Freeview Light on the Longwood Edge (Kirklees, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Longwood Edge (Kirklees, England) transmitter which serves 1,200 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 Longwood Edge (Kirklees, 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 Longwood Edge (Kirklees, 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 Longwood Edge 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 134m | DTG- | 8W |
1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 134m | DTG- | 8W |
3 ITV 1 (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, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 134m | DTG- | 8W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Yorkshire, 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 Longwood Edge (Kirklees, 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 Longwood Edge transmitter?

BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 26km northeast (48°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 25km northeast (43°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Longwood Edge (Kirklees, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Feb 2020 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C65 | 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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 40W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 8W |
Local transmitter maps
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Sunday, 13 February 2011
LONGWOOD EDGE transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 13:46 yesterday to 13:49 yesterday [BBC]
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Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
6:44 AM
6:44 AM
LONGWOOD EDGE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 10 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LONGWOOD EDGE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 18 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 AM
11:46 AM
Longwood Edge transmitter - Longwood Edge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/06/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 21 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
Longwood Edge transmitter - Longwood Edge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/06/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
Longwood Edge transmitter - Longwood Edge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/06/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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