Freeview Light on the Skelmersdale (Lancashire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Skelmersdale (Lancashire, England) transmitter. 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 Skelmersdale (Lancashire, 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 Skelmersdale (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, 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 Skelmersdale 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 175m | DTG- | 100W |
1 BBC One (SD) North 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 | H max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 175m | DTG- | 100W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 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 (Granada), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 175m | DTG- | 100W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Skelmersdale (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, 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 Skelmersdale transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 32km east-southeast (108°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 32km east-southeast (108°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Skelmersdale (Lancashire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBCB | ||||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C43 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C46 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C48 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C52tv_off | BBCB |
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 4 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 100W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Friday, 17 February 2012
SKELMERSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:56 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:56 today [BBC]
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SKELMERSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:56 today to 18:09 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:56 today to 18:09 today [BBC]
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Saturday, 18 February 2012
SKELMERSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:56 yesterday to 18:09 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:56 yesterday to 18:09 yesterday [BBC]
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Sunday, 19 February 2012
SKELMERSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:56 on 17 Feb to 18:09 on 17 Feb HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:56 on 17 Feb to 18:09 on 17 Feb [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 April 2012
SKELMERSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:47 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:47 today [BBC]
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SKELMERSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:47 today to 15:01 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:47 today to 15:01 today [BBC]
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Monday, 30 April 2012
SKELMERSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:47 yesterday to 15:01 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:47 yesterday to 15:01 yesterday [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 May 2012
SKELMERSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:47 on 29 Apr to 15:01 on 29 Apr HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:47 on 29 Apr to 15:01 on 29 Apr [BBC]
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Monday, 20 January 2014
SKELMERSDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 today to 09:04 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 today to 09:04 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 21 January 2014
SKELMERSDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 yesterday to 09:04 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 yesterday to 09:04 yesterday. [BBC]
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