Freeview Light on the Crosthwaite (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Crosthwaite (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 Crosthwaite (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 Crosthwaite (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, 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 Crosthwaite 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) | 94m | 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 94m | DTG- | 4W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Border (England)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 94m | 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 Crosthwaite (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, 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 Crosthwaite transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 100km south-southeast (158°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 65km north (359°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Crosthwaite (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 19 Aug 2020 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
C33 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C52tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C56tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C63 | 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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 12W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 4W |
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Monday, 11 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
CROSTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:10 yesterday to 03:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
CROSTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:10 on 10 Feb to 03:30 on 10 Feb. [BBC]
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Monday, 4 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
CROSTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 today to 12:51 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 today to 12:51 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 5 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CROSTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 yesterday to 12:51 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 yesterday to 12:51 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CROSTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 on 04 Mar to 12:51 on 04 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 on 04 Mar to 12:51 on 04 Mar. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CROSTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:27 today to 01:49 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:27 today to 01:49 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 4 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CROSTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:27 yesterday to 01:49 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:27 yesterday to 01:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 5 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CROSTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:27 on 03 Apr to 01:49 on 03 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:27 on 03 Apr to 01:49 on 03 Apr. [BBC]
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Friday, 7 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
CROSTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:14 today to 18:16 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:14 today to 18:16 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 8 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CROSTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:14 yesterday to 18:16 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:14 yesterday to 18:16 yesterday. [BBC]
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