Freeview Light on the Creake (Norfolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Creake (Norfolk, 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 Creake (Norfolk, 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 Creake (Norfolk, 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 Creake 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 | C48 (690.0MHz) | 89m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) East, 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 89m | DTG- | 2W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (East micro region)), 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 (Anglia east), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 89m | DTG- | 2W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 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 Creake (Norfolk, 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 Creake transmitter?

BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 48km southeast (126°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output

ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 48km southeast (126°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Creake (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Feb 2020 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | C/D E T | K T | |||||
C33 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C48 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C52tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C56tv_off | BBCB |
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 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 5W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area
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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
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CREAKE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:26 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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CREAKE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:26 today to 05:41 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 24 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
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CREAKE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:42 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:05 AM
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CREAKE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:42 today to 05:45 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 25 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
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CREAKE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:42 yesterday to 05:45 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
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CREAKE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:42 on 24 May to 05:45 on 24 May. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:05 PM
12:05 PM
CREAKE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:16 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:16 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:05 PM
6:05 PM
CREAKE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:16 today to 14:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:16 today to 14:00 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
CREAKE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:16 yesterday to 14:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:16 yesterday to 14:00 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 31 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
CREAKE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:16 on 29 May to 14:00 on 29 May, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:16 on 29 May to 14:00 on 29 May. [BBC]
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