Ashford

England · TV

Position: 51.144657, 0.876228
Grid reference: TR01284231
Nation: England
Ground height: 39 m
Antenna height: 39 m
Aerial group: Group K — C21–48, wideband across the post-clearance band
Polarisation: Horizontal
BBC region: South East
ITV region: Meridian
ITV news region: Meridian East
Parent transmitter: Dover
Ofcom site number: 11320

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference TR01284231 from OSGB36 to WGS84 [V]. Ofcom publish no latitude and longitude for television sites. The transform is verified rather than assumed: on the 3,403 radio records that carry both, it reproduces Ofcom's own coordinates to within 0.1 m.

How far it reaches

The share of the UK's 238,895 Census Output Areas where this mast is the strongest signal of its kind. Not the share it reaches at all — most places can receive several transmitters, and only one of them can be the best.

Band	Best signal in
Television	0.10% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter

On the map

Where Ashford is the strongest signal for television.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C33	570 MHz	500 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C35	586 MHz	500 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C36	594 MHz	500 W	DVB-T2	BBC
COM4	SDN	C39	618 MHz	500 W	DVB-T	SDN (ITV plc)
COM5	ARQ A	C42	642 MHz	500 W	DVB-T	Arqiva
COM6	ARQ B	C48	690 MHz	500 W	DVB-T	Arqiva

Ofcom's notes

SFN with Dover and Margate