Freeview Light on the Haywards Heath (West Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Haywards Heath (West Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 2,900 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 Haywards Heath (West Sussex, 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 Haywards Heath (West Sussex, 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 Haywards Heath 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 | C37- (601.8MHz) | 110m | DTG- | 7W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C39- (617.8MHz) | 110m | DTG- | 7W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 110m | DTG- | 7W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 Haywards Heath (West Sussex, 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 Haywards Heath transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 30km east-northeast (57°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 56km northeast (53°)
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 36 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Haywards Heath (West Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
| B E K T | B E K T | B E K T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C37 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C41 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C42 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | |||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | -BBCA | |||||
| C46 | -D3+4 |
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 30 May 12 and 13 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 35W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 7W |
Local transmitter maps
Haywards Heath Freeview Heathfield TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Heathfield transmitter area
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Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Re: Dave Lindsay / DMOL Post-DSO Multiplex Channel Allocations
I see that the Channel Islands get ITV 3 (On PSB 2) as well as ALL the other channels that England gets.
Is the PSB 2 bandwidth wider in the Channel Islands, or are some of the channels at a lower resolution?
Or is there some wasted space in Englands PSB 2 transmission?
(RH163LB)
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Mark Agius: The Channel Islands' transmitters are PSB-only. Only the three PSB tables on that page have a "CI" column, the rightmost in the COMs is "NI".
ITV3 is carried on PSB2 on the Channel Islands because there is no +1 variant for ITV Channel Television.
I imagine that the services that PSB2 carry are decided on the basis of which is likely to yield the most revenue from advertisers. So I guess that ITV1+1 and ITV2+1 are seen as more lucrative than ITV3 and ITV4, for example.
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Tuesday, 24 July 2012
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Timmy K10:22 PM
Does anyone know why after 3 weeks of good running, my TV is now scrambling Viva, 4Music, ITV4 and other channels? I'm in Haywards Heath.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2012
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graham 1:29 PM
Haywards Heath
I live in Lindfield just outside H Heath. I originally lined up my aerial with Heathfield to get a signal. After the switch over signal improved but we still get drop outs. Should I turn the aerial round to H Heath now it is on line?
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graham's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
graham : You could do, although it only broadcasts PSB channels. Thus, if the drop-outs affect only the COMs then you will be no better off.
For a full list of Freeview channels, including which are PSB and which are COM, see:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
The difficulty with Heathfield would appear to be the high ground in and around Awbrook. There are also a lot of trees around, including some which appear to be in the way of HH transmitter for some houses. This perhaps explains the use of higher gain aerials on some houses for HH.
If your HH aerial is a Group B one (yellow tip), then this is suitable for Heathfield, albeit that perhaps you need a higher gain one. Or then again, maybe it needs mounting higher up.
See:
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
Prior to switchover, Heathfield used Group C/D channels but now the COMs are below C/D and a B aerial should be used in cases where a Group aerial is used.
See here for more information about Heathfield:
Heathfield Transmitter
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graham: Check that your TV/box is tuned to the correct transmitter and that you aren't unwittingly watching the signals from a different transmitter. View the signal strength screen and check that the following are tuned to the right UHF channel:
BBC One C52
ITV1 C49
BBC One HD C47
ITV3 C42
Pick TV C44
Film4 C41
Haywards Heath's are 45, 46 and 43.
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Friday, 10 June 2016
Mark A
7:22 PM
7:22 PM
BBC local radio stations added on 9/06/2016
BBC Radio Sussex EPG 720 (PSB1/BBCA)
BBC Radio London EPG 721
BBC Radio Surrey EPG 722
BBC Radio Essex EPG 734
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Friday, 15 June 2018
Mark A
6:50 PM
6:50 PM
Sound OK, but no vision or vision breaking up on the H.D. channels and Film Four +1 (PSB3)
Haywards Heath relay, from or before 5:15pm and still not working at 6:45pm
PSB1 and PSB2 ok.
Don't know if problem is the Haywards Heath relay or Heathfield transmitter.
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Saturday, 16 June 2018
F
Francis10:17 AM
Similar to Mark A. All free view hd channels (bbc and channel 4 and 5) have interference and signal strength is around 50% where normally in the 90's according to by you view box. Affecting all tv's in the house not just one connect to you view.
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Friday, 6 July 2018
Mark A
6:57 AM
6:57 AM
New channels listed in my EPG. (Haywards Heath, Freeview light)
800 - BFM TV
801 - C8
802 - CNEWS
803 - CSTAR
804 - Gilli
No programs yet thou.
Wonder if we will get them on the 17th after the retune?
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