Tunbridge Wells

England · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 51.172566, 0.297816
Grid reference: TQ60734399
Nation: England
Ground height: 124 m
Antenna height: 50 m
Aerial group: Group K — C21–48, wideband across the post-clearance band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: South East
ITV region: Meridian
ITV news region: Meridian East
Ofcom site number: 10104

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference TQ60734399 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	0.23% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter
FM radio	0.01% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
DAB radio	0.17% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter

On the map

Where Tunbridge Wells 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	C41	634 MHz	4.0 kW	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C44	658 MHz	4.0 kW	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C47	682 MHz	4.0 kW	DVB-T2	BBC
COM4	SDN	C29	538 MHz	4.0 kW	DVB-T	SDN (ITV plc)
COM5	ARQ A	C31	554 MHz	4.0 kW	DVB-T	Arqiva
COM6	ARQ B	C37	602 MHz	4.0 kW	DVB-T	Arqiva
LTV	Local	C39	618 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	Comux / local operators

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
KMFM	96.2 MHz	25 W	140 W	45 m	kmfm_wk	C3BD	HV

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
Kent	11C	220.352 MHz	1.0 kW	48 m	Tunbridge Wells	C1AB	11
D1 National	11D	222.064 MHz	1.5 kW	48 m	Tunbridge Wells	C181	30
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	3.1 kW	48 m	Tunbridge Wells	CE15	16

Kent — block 11C

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D1 National — block 11D

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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Ofcom's notes

SFN with Heathfield (PSB multiplexes).