St Marks VP

England · TV and DAB

Position: 51.113868, 0.259325
Grid reference: TQ58243738
Nation: England
Ground height: 144 m
Antenna height: 24 m
Aerial group: Group K — C21–48, wideband across the post-clearance band
Polarisation: Vertical and Horizontal
BBC region: South East
ITV region: Meridian
ITV news region: Meridian East
Parent transmitter: Tunbridge Wells
Ofcom site numbers: 10126, 10167

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference TQ58243738 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	0.01% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where St Marks VP is the strongest signal for television and DAB radio.

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	C32	562 MHz	26 W	DVB-T	BBC	St Marks VP
PSB1	BBC A	C32	562 MHz	6 W	DVB-T	BBC	St Marks HP
PSB2	D3&4	C34	578 MHz	26 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)	St Marks VP
PSB2	D3&4	C34	578 MHz	6 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)	St Marks HP
PSB3	BBC B	C45	666 MHz	26 W	DVB-T2	BBC	St Marks VP
PSB3	BBC B	C45	666 MHz	6 W	DVB-T2	BBC	St Marks HP

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
Kent	11C	220.352 MHz	200 W	27 m	Tunbridge Wells	C1AB	11
D1 National	11D	222.064 MHz	20 W	27 m	Tunbridge Wells	C181	30
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	20 W	27 m	Tunbridge Wells	CE15	16

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D1 National — block 11D

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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