Freeview Light on the Clearwell (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Clearwell (Gloucestershire, 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 Clearwell (Gloucestershire, 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 Clearwell (Gloucestershire, 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, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, 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 Clearwell 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 2W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 2W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 Clearwell (Gloucestershire, 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, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, 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 Clearwell transmitter?

BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 35km south (179°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.

ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 37km south (174°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Clearwell (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 5 Jun 2019 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
C31 | BBCA | ||||||||
C37 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C50tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||||||
C56tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C59tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||||||
C62 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C66 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C68 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 10W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2W |
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Friday, 24 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CLEARWELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:19 yesterday to 08:24 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:19 yesterday to 08:24 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 25 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CLEARWELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:19 on 23 Feb to 08:24 on 23 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:19 on 23 Feb to 08:24 on 23 Feb. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
CLEARWELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:01 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:01 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
CLEARWELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:01 today to 15:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:01 today to 15:12 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
CLEARWELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:01 yesterday to 15:12 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:01 yesterday to 15:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CLEARWELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:01 on 18 Jul to 15:12 on 18 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:01 on 18 Jul to 15:12 on 18 Jul. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
CLEARWELL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:55 today to 13:57 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CLEARWELL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:55 yesterday to 13:57 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
CLEARWELL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:55 on 08 Nov to 13:57 on 08 Nov. [BBC]
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Monday, 13 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
CLEARWELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:36 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:36 today. [BBC]
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