Freeview Light on the Dorking (Surrey, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dorking (Surrey, England) transmitter which serves 3,700 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 Dorking (Surrey, 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 Dorking (Surrey, 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 Dorking 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 V -3.1dB | C44 (658.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 9W 4W |
1 BBC One (SD) London, 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 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | H max V -3.1dB | C41 (634.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 9W 4W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max V -3.1dB | C47 (682.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 9W 4W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London 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 Dorking (Surrey, 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 Dorking transmitter?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 35km north-northeast (19°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 37km north-northeast (22°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Dorking (Surrey, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 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 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 33W | |
PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-5.6dB) 9W | |
PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | (-8.8dB) 4.4W |
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Friday, 16 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
DORKING transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:07 yesterday to 18:36 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:07 yesterday to 18:36 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 17 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:32 PM
11:32 PM
DORKING transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:07 on 15 Jun to 18:36 on 15 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:07 on 15 Jun to 18:36 on 15 Jun. [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 October 2017
Transmitter engineering
3:09 PM
3:09 PM
DORKING transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:42 today to 11:43 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:46 today to 11:47 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:42 today to 11:43 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:09 PM
9:09 PM
DORKING transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 16:41 today to 16:42 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 16:45 today to 16:45 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 16:41 today to 16:42 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from [BBC]
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Friday, 27 October 2017
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
DORKING transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 16:41 yesterday to 16:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 16:45 yesterday to 16:45 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 16:41 yesterday to 16:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV O [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 October 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
DORKING transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 16:41 on 26 Oct to 16:42 on 26 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 16:45 on 26 Oct to 16:45 on 26 Oct, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 16:41 on 26 Oct to 16:42 on 26 Oct, HD Digital TV O [BBC]
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Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
DORKING transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:24 today to 10:25 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:26 today to 10:27 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:24 today to 10:25 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
DORKING transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:31 today to 11:32 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:32 today to 11:33 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:31 today to 11:32 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from [BBC]
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Thursday, 8 February 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:28 AM
4:28 AM
DORKING transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:31 yesterday to 11:32 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:32 yesterday to 11:33 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:31 yesterday to 11:32 yesterday, HD Digital TV O [BBC]
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Friday, 9 February 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:28 AM
4:28 AM
DORKING transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:31 on 07 Feb to 11:32 on 07 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:32 on 07 Feb to 11:33 on 07 Feb, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:31 on 07 Feb to 11:32 on 07 Feb, HD Digital TV O [BBC]
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