Birch Vale

England · TV and DAB

Position: 53.372204, -1.959230
Grid reference: SK02818615
Nation: England
Ground height: 313 m
Antenna height: 48 m
Aerial group: Group B — C35–53, the middle
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: North West
ITV region: Granada
ITV news region: Granada
Parent transmitter: Winter Hill
Ofcom site number: 10311

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference SK02818615 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	0.02% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
DAB radio	0.02% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Birch Vale is the strongest signal for television and DAB radio.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C46	674 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C43	650 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C40	626 MHz	50 W	DVB-T2	BBC

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	50 W	40 m	BIRCH VALE	CE15	16

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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