Ovingdean

England · TV

Position: 50.823224, -0.073357
Grid reference: TQ35800440
Nation: England
Ground height: 90 m
Antenna height: 16 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical and Horizontal
BBC region: South
ITV region: Meridian
ITV news region: Meridian West
Parent transmitter: Whitehawk Hill
Ofcom site numbers: 10822, 10840

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference TQ35800440 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 Ovingdean 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	C29	538 MHz	18 W	DVB-T	BBC	Ovingdean VP
PSB1	BBC A	C29	538 MHz	31 W	DVB-T	BBC	Ovingdean HP
PSB2	D3&4	C31	554 MHz	18 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)	Ovingdean VP
PSB2	D3&4	C31	554 MHz	31 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)	Ovingdean HP
PSB3	BBC B	C37	602 MHz	18 W	DVB-T2	BBC	Ovingdean VP
PSB3	BBC B	C37	602 MHz	31 W	DVB-T2	BBC	Ovingdean HP