Freeview Light on the Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) transmitter which serves 4,300 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 Marlborough (Wiltshire, 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 Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Marlborough 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 242m | DTG- | 20W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C28 (530.0MHz) | 242m | DTG- | 20W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 242m | DTG- | 20W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Marlborough transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 63km west (275°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 60km west (273°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C7 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C32 | 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 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 2 May 2011
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Maurice4:20 PM
Marlborough
Simply because the Marlborough transmitter is not up to it. Across the board, in the catchment area of the Marlborough Transmitter, the service has been dropping in and out. Tales from Great Bedwyn to Mildenhall and more of non-service, particularly on Friday morning for people watching the wedding - and no recompense will be offered.
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Tuesday, 3 May 2011
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Mike Dimmick2:06 PM
Maurice: It appears there were a number of faults at the transmitter at the weekend, but you've complained before this when no issues were reported.
At that distance from the transmitter, too much signal is a possibility. If you have a booster or amplifier, try removing it.
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Wednesday, 8 June 2011
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michael bauer5:02 PM
Marlborough
no signal on my tv for several days please advise
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Monday, 13 June 2011
Thursday, 5 July 2012
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Lynn Francis9:12 AM
Marlborough
Yesterday afternoon I retuned our 2 TV's as suggested to receive the extra Olympics channels. The TV worked for an hour or so but then we had a "no signal" notice on the screen and since then we have had no signal. We have checked the aerial which is in the roof and tried to retune again this morning, but still no signal. Please help.
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Thursday, 26 July 2012
Thursday, 10 January 2013
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Chris 6:50 AM
Marlborough
Will we ever be able to receive Sky Sports in the future?
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Chris : Not via terrestrial television.
Marlborough isn't likely to ever broadcast any of the Commercial (COM) multiplexes which Sky Sports (subscription) and other free-to-air services. There appear, looking at Digital UK Postcode Checker, that there are no other transmitters that might provide you with the full complement of channels.
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Monday, 22 April 2013
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Natasha12:55 PM
Marlborough
Hello,
My sigal is fine at SN8 4AU, but why is it that the Mendip area only has a light transmitter, therefore preventing me from recieving all freeview channels? Such as ITV 4 and Film 4 amoungst others. Is this liekely to change or can I do something to recieve them as I don't realy want to buy Sky for channels which are free to air! Thanks.
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Natasha: The Mendip transmitter carries all channels. You are receiving from Marlborough which is a small transmitter that relays Mendip's PSB channels and exists because reception from Mendip is difficult or not possible.
The small "filler-in" transmitters are never likely to get the full complement of channels because those that don't broadcast from such sites are run purely for profit and have no Public Service obligation, unlike BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. See here for an explanation:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
There is the free-to-air satellite service Freesat which offers more channels than are available from the Marlborough transmitter, including ITV4 and Film4.
Here is a comparison full Freeview vs Freesat:
Freeview/Freesat | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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