Pendle Forest

England · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 53.841371, -2.266375
Grid reference: SD82573838
Nation: England
Ground height: 273 m
Antenna height: 51 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: 10302

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference SD82573838 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	0.15% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter
FM radio	0.14% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter
DAB radio	0.27% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter

On the map

Where Pendle Forest 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	100 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C25	506 MHz	100 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C22	482 MHz	100 W	DVB-T2	BBC
COM4	SDN	C27	522 MHz	100 W	DVB-T	SDN (ITV plc)
COM5	ARQ A	C21	474 MHz	100 W	DVB-T	Arqiva
COM6	ARQ B	C24	498 MHz	100 W	DVB-T	Arqiva

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
BBC Radio 2	90.2 MHz	500 W	500 W	37 m	_BBC_R2_	C202	HV
BBC Radio 3	92.6 MHz	500 W	500 W	37 m	_BBC_R3_	C203	HV
BBC Radio 4 (FM)	94.6 MHz	500 W	500 W	37 m	_BBC_R4_	C204	HV
BBC Radio 1	97.8 MHz	500 W	500 W	37 m	Radio_1_	C201	HV
Capital	99.8 MHz	250 W	500 W	40 m	Capital	C37C	HV

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
D1 National	11D	222.064 MHz	2.0 kW	28 m	Burnley	C181	30
Lancashire	12A	223.936 MHz	3.0 kW	37 m	Central Lancashire	C195	13
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	4.9 kW	37 m	Burnley	CE15	16

D1 National — block 11D

Lancashire — block 12A

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BBC National DAB — block 12B

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