Freeview Light on the Dorking (Surrey, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dorking (Surrey, England) transmitter which serves 3,700 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 Dorking (Surrey, 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 Dorking (Surrey, 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 Dorking 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 | H max V -3.1dB | C44 (658.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 9W 4W |
1 BBC One (SD) London, 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 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | H max V -3.1dB | C41 (634.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 9W 4W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max V -3.1dB | C47 (682.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 9W 4W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London 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 Dorking (Surrey, 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 Dorking transmitter?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 35km north-northeast (19°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 37km north-northeast (22°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Dorking (Surrey, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | 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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 33W | |
PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-5.6dB) 9W | |
PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | (-8.8dB) 4.4W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Thursday, 7 April 2011
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Mike Dimmick9:11 PM
BBC B on the VP aerials should be 4.4W, the same as BBC A and D3&4.
I guess you can't show the HP and VP analogue power levels separately? HP should be 45W and VP 22W according to UK Television Reception Advice . An old IBA booklet had 55/14. (RG47SH)
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Saturday, 9 April 2011
Mike Dimmick: The database can't deal with it at the moment, I will look into it.
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Thursday, 23 June 2011
DORKING transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 today [BBC]
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DORKING transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 today to 15:40 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 today to 15:40 today [BBC]
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Friday, 24 June 2011
DORKING transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 yesterday to 15:40 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 yesterday to 15:40 yesterday [BBC]
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Saturday, 25 June 2011
DORKING transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 on 23 Jun to 15:40 on 23 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 on 23 Jun to 15:40 on 23 Jun [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
DORKING transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:23 today to 02:07 today [BBC]
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DORKING transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:54 today to 13:27 today BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:23 today to 02:07 today [BBC]
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DORKING transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:23 today to 02:07 today BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:54 today to 13:27 today [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 April 2012
DORKING transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:54 yesterday to 13:27 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:23 yesterday to 02:07 yesterday [BBC]
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