Freeview Light on the Kendal Fell (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kendal Fell (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 12,000 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 Kendal Fell (Cumbria, 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 Kendal Fell (Cumbria, 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 Kendal Fell 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 | H max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 3W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 3W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Border (England)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 3W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North 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 Kendal Fell (Cumbria, 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 Kendal Fell transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 100km south-southeast (162°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 62km north (352°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Kendal Fell (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | 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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 16W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 3.2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Wednesday, 12 January 2011
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Michael Mulvany1:18 PM
When will the Kendal transmitter broadcast the full range of Freeview channels?
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Mike Dimmick3:07 PM
Reading
Michael Mulvany: not for the foreseeable future. The commercial channels don't see enough benefit in extending their broadcasts to the 1,000-odd relay transmitters, and they are not required to do so. Unless they change their minds, the answer is 'never'.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Dave7:22 PM
Kendal
Anyone getting Freeview from the Kendal transmitter or it relays getting pixelation issues on all commercial channels since the ITV+1 change yesterday?
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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steve7:52 PM
i'm getting pixelation on quite a few stations especially itv1 (which is the worst) since today, i'm on the mendip transmitter, but the signal strength seems to be as normal.
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Tuesday, 1 February 2011
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Keith Cawley3:47 PM
You state that the Kendal Fell transmitter is polarised horizontally but the antennas pointing at it in Arnside are mounted for vertical polarisation, am I missing something?
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Keith Cawley: I would imagine the aerials are pointing at another transmitter.
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Saturday, 27 August 2011
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Chris1:31 AM
Kendal
We have freeview lite. Why can't we get itv4 which has live football, when we get itv+1, C4+1,E4+1. All they do is show stuff twice and we miss out completely on ITV4, film 4. There should be no +1 channels until the full ITV/ C4 network is available on freeview lite
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Chris's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby7:58 AM
Chris: The Digital UK postcode checker predicts that you can receive a full Freeview service from Lancaster, using a group A aerial mounted for vertical polarisation and pointing South at 185 degrees. Most viewers would agree with you regarding "+1" channels, the broadcasters however see a second transmission of their main channel as being more attractive to advertisers.
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Chris: See also Freeview retune - poor public service transmitters deal | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . The "+1" channels for ITV1 and Channel 4+1 have to be on Mutliplex 2/D3+4 because they have regional versions, and multiplexes SDN, ArqA and ArqB are the same UK-wide (with the exception of SDN in Wales).
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Chris6:30 PM
Kendal
Thanks Briantist and kmj. We have downsized to an apartment in a block of flats so have to rely on internal ariel. Have emailed ITV but don't expect any meaningful response. I can't understand why ITV don't give us ITV4 given their investment in sport. 8% of potential viewers sounds like a group worth catering for. However, logic doesn't seem to count in in Freeview lite.
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Chris's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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