Freeview Light on the Buxton (Derbyshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Buxton (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 9,400 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 Buxton (Derbyshire, 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 Buxton (Derbyshire, 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 Buxton 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 480m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 480m | DTG- | 200W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 480m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 Buxton (Derbyshire, 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 Buxton transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 34km northwest (311°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 34km northwest (311°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Buxton (Derbyshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 1000W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 11 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BUXTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:15 on 07 Apr to 00:21 on 07 Apr, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:15 on 07 Apr to 00:21 on 07 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday. DAB: BBC Nati [BBC]
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KMJ,Derby9:08 AM
Peter Newbold: the status for the Buxton transmitter is currently shown as off air since 22.53 yesterday (10th April 2016). This affects all services tv, fm and dab..BBC Radio Derby reported this morning that there were problems at the transmitter due to a power failure.
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Transmitter engineering
11:31 AM
11:31 AM
BUXTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:15 on 07 Apr to 00:21 on 07 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:15 on 07 Apr to 00:21 on 07 Apr. DAB: BBC Nati [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:31 PM
2:31 PM
BUXTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:14 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday to 11:02 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:15 on 07 Apr to 00:21 on 07 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday to 10:51 today, HD Digital TV [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
BUXTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:14 today to 14:31 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday to 11:02 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:15 on 07 Apr to 00:21 on 07 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday to 10:51 today [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:31 PM
8:31 PM
BUXTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:14 today to 14:31 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:15 on 07 Apr to 00:21 on 07 Apr, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday to 11:02 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday to 10:51 today [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:31 PM
11:31 PM
BUXTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:14 today to 14:31 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:15 on 07 Apr to 00:21 on 07 Apr, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 yesterday to 11:02 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:15 on 07 Apr to 00: [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BUXTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:14 yesterday to 14:31 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 on 10 Apr to 11:02 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 on 10 Apr to 10:51 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 09:3 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:31 AM
8:31 AM
BUXTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 on 10 Apr to 11:02 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:14 yesterday to 14:31 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:53 on 10 Apr to 10:51 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 09:3 [BBC]
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