Glossop

England · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 53.455169, -1.960506
Grid reference: SK02729538
Nation: England
Ground height: 262 m
Antenna height: 48 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: North West
ITV region: Granada
ITV news region: Granada
Parent transmitter: Winter Hill
Ofcom site number: 10313

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference SK02729538 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	0.05% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
FM radio	0.04% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
DAB radio	0.06% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Glossop is the strongest signal for television, FM radio and DAB radio.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C28	530 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C25	506 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C22	482 MHz	50 W	DVB-T2	BBC

FM radio

FM services. ERP is published separately per polarisation; a dash means nothing is radiated in that plane.
Station	Frequency	ERP (H)	ERP (V)	Height	RDS name	PI code	Pattern
Greatest Hits Radio	106.4 MHz	—	250 W	40 m	Grt_Hits	C999	V

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
D1 National	11D	222.064 MHz	50 W	41 m	Glossop	C181	30
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	500 W	41 m	Glossop	CE15	16

D1 National — block 11D

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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