Freeview Light on the Windermere (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Windermere (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 7,600 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 Windermere (Cumbria, 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 Windermere (Cumbria, 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Windermere 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 252m | 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 252m | DTG- | 100W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Border (England)), 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 252m | DTG- | 100W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Windermere (Cumbria, 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Windermere transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 109km south-southeast (157°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 57km north (3°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
Are there any self-help relays?
Dillicar | Active deflector | 6 km NW Sedbergh | 20 homes |
Great Langdale | Active deflector | 14 km NW Windermere | 12 homes Caravan park? |
Parkcliffe | Active deflector | 7 km S Windermere mobile caravan park |
How will the Windermere (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 19 Aug 2020 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 20 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
WINDERMERE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 05:21 on 18 Aug to 09:19 on 18 Aug. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
6:44 AM
6:44 AM
WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 03:13 today to 03:22 today, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 03:13 today to 03:22 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 03:13 yesterday to 03:22 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 03:13 yesterday to 03:22 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 4 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 03:13 on 02 Sep to 03:22 on 02 Sep, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 03:13 on 02 Sep to 03:22 on 02 Sep. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:52 yesterday to 23:56 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:52 yesterday to 23:56 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:52 on 28 Sep to 23:56 on 28 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:52 on 28 Sep to 23:56 on 28 Sep. [BBC]
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Friday, 2 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:52 on 28 Sep to 23:56 on 28 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:52 on 28 Sep to 23:56 on 28 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:48 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:33 PM
4:33 PM
WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:52 on 28 Sep to 23:56 on 28 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:52 on 28 Sep to 23:56 on 28 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:48 today to 13:28 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 3 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:48 yesterday to 13:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 4 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:48 on 02 Oct to 13:28 on 02 Oct. [BBC]
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