22. Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 Dec 12:13 until 7 Dec 12:15. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
BURBAGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Dec 09:22 until 8 Dec 11:32. Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 Dec 12:13 until 7 Dec 12:15. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:57 PM
1:57 PM
BURBAGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Dec 09:22 until 8 Dec 11:32. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 6 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
BURBAGE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jan 23:14 until 5 Jan 23:16. . [BBC]
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