Freeview Light on the Westbourne (Poole, England) transmitter
Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 50.724,-1.906 or 50°43'26"N 1°54'23"W | BH12 1BB |
The symbol shows the location of the Westbourne (Poole, England) transmitter which serves 6,600 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 Westbourne (Poole, 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 Westbourne (Poole, 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 Westbourne 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 74m | DTG- | 8W |
1 BBC One (SD) South, 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 | V max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 74m | DTG- | 8W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 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 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C35 (586.0MHz) | 74m | DTG- | 8W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Westbourne (Poole, 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 Westbourne transmitter?

BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 41km east-northeast (59°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 50km east-northeast (69°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Westbourne (Poole, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2 May 2018 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | A K T | |||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C51tv_off | 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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 38W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 7.6W |
Local transmitter maps
Westbourne Freeview Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area
|
|
Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
WESTBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:13 on 26 Aug to 19:26 on 26 Aug. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Monday, 25 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
WESTBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 25 May 01:06 until 25 May 01:10. . [BBC]
link to this comment |
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
WESTBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 25 May 01:06 until 25 May 01:10. . [BBC]
link to this comment |
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
WESTBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Mar 11:21 until 19 Mar 14:38. . [BBC]
link to this comment |
Thursday, 1 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
WESTBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 1 Oct 10:46 until 1 Oct 11:10. . [BBC]
link to this comment |
Friday, 31 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:07 AM
10:07 AM
WESTBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Mar 12:39 until 29 Mar 16:33. . [BBC]
link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please