Mendip TV Transmitter
Located at Mendip Hills, Somerset. Broadcasts UK Freeview on channel group Group K, horizontal polarisation, at 150 kW.
The short answer
The Mendip transmitter is one of the UK's main Freeview broadcast sites. It serves an estimated 1,500,000 people across 7 counties. Covers Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Weston-super-Mare and Somerset. Signals also reach parts of South Wales.
Technical specifications
- Location
- Mendip Hills, Somerset
- Channel group
- Group K
- Polarisation
- horizontal
- Power
- 150 kW
- Mast height
- 293 m
- Latitude
- 51.2370°N
- Longitude
- 2.6253°W
Multiplexes (MUXes) carried
Mendip broadcasts the following Freeview multiplexes. Each MUX carries multiple TV channels.
- BBC A
- D3&4
- BBC B HD
- SDN
- ARQ A
- ARQ B
Counties served
This transmitter is the primary Freeview source for the following counties:
Towns served by Mendip
40 UK towns receive their primary Freeview signal from this transmitter:
- Amesbury
- Bath
- Bradford-on-Avon
- Bradley Stoke
- Bridgwater
- Bristol
- Burnham-on-Sea
- Calne
- Chard
- Chippenham
- Chipping Sodbury
- Clevedon
- Corsham
- Devizes
- Filton
- Frome
- Glastonbury
- Keynsham
- Kingswood
- Marlborough
- Melksham
- Midsomer Norton
- Minehead
- Nailsea
- Patchway
- Portishead
- Radstock
- Salisbury
- Shepton Mallet
- Street
- Swindon
- Taunton
- Thornbury
- Trowbridge
- Warminster
- Wells
- Westbury
- Weston Super Mare
- Yate
- Yeovil
What aerial works on Mendip?
The transmitter broadcasts on Group K with horizontal polarisation. Most modern wideband aerials will receive this transmitter, but a group-specific aerial gives better signal-to-noise where there's known interference. If you're in a known black spot or fringe area, a high-gain Yagi may be needed.