Freeview Light on the Keswick (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Keswick (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 3,400 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 Keswick (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 Keswick (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 Keswick 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 233m | DTG- | 24W |
1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 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 | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 233m | DTG- | 24W |
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 | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 233m | DTG- | 24W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North East and Cumbria, 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 Keswick (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 Keswick transmitter?

BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 106km east-northeast (66°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 35km north-northeast (23°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Keswick (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 120W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 24W |
Local transmitter maps
Keswick Freeview Caldbeck TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Border (England)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Sunday, 6 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KESWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 yesterday. [BBC]
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l speake9:52 PM
Ca124dg could you say when the TVs will be back to normal
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BOC11:50 PM
l speake: Keswick and Threlkeld are relays fed via Bassenthwaite. Bassenthwaite has no mains electricity, and it is not possible to access the site with a generator due to flooding.
The service will be restored as soon as its possible to restore the electricity supply
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Monday, 7 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
KESWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
KESWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
KESWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
KESWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 on 07 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 on 07 Dec. [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
KESWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:55 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:55 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
KESWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:55 today to 10:24 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:55 today to 10:24 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 13 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KESWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:55 yesterday to 10:24 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:55 yesterday to 10:24 yesterday. [BBC]
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