East Transmitters
Sandy Heath Main Transmitter
TV: BBC A: 27 - D3&4: 24 - BBC B: 21 - SDN: 33 - Arq A: 36 - Arq B: 48
Mux 7: 55
BBC Three Counties Radio: 95.5
Heart FM (Four Counties): 96.9
Digital Radio:BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Sound Digital: 11A - Cambridgeshire: 11C Herts/Beds/Bucks: 10D
The transmitter is located between Sandy, Bedfordshire and Potton near the B1042. It is owned by Arqiva, formerly NTL Broadcast.
It was built in 1965, originally broadcasting Anglia Television on VHF 405-lines, UHF with 625-line services of BBC2, BBC1, and Anglia Television being added by January 1971. It carried Channel 4 and Channel 5 from
their launch days, Channel 5 at lower power than the other four services. Today it broadcasts digital
television on the DTT platform.
Sandy Heath mainly covers Bedfordshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and north Hertfordshire
as well as North West Essex, bringing the nearby area Look East and Anglia Tonight. Coverage extends to
parts of Buckinghamshire, Norfolk, Leicestershire, Peterborough, and South Lincolnshire.
It also broadcasts the BBC local radio station BBC Three Counties Radio and the independent radio station
Heart Bedford, formerly Chiltern.
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Tacolneston Main Transmitter
TV: BBC A: 40 - D3&4: 43 - BBC B: 46 - SDN: 42 - Arq A: 45 - Arq B: 39
Local Mux: 32 - Mux 7: 55
Radio 1: 99.3 - Radio 2: 89.7 - Radio 3: 91.9 - Radio 4: 94.1
Classic FM: 101.5
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D
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Belmont Main Transmitter
TV: BBC A: 22 - D3&4: 25 - BBC B: 28 - SDN: 30 - Arq A: 23 - Arq B: 26 - Mux 7: 55 - Local Mux: 32
BBC Radio: Radio 1: 98.3 - Radio 2: 88.8 - Radio 3: 90.9 - Radio 4: 93.1
BBC Radio Lincolnshire: 94.9 - Classic FM: 100.5 - Lincs FM: 102.2
Digital Radio:BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Sound Digital: 11A - Lincolnshire: 12A
The Belmont transmitting station is situated one mile west of the village of Donington near
Market Rasen and Louth in Lincolnshire. It is owned and operated by Arqiva.
It has a guyed tubular steel mast, with a lattice upper section. The mast is now 1,154 feet (351.7 m) high
although it was originally higher.
It was built in 1965 and it began transmissions on 20 December of that year.
Between October 2009 and April 2010, the mast was shortened as part of the Digital Switchover works,
most of the top section above the fifth stay level was removed.
The transmitter broadcasts digital television and both analogue and digital radio to Lincolnshire,
eastern Yorkshire, northern parts of Norfolk and some parts of Nottinghamshire.
When it was first operated it transmitted (amongst others) ITV station Anglia Television. Following a re-organisation of ITV coverage in 1972, from 1974 it started transmitting neighbouring station
Yorkshire Television instead, which it continues to do to this day. Due to most of the region being flat,
Belmont has few relay stations although there is a main relay station at Oliver's Mount covering the
Scarborough area.
Belmont's digital transmitting power - 50 kW for SDN (previously Mux A), 100 kW for Arqiva A & B (Mux C, D)
and 150 kW for BBC A, D3&4 and BBC B (Mux 1, 2, B).
Peterborough
Radio 1: 99.7 - Radio 2: 90.1 - Radio 3: 92.3 - Radio 4: 94.5
Radio Cambridgeshire: 95.7
Classic FM: 101.9
Digital Radio:BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Sound Digital: 11A - Peterborough: 12D
The Peterborough transmitting station is at Morborne Hill, near Peterborough.
