Freeview Light on the Leek (Staffordshire, England) transmitter
 | Google map |  | Bing map |  | Google Earth |  | 53.102,-2.003 or 53°6'8"N 2°0'11"W |  | ST13 7LX |
The symbol shows the location of the Leek (Staffordshire, England) transmitter which serves 14,000 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 Leek (Staffordshire, 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 Leek (Staffordshire, 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 Leek 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 309m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 309m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 309m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 Leek (Staffordshire, 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 Leek transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 70km south (174°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 70km south (174°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Leek (Staffordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C32 | 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 | 1000W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 200W |
Local transmitter maps
Leek Freeview Leek DAB Sutton Coldfield TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
|
|
Monday, 10 January 2011
G
Graham Stone1:35 PM
Leek
Hi, I'm in Leek - ST13 8LQ, right down on the Macclesfield road end of Kiln Lane. I currently get all of my TV from a Quad satellite seytup, as the 4 Terrestial channels we can receive are so poor quality.
But of course I have HD Digital TVs and would like to take advantage of the different programme mix (and future FTA HD) available on FreeView.
Can anyone tell me whether the Leek Transmitter will be upgraded to Digital, and so provide thse services, or will it simply be switched off, leaving us to try and pick up a signal from Biddulph or Nacclesfield... (Sutton Coldfield & Fenton being on the other side of the 60ft + hill thats behind my house).
Thanks,
Graham
| link to this comment |
Graham's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Graham Stone: Please read the information at the top of the page.
| link to this comment |
G
Graham Stone2:49 PM
Leek
Briantist: Thanks, I've re-read it and I now realise that it will be switched over to Digital, Not just Off, which is great;
follow on question is that as i can barely get an analogue signal with my loft mounted arial, will I get anything at all when it goes Digital and power is reduced t0 20% of current power ?
Graham
| link to this comment |
Graham's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Graham Stone: You really will need a rooftop aerial for stable Freeview reception.
| link to this comment |
Thursday, 8 September 2011
D
Dave5:43 PM
Leek
Looking at the channels that will become available on the Leek transmitter and comparing the line up with Sutton Coldfield i think we have been short-changed again ! Any reason ?
| link to this comment |
Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 9 September 2011
D
dave owen8:36 PM
Leek
ST13 8HZ used freeview for 18month masthead amplied aireal pointing to suuton coldfield used to get film 4 until winterhill change something in Dec 2010 still cannot get fim4 or ATV4 will this be available after freeview HD switched on at sutton coldfield on 21st sept 2011
thanks you for your anticipated resonse
Dave Owen from Leek
| link to this comment |
dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
K
KMJ,Derby9:15 PM
dave owen: Yes you are predicted to have good reception from Sutton Coldfield on all six muxes starting on 21st September 2011.
| link to this comment |
Thursday, 22 September 2011
A
alex8:36 PM
leek what a joke thought id put off moving my aerial until the switch over well 30 basic channels its just like not having channel 5 again
| link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please