Information on the HD Switch. Freeview HD switchover dates


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Map of the HD Swichover showing the whole of the UK | Dates for the Digital Switchover

HD on Freeview is gradually being rolled out, finishing early 2012. The HD switchover dates have been released up until mid 2012, others will be released soon. Keep checking back for the updates - they will be added as soon as we receive them.
New we have added a UK HD Map take look at of the HD Switchover in graphical format.

Some areas have had their Freeview HD Switchover dates brought forward such as London, Crystal Palace and Granada regions, (Manchester, Winter Hill transmitter), they switched to HD in 2009.* Others will get their HD reception as their areas are switched over to Digital.
Status: HD Switchover completed

= HD enabled HD Not completed yet

= No HD at present

HD Switchover updated:

ENGLAND
Switchover Area	Transmitter Group	HD Roll-out Date	Status	Additional Info
London	Crystal Palace *	2 Dec 2009		pre switchover
Manchester	Winter Hill *	2 Dec 2009		at switchover
New Castle and Tyneside	Pontop Pyke *	Feb 2009		pre switchover
West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire	Emley Moor *	Mar 2010		pre switchover
Birmingham	† Lichfield *	Mar 2010		pre switchover
Liverpool Central, Lancashire, Cheshire, North Staffordshire	Winter Hill relays *	Mar 2010		post switchover
Exeter, parts of Devon, Somerset, Dorset	Stockland Hill *	Apr 2010		post switchover
Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire	Mendip *	7 Apr 2010		at switchover
Devon, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly	Beacon Hill, Caradon Hill, Huntshaw Cross, Redruth	Aug 2010		post switchover
Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire	Sandy Heath	13 Apr 2011		at switchover
The Nottinghamshire area	Nottingham	13 Apr 2011		at switchover
Stratford upon Avon, Bromsgrove, Herefordshire, South Shropshire, parts of Gloucestershire, North Shropshire and South Cheshire	The Wrekin, Broomsgrove, Lark Stoke, Ridge Hill	20 Apr 2011		at switchover
Part of Suffolk and Essex	Sudbury	20 Jul 2011		at switchover
Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire and Scarborough area	Belmont, Olivers Mount	17 Aug 2011		at switchover
Chesterfield area and Sheffield area	Chesterfield, Shefield	24 Aug 2011		at switchover
Most of the east Midlands	Waltham	31 Aug 2011		at switchover
Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and most of West Midlands	Fenton, Sutton Coldfield	21 Sep 2011		at switchover
Most of Yorkshire	Emley Moor	21 Sep 2011		at switchover
Oxfordshire, parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire	Oxford	28 Sep 2011		at switchover
Norfolk and Suffolk	Tacolneston	23 Nov 2011		at switchover
Part of Berkshire, Hampshireand Surrey	Hannington	22 Feb 2012		at switchover
Much of West Sussex	Midhurst	14 Mar 2012		at switchover
Part of Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and West SussexSussex	Rowridge	21 Mar 2012		at switchover
Brighton area	Whitehawk Hill	21 Mar 2012		at switchover
Sussex	Heathfield, Hastings, Tunbridge Wells	13 Jun 2012		at switchover
Kent	Bluebell Hill, Dover	27 Jun 2012		at switchover
Northumberland	Chatton	26 Sep 2012		at switchover
South Yorkshire	Bilsdale	26 Sep 2012		at switchover

SCOTLAND
Switchover Area	Transmitter Group	HD Roll-out Date	Status	Additional Info
Parts of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Central Scotland	Black Hill *	Feb 2010		pre switchover
Shetland	Bressay *	19 May 2010		at switchover
Orkney	Keylang Hill *	26 May 2010		at switchover
Caithness and north Sutherland	Rumster Forest	16 Jun 2010		at switchover
Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, North-west	Eitshal	21 Jul 2010		at switchover
Isle of Skye, Sutherland, Wester Ross	Skriaig	28 Jul 2010		at switchover
Angus, Dundee, parts of Fife, Perth	Angus	18 Aug 2010		at switchover
Aberdeenshire, Kincardinshire	Durris	15 Sep 2010		at switchover
Parts of Easter Ross, Morayshire, Banffshire, Strathspey	Knockmore	22 Sep 2010		at switchover
Inverness, Comartyshire, Great Glen, Ross-shire	Rosemarkie	20 Oct 2010		at switchover
Cumbria, South Lake District, south-west Scotland	Caldbeck	20 Oct 2010		post switchover
South-west Highlands and Islands	Torosay	27 Oct 2010		at switchover
Scottish Borders	Selkirk	30 Nov 2010		post switchover
Dunbarton, Stirlingshire	Roseneath	25 May 2011		at switchover
Argyll and Bute, Dumfrieshire, parts of Central Scotland,	Darvel	25 May 2011		at switchover
Parts of Edinburgh and parts of Fife, Lothian	Craigkelly	15 Jun 2011		at switchover

WALES
Switchover Area	Transmitter Group	HD Roll-out Date	Status	Additional Info
Swansea	Kilvey Hill *	Mar 2010		post switchover
Cardiff, Newport, Glamorgan, south-east Wales	Wenvoe *	31 Mar 2010		at switchover
Parts of west and central Wales,, Ceredigion, Powys	Blaenplwyf *	10 Mar 2010		at switchover
Carmarthenshire	Carmel *	Apr 2010		post switchover
Rest of Wales, Camarthenshire, Flintshire, Penbrokeshire	Long Mountain, Moel y Parc, Preseli	Jun 2010		post switchover
Anglesey, Snowdonia	Llanddona	Jul 2010		post switchover

NORTHERN IRELAND
Switchover Area	Transmitter Group	HD Roll-out Date	Status	Additional Info
North-west Northern Ireland, Londonderry	Limavady	24 Oct 2012		at switchover
South-west Northern Ireland, Fermanagh, Tyrone	Brougher Mountain	24 Oct 2012		at switchover
Belfast, parts of Antrim, Armagh, Down	Divis	24 Oct 2012		at switchover

OTHER AREAS
Switchover Area	Transmitter Group	HD Roll-out Date	Status	Additional Info
ISLE OF MAN	Douglas	19 Oct 2010		post switchover
CHANNEL ISLANDS	Fremont Point	17 Nov 2010		at switchover

† Parts of the Birmingham area are being served by a temporary transmitter at Lichfield, broadcasting in HD,.. This will be the case
until the normal transmitters are switched to digital in 2011