Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
 | Google Streetview |  | Google map |  | Bing map |  | Google Earth |  | 53.625,-2.516 or 53°37'30"N 2°30'56"W |  | BL6 6SL |
The symbol shows the location of the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter which serves 2,690,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) mast?
Winter Hill transmitter - Winter Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
_______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Winter Hill 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Winter Hill transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 22km southeast (139°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 22km southeast (139°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1956-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Feb 2020 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
| C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C12 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C24 | _local | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C40 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | ||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | LPR | |||||
| C57tv_off | GIM | GIM | GIM | GIM | |||||
| C58tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C61 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | 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 | 500kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-12.9dB) 25.7kW | |
| com8 | (-13.4dB) 22.6kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-16dB) 12.5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| LL | (-24dB) 2kW | |
| GIM, LM, LPR | (-27dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
Winter Hill Freeview Winter Hill DAB Winter Hill TV region BBC North West GranadaWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
|
|
Friday, 2 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WINTER HILL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
| link to this comment |
Saturday, 10 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WINTER HILL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
| link to this comment |
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
R
Rose9:40 AM
Manchester
Transmitter engineering: number 8 - M8 5YD
I have to aerials : one is on the roof other one is on first floor out side my windows. none of them have signal at the moment.
Hi, I am in winter hill area and free view signal was weak in last few days, gone worst and now I just see bunch of color on my Tv, I contacted digital tv website they said engineer are working on winter hill and they do not know the details.
would you please tell me how long does it take to get the signal back on my free view channels?
| link to this comment |
Sunday, 18 October 2015
N
N Kelly10:06 PM
I have lost all HD channels on my Humax BT Youview Box and my HD Panasonic TV. I have completed the reset procedure and retuned several times with no luck. I live in Sale, Cheshire M33. Is this a Winter Hill issue?
| link to this comment |
M
MikeB10:21 PM
Macclesfield
N Kelly: Winter Hill is showing a possible weak signal, but what that means, relatively speaking, is impossible to say without knowing your location.
However, check your signal strength. Your TV and PVR have senstive tuners, and if you have a problem with your aerial system, HD muxes are vanishing. It could be that you were just about OK, until the weak signal from the transmitter compounded the problem. Start with the aerial lead into the first device, just to make sure its not duff.
| link to this comment |
Monday, 19 October 2015
A
anthony4:31 PM
I live not far from you and can confirm that all 10 multiplexes are working normally. Winter Hill serves over 7 million people, if there was a problem this and the website Digital Spy would be inundated with complaints.
| link to this comment |
anthony's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data wifiA's R&TI Service businessA's digitaluk trade radioA's DAB coverage
P
peter jones4:49 PM
hello, i am getting problems with reception on all but bbc channels, the picture is going into blocks, i have checked the aerial connections and all seem good . the fault started on saturday 17/10/2015. i have a sagem digi box
| link to this comment |
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
M
MikeP10:00 AM
Trowbridge
Peter Jones:
For anyone contributing to this website to have any chance to assist, you need to give an idea of where you live by giving a post code or that of a nearby public building, shop, post office, etc. From that information, we could look up which transmitter is best for you and to see if there are any engineering works, technical issues or localised recep[tion problems.
| link to this comment |
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
R
Robert5:32 PM
Ulverston
Hi. Brilliant site.
Do you have any idea how long the works at Winterhill are likely to go on for? We live in the south of Cumbria and have always had a good and reliable signal.....until the last month or so. It's now basically unwatchable. Our aerial is in the attic but it's the top of a three storey Georgian house with direct line of sight to winter hill. I've just been and checked it's alingment and all the connections from there to our Humax box. All seems fine. I've also unplugged other nearby electrical items.
Any suggestions?
Robert.
| link to this comment |
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WINTER HILL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
| link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please