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The symbol shows the location of the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves 38,000 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 Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Lark Stoke 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)281mDTG-1,260W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)281mDTG-1,260W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30- (545.8MHz)281mDTG-1,260W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 V max
C33+ (570.2MHz)276mDTG-81,260W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C36 (594.0MHz)276mDTG-81,260W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C48 (690.0MHz)276mDTG-81,260W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

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 Lark Stoke transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 45km north-northwest (345°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
regional news image
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 46km north-northwest (345°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

How will the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-137 Mar 2018
A K TA K TA K TK TK T
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C30-BBCBBBCB
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesSDN
C36ArqA
C41+SDN
C44ArqA
C47ArqB
C48_local_local

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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 6.3kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 1.26kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-24dB) 25W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Lark Stoke transmitter area

Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Lark Stoke was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:33 PM

Syd Wall: do this to the Humax and it won't kill your recordings - My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound o

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Wednesday, 26 August 2015
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Syd Wall
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:28 PM

Thanks Brian. I meant that the re-tune always cancels all the scheduled recordings, not that it deletes what I have already recorded. Are you saying that the above process will rescan and still keep all the schedules I have set up? Great if so!

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jb38
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10:45 PM

Syd Wall: The change made to ITV4 only involved the Multiplex transmitter number that the programme is broadcast on and "not" the programme guide number (EPG) used to receive it, ITV4 having previously been transmitted by the COM6 Mux whereas now its on PSB2 as used by ITV1 etc, this now enabling viewers who reside in Freeview "lite" areas to receive it, whereas they were unable to prior to the change.

As far as programmes scheduled for recording are concerned, the situation will not have changed, as when you set whatever to record, the data stored involves the Mux channel number associated with the programme, when you retune the receiver this action automatically deletes this info no matter what brand of device you happen to be using.

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Thursday, 27 August 2015
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:18 AM

jb38: Sorry to argue about this, just having a look at the "Blue Book" and it should be possible for recordings to use programme identifiers that allow scheduled recordings to be continuted if a channel moves to a new multiplex."22.2.3.7 Tracking schedule changesWhen the recorder is not in passive standby and a schedule change occurs, the affected programmes in the schedule of recordings and any recordings in progress shall be updated. In standby, a recorder shall monitor the EITp/f sufficiently frequently and for sufficient duration to allow a programme to be recorded successfully even when the start time is brought forward by up to ten minutes and the schedule"This means that when a channel moves multiplex the NIT can show that the identified scheduled recording is to be found in a new place. This is possible because the NIT for ALL Freeview channels is carried on ALL Freeview multiplexes.

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Monday, 14 September 2015
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David Farman
10:31 AM

I have been told that a local provider operates a broadband service using a microwave antenna mounted on one of the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire) masts, but have been unable to identify the company concerned. Does anyone happen to know, or can anyone suggest who I might ask? Thanks!

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Thursday, 22 October 2015
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Jeff Porter
1:54 PM

When will the Lark Stoke transmitter broadcast the Talking Pictures TV channel no. 81?

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Tuesday, 16 February 2016
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philip cooper
7:19 PM

Please put bbc4hd onto the vacated bbc3hd slot on
The Larkstoke transmitter.

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Sunday, 6 March 2016
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Brian Halling
11:59 AM

Please put bbcnewshd on the vacated bbc3hd slot on the Lark Stoke transmitter. Even better, transmit it in UHD. :-)

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Monday, 6 June 2016
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Peter Gilbert
9:39 AM

Is there a problem with Larkstoke freeview services, please? Tried 2 different tv's, tried re-tuning. Now channels 1-9 don't show on programme guide and many others missing. Itv channels showing on channels 800 upwards.

Thanks
Peter

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Richard Cooper
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11:05 AM
Norwich

Peter Gilbert: Hi Peter G. There are no faults or engineering work at the Lark Stoke transmitter this morning of Monday 6th. June, 2016. There are, however, high atmospheric pressure conditions which can cause co-channel interference with other transmitters using the same channels that Lark Stoke uses. Unfortunately, this is down to the vagaries of our climate and weather, so all you can do is to wait until lower pressure conditions prevail, view tv online or invest in a 'Freesat' satellite tv setup. You are entitled to contact programme providers to inform them that you cannot view via the 'Freeview' platform, but I doubt they will say any more than I've said here. Sorry I couldn't have been of more help, Richard, Norwich, 11:00 a.m.

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