Freeview Light on the Nailsworth (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Nailsworth (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves 2,000 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 Nailsworth (Gloucestershire, 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 Nailsworth (Gloucestershire, 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 Nailsworth 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 6W |
 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 6W |
 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 6W |
 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 Nailsworth (Gloucestershire, 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 Nailsworth transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 37km southwest (227°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 36km southwest (221°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Nailsworth (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 31W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 6.2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Saturday, 16 September 2023
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Steve Donaldson6:42 PM
Ian Gregorig: BBC Reception [bbc.co.uk/reception] says the Radio 1-4 FM transmitter went off-air at 12:16 and the TV transmitter off-air at 12:17, both "due to a fault". I've just checked the National Grid Electricity Distribution (formerly Western Power Distribution) website and no power cut is recorded for the postcode of the transmitter. Sometimes a transmitter goes off air and the local electricity distribution network operator reports a power outage, meaning this is probably what has caused the transmitter to shut down.
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Chris.SE11:19 PM
Ian Gregorig
The BBC have updated the report. -
Freeview was off air due to a fault From 12:17pm to 7:40pm
FM was off-air due top a fault From 12:16pm to 7:41pm
However, they also say From 7:41pm on 16th Sep 2023 BBC Radio 1 Off the air due to a fault
There are still no reports of a recent power cut affecting the transmitter postcode, so this sounds like the fault was/is at the transmitter itself.
I've noted your location is predicted to get good signals from Mendip, but of course very local conditions may hamper that, eg. nearby trees, another building, very local terrain, etc.
This might make such reception unreliable.
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Steve Donaldson11:57 PM
Chris.SE: The terrain plot between Mendip and Ian doesn't look good:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
Plus add the fact that the properties in Ian's postcode are surrounded by trees.
Ridge Hill is closer at just over 25 miles, but Bown Hill is in the way, around 160m higher at 1 mile out, so Ridge Hill is definitely out:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
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Sunday, 17 September 2023
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Chris.SE8:58 PM
Steve Donaldson:
That comes as no real surprise knowing some of the terrain round there.
However I do wonder sometimes about the predictions considering that measurements were supposedly taken in 100m blocks IIRC some while back. There could of course be some gaps between the ridges for some to see a signal, but may not be for most/anyone!
My thoughts often are, well point an aerial that way and see what you might get :)
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Monday, 21 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Nailsworth transmitter - Nailsworth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Nailsworth transmitter - Nailsworth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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