There are two tall structures on the site: The steel lattice mast belongs to Arqiva, and a 98.45 metres tall reinforced concrete tower belonging to BT. These sites are known by their owners as 'Peterborough' and 'Morborne Hill' respectively. The broadcasting mast was originally built for broadcasting television on VHF Band I. On 30th of October 2004 this mast was destroyed by fire. It collapsed, seriously damaging the transmitter building at the base. Services were temporarily restored by transferring them to the adjacent BT tower and two temporary masts, including the BBC emergency mast which was put in use for the first time. A new replacement mast was then built. There are no TV transmissions from the site now.
Great Yarmouth
BBC A: 47 - D3&4: 41 - BBC B: 44
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Norfolk: 10B
This is a Freeview Light Transmitter fed from Tacolneston.
The photos were taken by David on June 4th 2021
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Sudbury A and B
TV: BBC A: 44 - D3&4: 41 - BBC B: 47 - SDN: 29 - Arq A: 31 - Arq B: 37
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Essex: 12D
When Digital broadcasting began a second mast was added hence the names of A and B. The transmitter was
built to cover areas of East Anglia which were not well covered by Tacolneston or Sandy Heath.
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Norwich Central
TV: BBC A: 23 - D3&4: 26 - BBC B: 30
Digital Radio: Norfolk: 10B
This is a Freeview Light transmitter fed from the Tacolneston Main station.
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Gorleston
TV: BBC A: 26 - D3&4: 23 - BBC B: 30
This is a Freeview Light transmitter fed, I presume from the Tacolneston Transmitter.Click Here for Transmitter Coverage Map - UkFreeT
Cambridge
TV: Local Mux: 35
Radio 1: 98.5 - Radio 2: 88.9 - Radio 3: 91.1 - Radio 4: 93.3
Radio Cambridgeshire: 96.0
Heart FM (Cambridgeshire): 103.0 - Kiss 105-108: 105.6 - Star Radio: 100.7
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Cambridgeshire: 11C
Dallington Park
TV: BBC A: 23 - D3&4: 26 - BBC B: 30
This Freeview Light transmitter in Northampton is fed from the Sandy Heath transmitter.
Stoke Holy Cross
Radio Norfolk: 95.1
Greatest Hits Radio (Norwich): 99.9 - Heart FM (East Anglia): 102.4 - Kiss 105-108: 106.1
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Sound Digital: 11A - Norfolk: 10B
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West Runton
TV: BBC A: 31 - D3&4: 37 - BBC B: 29
Radio Norfolk: 95.6
Digital Radio:BBC National: 12B - Norfolk: 10B
This is a Freeview Light Relay Transmitter.
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Kings Lynn
TV: BBC A: 41 -D3&4: 44 - BBC B: 47
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D
West Lynn
Radio Norfolk: 873 kHz
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D
The transmitter is on the outskirts of the town of Kings Lynn. Since this photo was taken the DAB mast
has been added. I need to go back maybe on a summer trip to Great Yarmouth.
Luton
TV: BBC A: 39 - D3&4: 42 - BBC B: 45
This Freeview light transmitter is a relay of Sandy Heath.
Thetford
TV: BBC A: 26 - D3&4: 23 - BBC B: 30
This Freeview Light transmitter is sited in an industrial site to the north of the village and is fed from the main transmitter at Tacolneston.
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Great Yarmouth
Harbour Radio (Community) - 107.4 Fm
The studios of this local station are close to the town centre and the transmission aerial is on the rear of the studio building. When David visited there was some work being carried out on the building as can be seen in the picture above which was taken on June 5th 2021.
Lowestoft
BBC A: 32 - D3&4: 35 - BBC B: 48
This Freeview Light transmitter is sited on the roof of East Coast College just outside the town centre of this Norfolk seaside town. When David visited the site on June 5th 2021 but he could not see the reception aerial on the top of this building. David believes this transmitter is fed off air from the Tacolneston Transmitter.
Postwick
Radio Five Live: 693 kHz
Absolute Radio: 1215 kHz - Talk Sport: 1053 kHz
This impressive am radio transmitter is sited outside Norwich and close to the A47
It was photographed by David on June 4th 2021
Caister
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Norfolk: 10B
This digital radio transmitter is fed from Stoke Holy Cross
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