menuMENU    UK Free TV logo Freeview

 

 

Click to see updates
Freeview HD, BT TV, SAORVIEW, YouView

By providing a full postcode (such as W1A 1AA), national grid reference (for example SE123456) or latitude, longitude pair (like 54, -0.5) this page will provide a map, terrain plot and detailed information of the location showing the UK and RoI television transmitters that it is possible you receive Freeview, Freeview HD, Youview, BT TV and Saorview from.
 

(Don't know your postcode? Find it at Post Office Postcode finder).

UK Free TV uniquely shows you transmitter coverage maps, aerial to transmitter terrain plots, the closest 10 mobile phone masts (for possible 5G-at-800 interference) as well as tabulated information (sorted by direction, by received signal strength, by frequency, by service names or by transmitter name).

Sample prediction images

Your privacy is important


We do not pass information onto third parties and will not contact you by email. Please see our UK Free Privacy policy.

See sample prediction pages


Click on these links to see how this page looks with these sample postcodes: SP61AN, HR36NT, RG49DP, BH64DD, WV100RR, SY112SE, BA13RN, SO169LR, HX63HU, B186BP.

Please note

These predictions are based upon a rooftop aerial and depend on the suitability of the aerial, the distance to the transmitters, the power of their signals, the postcode area, and local terrain.

Comments
Saturday, 31 December 2016
T
Tudor
3:55 PM
Ebbw Vale

Good afternoon,
Can you please tell me if I can use an indoor aerial to receive TV channels from my home at NP23 5QR

link to this comment
Tudor's 1 post GB flag
Tudor's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

5:09 PM

Tudor:

You are just 3km from the Ebbw Vale transmitter so you might get some signals but indoor aerials of the type stood in the same room as the TV are rarely much use - even people moving in the room or nearby affects reception badly! However, there is a hill in the way so that would make reception very unreliable. The other option is to use Abergavenny but that is almost 7km away so again an indoor aerial is not likely to give reliable reception. Likewise, Baina will be very poor due to the hills.

I would suggest an aerial mounted outside, usualy on the chimney stack or some other convenient strong point, and aimed at the Abergavenny transmitter on a bearing of 82 degrees. You need a Group b or a log-periodic aerial with the cross roads mounted vertically. You should then manually tune to channels 39, 42 and 45. (Automatic tuning may well pick up some signals from Wenvoe which will give very poor reception.)



link to this comment
MikeP's 3,056 posts GB flag
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

5:11 PM

Chris:

Glad to have been of help. Enjoy all 77 channels you now have.



link to this comment
MikeP's 3,056 posts GB flag
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
P
P. Riedl
2:19 PM
Romney Marsh

Can I use an indoor aerial at my address at TN29 9NS?

link to this comment
P. Riedl's 1 post GB flag
P.'s: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

4:48 PM

P Riedl:

Very, very unlikely. Indoor aerials are not at all sensitive enough for most viewers to get any reliable reception. You are quite some distance from any of the three possible transmitters so you would not get good reception with an indoor aerial.

I strongly recommend you have an aerial fitted externally, typically on a chimney stack or a strong bracket.



link to this comment
MikeP's 3,056 posts GB flag
C
C Watmore
9:23 PM

T V pixelating BBC 1 ITV and other Channels the same, very bad today 2nd Jan2017. Ok on full HD channels been like it for around 10 days

link to this comment
C Watmore's 1 post GB flag
R
Ricky
10:23 PM

Can I use a loft aerial in my home at
If3 8qp.

link to this comment
Ricky's 2 posts GB flag
R
Ricky
10:26 PM
Inverness

Sorry wrong code it should have been iv3 8qp

link to this comment
Ricky's 2 posts GB flag
Ricky's: ...
M
MikeB
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:22 PM

C Watmore : We need a postcode, transmitter used, signal strength on both HD and SD channels.

link to this comment
MikeB's 2,579 posts GB flag
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
S
Stef Neumann
2:11 PM
Horsham

Hi folks and Happy New Year!

Location: RH13 9BG, Transmitter: Midhurst. Rooftop aerial (C/D). Setup has been working fine for years. Aerial seems to still point the right way, booster amp in loft appears to be working.

We experience Freeview issues since just before Christmas. Reception is good for most channels (incl HD) and fair on ARQB (CH50) and ARQA (CH59), but ... in sunshine only! As soon as it gets dark or even just cloudy, usually strong channels pixellate and have chopped sound and weaker ones show 'no reception or scrambled signal'. My Humax (HDR FOX T2) shows signal strengths around 30% and quality around 10% (watchable threshold is above 40% quality) on channels 50, 54, 55, 56, 58 and 59.
In sunshine, signal strength exceeds 50% & quality is typically above 70%. Similar results seen on Sony and Samsung TVs' internal tuners.

Any/all suggestions for diagnosis or fix welcome.

Many thanks in anticipation.

Stef

link to this comment
Stef Neumann's 2 posts GB flag
Stef's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Select more comments

Your comment please
Please post a question, answer or commentIf you have Freeview reception problems before posting a question your must first do this Freeview reset procedure then see: Freeview reception has changed, Single frequency interference, and Freeview intermittent interference.

If you have no satellite signal, see Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'

If you have other problems, please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right) and indicate where if aerial is on the roof, in the loft or elsewhere.

UK Free TV is here to help people. If you are rude or disrespectful all of your posts will be deleted and you will be banned.








Privacy policy: UK Free Privacy policy.