In order to bring the benefits of HD on Freeview to as many people as quickly as possible, the Freeview HD rollout has been accelerated with an advance network so that viewers in London, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Bradford and Birmingham receive signals by the end of March 2010.
The majority of viewers will come into coverage at the same time that they go through digital switchover – including viewers in Manchester covering Preston, Blackburn, Bolton, Manchester and Liverpool in December 2009 and those in Cardiff, who will get Freeview HD by the end of March 2010. For the 7% of the UK population who switched before December 2009, a retrofit programme will bring them into coverage before the end of November 2010.
| Region / Area | Transmitter | Freeview HD Date |
| Manchester / Granada region | Winter Hill | Freeview HD available now! |
| London area | Crystal Palace | Freeview HD available now! |
| Newcastle and Tyneside | Pontop Pike | Freeview HD available now! |
| Glasgow, central Scotland | Black Hill | Freeview HD available now! |
| Leeds and Bradford | Emley Moor | Freeview HD available now! |
| Birmingham | Lichfield | Freeview HD available now! |
| Liverpool, central Lancashire, Cheshire, North Staffordshire | Winter Hill Relays | Freeview HD available now! |
| Cardiff and Newport | Wenvoe | Freeview HD available now! |
| Swansea | Kilvey Hill | Freeview HD available now! |
| West and central Wales | Blaenplwyf | Freeview HD available now! |
| Carmarthenshire | Carmel | Freeview HD available now! |
| Exeter, parts of Devon, Somerset and Dorset | Stockland Hill | Freeview HD available now! |
| Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire | Mendip | Freeview HD available now! |
| Shetland | Bressay | Freeview HD available now! |
| Orkney | Keelylang Hill | Freeview HD available now! |
| Caithness, North Sutherland | Rumster Forest | Freeview HD available now! |
| Rest of Wales | Long Mountain, Moel y Parc, Presely | Freeview HD available now! |
| Anglesey | Llanddona | Freeview HD available now! |
| Lewis, Wester Ross, North West Sutherland, Western Isles | Eitshal Skriaig | Freeview HD available now! |
| Angus, Dundee, Perth, and parts of Fife | Angus | Freeview HD available now! |
| Devon, Cornwall, and the Isles of Scilly | Beacon Hill, Caradon Hill, Huntshaw Cross, Redruth | Freeview HD available now! |
| Aberdeenshire | Durris | Freeview HD available now! |
| Morayshire, Strathspey, and parts of Easter Ross | Knockmore | Freeview HD available now! |
| South West Scotland | Caldbeck Scotland | Freeview HD available now! |
| Inverness and the Great Glen | Rosemarkie | Freeview HD available now! |
| South West Highlands and Islands | Torosay | Freeview HD available now! |
| Cumbria and the Lake District | Caldbeck | Freeview HD available now! |
| Isle of Man | Douglas | Freeview HD available now! |
| Scottish Borders | Selkirk | Freeview HD available now! |
| Channel Islands | Fremont Point | Freeview HD available now! |
| Bedfordshire, Berkshire (parts), Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, East Midlands, East Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire (parts), Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands (remainder), and West Yorkshire (remainder) | Various | From April 2011 check digital.co.uk |
| Berkshire (remainder), County Durham, Greater London (remainder), Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Surrey, Sussex, Teesside, Tyneside | Various | 2012 More precise dates will be released nearer the time check digital.co.uk |
| Northern Ireland | Various | 2012 More precise dates will be released nearer the time check digital.co.uk |
Remember: To receive Freeview HD you must wait until Freeview HD has been enabled in your area this could happen before your official digital switchover date as the Freesat HD rollout has been accelerated.
Please check your post code with the Freeview HD free tool
before purchasing any Freeview HD product just to be sure!
