Garth Hill

Wales · TV

Position: 52.347352, -3.068674
Grid reference: SO27307268
Nation: Wales
Ground height: 338 m
Antenna height: 36 m
Aerial group: Group B — C35–53, the middle
Polarisation: Vertical and Horizontal
BBC region: Midlands
ITV region: Central
ITV news region: Central West
Parent transmitter: Ridge Hill
Ofcom site numbers: 14902, 14922

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference SO27307268 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	0.01% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Garth Hill is the strongest signal for television.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom. Ofcom list this mast more than once — usually one row per polarisation — so the last column says which row each multiplex comes from.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator	Ofcom row
PSB1	BBC A	C41	634 MHz	5 W	DVB-T	BBC	Garth Hill VP
PSB1	BBC A	C41	634 MHz	16 W	DVB-T	BBC	Garth Hill HP
PSB2	D3&4	C44	658 MHz	5 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)	Garth Hill VP
PSB2	D3&4	C44	658 MHz	16 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)	Garth Hill HP
PSB3	BBC B	C47	682 MHz	5 W	DVB-T2	BBC	Garth Hill VP
PSB3	BBC B	C47	682 MHz	16 W	DVB-T2	BBC	Garth Hill HP