Crystal Palace TV Transmitter
Located at London. Broadcasts UK Freeview on channel group Group T, horizontal polarisation, at 200 kW.
The short answer
The Crystal Palace transmitter is one of the UK's main Freeview broadcast sites. It serves an estimated 11,500,000 people across 9 counties. The most important transmitter in the UK by population covered. ~60 mile range across Greater London and Home Counties.
Technical specifications
- Location
- London
- Channel group
- Group T
- Polarisation
- horizontal
- Power
- 200 kW
- Mast height
- 219 m
- Latitude
- 51.4244°N
- Longitude
- 0.0786°W
Multiplexes (MUXes) carried
Crystal Palace 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 Crystal Palace
57 UK towns receive their primary Freeview signal from this transmitter:
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Bishops Stortford
- Borehamwood
- Brent
- Bromley
- Camberley
- Camden
- Cheshunt
- Croydon
- Dorking
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Epsom
- Esher
- Farnham
- Godalming
- Greenwich
- Hammersmith
- Haringey
- Harpenden
- Harrow
- Haslemere
- Hatfield
- Havering
- Hemel Hempstead
- Hertford
- Hillingdon
- Hitchin
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kingston-upon-Thames
- Lambeth
- Leatherhead
- Letchworth Garden City
- Lewisham
- London
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond-upon-Thames
- Rickmansworth
- Southwark
- St Albans
- Staines
- Stevenage
- Sutton
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Walton-on-Thames
- Wandsworth
- Ware
- Watford
- Welwyn Garden City
- Westminster
- Weybridge
- Woking
What aerial works on Crystal Palace?
The transmitter broadcasts on Group T 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.