Freeview Light on the Kendal Fell (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kendal Fell (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 12,000 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 Kendal Fell (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 Kendal Fell (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, 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 Kendal Fell 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 3W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 3W |
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 | H max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 3W |
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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Kendal Fell (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, 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 Kendal Fell transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 100km south-southeast (162°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 62km north (352°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Kendal Fell (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 |
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 | 16W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 3.2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Thursday, 3 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
KENDAL FELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 09:00 on 30 Sep to 09:07 on 30 Sep, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 15:53 on 30 Sep to 16:01 on 30 Sep, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 09:00 on 30 Sep to 09:07 on 30 Sep, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 15:53 o [BBC]
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Thursday, 16 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
KENDAL FELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Jan 09:10 until 16 Jan 10:03. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
KENDAL FELL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 14 Sep 13:30 until 14 Sep 13:38. . [BBC]
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Monday, 22 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:26 PM
7:26 PM
KENDAL FELL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 22 Jun 11:09 until 22 Jun 11:15. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
KENDAL FELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Aug 00:06 until 5 Aug 04:04. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:09 PM
1:09 PM
KENDAL FELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Aug 00:06 until 5 Aug 04:04. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 23 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
KENDAL FELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Aug 00:38 until 19 Aug 09:40. Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Aug 00:03 until 19 Aug 00:38. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:46 AM
7:46 AM
KENDAL FELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 2 Dec 00:03 until 2 Dec 03:30. . [BBC]
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Friday, 18 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:58 PM
1:58 PM
KENDAL FELL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 18 Dec 11:59. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:44 PM
7:44 PM
KENDAL FELL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 28 Jan 18:55 until 28 Jan 19:00. Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 28 Jan 18:23 until 28 Jan 18:32. . [BBC]
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