Freeview Light on the Holmfirth (Kirklees, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Holmfirth (Kirklees, England) transmitter which serves 800 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 Holmfirth (Kirklees, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Holmfirth (Kirklees, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports HD, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Holmfirth 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 | C49 (698.0MHz) | 223m | DTG-3 | 5W |
1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C58 (770.0MHz) | 223m | DTG-3 | 5W |
3 ITV (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 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, 25 ITV4, 29 E4 +1, 34 ITV +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C54 (738.0MHz) | 223m | DTG-6 | 5W |
72 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others |
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 50 Freeview channels?
The Holmfirth (Kirklees, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports HD, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Holmfirth transmitter?

BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 30km northeast (34°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 29km north-northeast (29°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Holmfirth (Kirklees, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
E | E | E | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C54tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C56tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C58tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C66 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C68 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 26W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 5.2W |
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Monday, 15 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
HOLMFIRTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today to 14:21 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today to 14:21 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
HOLMFIRTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 14:21 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 14:21 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 18 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
HOLMFIRTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:10 on 16 Jul to 14:13 on 16 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 15 Jul to 14:21 on 15 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 15 Jul to 14:21 on 15 Jul. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
HOLMFIRTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:10 on 16 Jul to 14:13 on 16 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 15 Jul to 14:21 on 15 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:17 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 1 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
HOLMFIRTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:17 today to 13:19 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 15 Jul to 14:21 on 15 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:10 on 16 Jul to 14:13 on 16 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:17 to [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:08 PM
8:08 PM
HOLMFIRTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:17 today to 13:19 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:10 on 16 Jul to 14:13 on 16 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 15 Jul to 14:21 on 15 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:17 to [BBC]
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Friday, 19 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
HOLMFIRTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:17 yesterday to 13:19 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:10 on 16 Jul to 14:13 on 16 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 15 Jul to 14:21 on 15 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from [BBC]
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Saturday, 20 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
HOLMFIRTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:17 on 18 Jul to 13:19 on 18 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:10 on 16 Jul to 14:13 on 16 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:17 on 18 Jul to 13:19 on 18 Jul. [BBC]
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Sunday, 21 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
HOLMFIRTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:17 on 18 Jul to 13:19 on 18 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:17 on 18 Jul to 13:19 on 18 Jul. [BBC]
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Friday, 30 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
HOLMFIRTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:20 today to 13:22 today. [BBC]
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