Freeview Light on the Heyshaw (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Heyshaw (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter which serves 2,700 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 Heyshaw (North Yorkshire, 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 Heyshaw (North Yorkshire, 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 Heyshaw 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 | C39- (617.8MHz) | 335m | DTG- | 100W |
1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 335m | DTG- | 100W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 335m | 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 Heyshaw (North Yorkshire, 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 Heyshaw transmitter?

BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 33km south-southeast (155°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 31km south-southeast (158°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Heyshaw (North Yorkshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Feb 2020 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | |||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
Heyshaw Freeview Emley Moor TV region BBC Yorkshire Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area
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Monday, 6 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
HEYSHAW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:45 yesterday to 20:01 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:45 yesterday to 20:01 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
HEYSHAW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:45 on 05 Jul to 20:01 on 05 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:45 on 05 Jul to 20:01 on 05 Jul. [BBC]
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Monday, 7 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:33 AM
10:33 AM
HEYSHAW transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 14 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:33 PM
1:33 PM
HEYSHAW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:00 today to 11:10 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:19 today to 12:45 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
HEYSHAW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:00 yesterday to 11:10 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:19 yesterday to 12:45 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
HEYSHAW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:00 on 14 Sep to 11:10 on 14 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:19 on 14 Sep to 12:45 on 14 Sep. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 9 October 2015
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Tom Wright8:16 PM
Harrogate
I live at HG3 3AP and receive Freeview tv from Heyshaw transmitter using a 32element aerial mounted on an external roof mast with a mast amplifier, In fine weather reception is full strength and excellent quality on all channels but when it rains all BBC channels quickly weaken until the picture breaks-up and becomes unwatchable and takes several hours after the rain stops to fully restore. All the commercial channels are unaffected and remain full strength. I have called in an aerial firm who replaced the aerial with the same type but without effect and say that it must be due to the transmitter and not the aerial. I have been told that BBC and Commercial channels use different bandwidths (or something which I do not understand). Can they be affected differently by weather conditions and, if so, can anything be done about it? I have been fed from Heyshaw ever since it opened but have only recently noticed this problem. Please advise me.
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MikeB10:00 PM
Macclesfield
Tom Wright: Your just 8km from the transmitter, so signal strength shouldn't be a problem. Frankly, you'd probably be better off with Freesat, looking at the reception you'd get from Belmont, but if your using an aerial, there you are.
The clue is the rain - its most likely you have a problem with your aerial system - rain gets in and kills most of your signal. When it dries out, so they come back. You'll need someone to check your aerial and the cable from the roof.
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Saturday, 10 October 2015
Dave Lindsay
11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Tom Wright: A terrain plot from you to the transmitter is here:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
You cannot see the transmitter because Hartwith Hill is in the way. There also appear to be trees in your vicinity which could be in the way and also no doubt trees on the incline to the Hill.
Signals travel in straight lines. They bend around objects and the way they bend is affected by frequency and the object around which they bend.
Thus, when it rains or when the wind blows (in the case of vegetation) the dispersement of signal in the shadow of the obstruction is likely to change. Whether this is is sufficient to cause interference in reception at the exact location of the aerial is the next question.
The other thing to note, but which I'm not sure could be a factor, is that Heyshaw shares two of its three channels with Belmont. PSB1 (BBC standard definition and radio) is on C60 and PSB3 (high definition services) on C53 are co-channel with two of Belmont's. PSB2 (standard definition commercial services) on C57 are not shared with Belmont.
A terrain plot between you and Belmont shows that it is clear up to about 20 miles which coincides with that after the Vale of York:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
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Sunday, 1 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
8:32 AM
8:32 AM
HEYSHAW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:07 today to 05:25 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:07 today to 05:25 today. [BBC]
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