Freeview Light on the Cartmel (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cartmel (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Cartmel (Cumbria, 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 Cartmel (Cumbria, 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 Cartmel 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 | H max | C28 (530.0MHz) | 54m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | H max | C25 (506.0MHz) | 54m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | H max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 54m | DTG- | 2W |
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 Cartmel (Cumbria, 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 Cartmel transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 92km south-southeast (152°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 92km south-southeast (152°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Cartmel (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C32 | 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, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Friday, 21 October 2011
STAVELEY-IN-CARTMEL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:20 on 19 Oct to 12:25 on 19 Oct [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
STAVELEY-IN-CARTMEL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:09 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:09 today [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 February 2012
STAVELEY-IN-CARTMEL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:09 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:09 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday [BBC]
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Friday, 24 February 2012
STAVELEY-IN-CARTMEL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:09 on 22 Feb to 20:38 on 22 Feb HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:09 on 22 Feb to 20:38 on 22 Feb [BBC]
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Friday, 13 April 2012
STAVELEY-IN-CARTMEL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:52 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:52 today [BBC]
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STAVELEY-IN-CARTMEL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:52 today to 10:27 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:52 today to 10:27 today [BBC]
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Monday, 16 April 2012
STAVELEY-IN-CARTMEL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:52 on 13 Apr to 10:27 on 13 Apr HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:52 on 13 Apr to 10:27 on 13 Apr [BBC]
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Monday, 20 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
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CARTMEL transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 20 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
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CARTMEL transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 16 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
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CARTMEL transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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