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The symbol shows the location of the Farleigh (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 3,400 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 Farleigh (Kent, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Farleigh 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
C36 (594.0MHz)75mDTG-3W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)75mDTG-3W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East 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
C48 (690.0MHz)75mDTG-3W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Farleigh (Kent, 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, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Farleigh transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 21km southwest (228°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 5km northeast (49°)
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 36 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford

How will the Farleigh (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1319 Jul 2018
W TW TW TC/D E TB E K T
C21ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C28BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C36BBCA
C42D3+4
C48BBCB
C50tv_offD3+4
C53tv_offBBCB
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C56tv_offBBCA
C57tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 13 Jun 12 and 27 Jun 12.

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

Analogue 1-4 12W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-5.7dB) 3.2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bluebell Hill transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Thames†
Jul 1968-Dec 1981London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Farleigh 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.

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Friday, 12 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:51 yesterday to 11:13 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:51 yesterday to 11:13 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 13 July 2019
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5:08 AM

FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:51 on 11 Jul to 11:13 on 11 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:51 on 11 Jul to 11:13 on 11 Jul. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
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3:37 PM

FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Jul 14:39 until 14 Jul 14:54. . [BBC]

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Monday, 1 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
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7:55 AM

FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Feb 05:21 until 1 Feb 05:56. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 16 March 2021
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8:05 PM

FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Mar 16:44 until 16 Mar 16:46. . [BBC]

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Monday, 6 September 2021
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8:23 PM

FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Sep 18:24 until 6 Sep 18:51. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Sep 18:21 until 6 Sep 18:22. . [BBC]

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Monday, 1 November 2021
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9:03 PM

FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Nov 19:02 until 1 Nov 19:35. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 2 November 2021
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12:03 AM

FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Nov 20:21. Off the air due to a fault from 1 Nov 19:02 until 1 Nov 19:35. . [BBC]

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6:04 AM

FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Nov 20:21 until 2 Nov 00:36. Off the air due to a fault from 1 Nov 19:02 until 1 Nov 19:35. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 6 November 2021
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9:03 PM

FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Nov 20:21 until 2 Nov 00:36. . [BBC]

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