Freeview Light on the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 7,600 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Bretch Hill transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 196m | DTG- | 87W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 196m | DTG- | 87W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 196m | DTG- | 87W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Bretch Hill transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 60km northwest (322°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 60km northwest (322°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C52tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C56tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C65 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 87W |
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Friday, 21 January 2011
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Mark8:52 AM
Banbury
Since last Thursday 13th Jan 2011 we have not been able to get BBC 2 in Banbury . Everything was ok before the work was done on the Bretch Hill Transmitter on that date when we lost all channels for several hours. We are just on analogue service. I have retuned the TV but it does not find BBC 2. Apparently there was a power failure on Wed Night (19th Jan) in Bretch Hill and for that hour we had a clear picture on BBC 2. Any help would be appreciated
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Mark: I'm a bit confused. How did your TV manage to scan for analogue channels and not find BBC TWO, and then show BBC TWO?
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Mark9:09 AM
Sorry, my fault. When i say we didn't have BBC2 I mean we had sound but the picture had lines/snowy on it so was impossible to really see what was happening. Then when power went in bretch hill on Wed night we had a clear picture. Later that evening when power was restored in Bretch Hill area the picture was unviewable again. So yesterday i tried to retune but now it doesn't find BBc 2 at all. Hope that is clearer now. Thanks
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Saturday, 22 January 2011
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Tara11:44 PM
I have had the same problem since the 13th BBC2 picture really fuzzy but does not seem to be weak signal. Am running of an amplified set top ariel as I can't get a signal on my freeview box since moving to Banbury. Like many posters have said previously need massive rooftop Arials and in a rented listed building that is probably not feasible. All other channels apart from bbc2 are crystal clear.
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Sunday, 23 January 2011
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M11:20 AM
So does anyone know if we will ever get a clear picture back on BBC 2 again if we are just an analogue TV user? What hope have I got if the auto tuner on the TV can't even find BBC 2 any more? Any help appreciated
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V Hampson12:39 PM
Same here very fuzzy unwatchable signal BBC2 from Bretch Hill. Other channels fine.
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Monday, 24 January 2011
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Mike Dimmick1:36 PM
All Banbury residents having problems with Bretch Hill: go to BBC - Help receiving TV and radio and enter your postcode under 'Diagnose your problem'. Follow the wizard through, selecting the appropriate options: I picked 'Lost BBC Channels', 'Television', 'Analogue'. Once it lists the transmitters (and tells you there are no problems), select 'No' next to 'Did this answer your question', and it will take you to another page, where you can report the problem.
It could be that they've made a mistake in setting up the new equipment. This site and some others say that all channels are 87W but Ofcom's analogue transmitter page says it's supposed to be 348W for BBC Two, four times stronger (or 6dB). This could be to allow for the fact that channel 48 is used for a digital multiplex at the Oxford transmitter.
I don't know why a power cut would have corrected the problem temporarily, though, unless it cut off some other source of interference. (RG47SH)
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Saturday, 29 January 2011
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Pauline9:46 AM
Banbury
I see that the Bretch Hill transmitter is announcing a reduced quality in BBC2 since yesterday. I have had a reduced quality for this channel for two weeks now. It is nice of them to catch up.
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