Aberdeen
Ayr
Berks & North Hants
Birmingham
Bournemouth
Bradford & Huddersfield
Bristol
Cambridge
Cornwall
Coventry
Derbyshire
Devon
Edinburgh
Essex
Glasgow
Gloucestershire
Hereford & Worcester
Herts, Beds & Bucks
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Humberside
Inverness
Kent
Lancashire
Leeds
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Liverpool
Manchester
Mid & West Wales
Morecambe Bay
Norfolk
NE Wales & West Cheshire
North Cumbria
North West Wales
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northern Ireland
Nottinghamshire
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Oxfordshire
Peterborough
Plymouth
Sheffield
Somerset
South East Wales
South Hampshire
Stoke & Stafford
Suffolk
Surrey & North Sussex
Sussex
Swansea SW Wales
Swindon
Tayside
Teesside
Tyne & Wear
West Wiltshire
Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, Telford
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Small-Scale Ensembles in Service
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Aberdeen North
Basingstoke
Bath & Midsomer Norton
Bedford
Belfast & Lisburn
Birmingham North
Birmingham South
Blackpool
Bolton & Bury
Boston, Spalding & Skegness
Bradford
Bristol East
Bristol West
Buckinghamshire North
Cambridge
Cardiff
Cheshire East
Cheshire Mid
Congleton & Leek
Coventry
Crewe & Nantwich
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Derry/Londonderry
Doncaster
Dudley & Stourbridge
East Lancs
East Manchester
Edinburgh
Exeter
Glasgow
Gloucestershire South
High Peak
Hertfordshire South
Hull West
Inverclyde
King's Lynn
Leeds
Leicester
Liverpool
Ludlow
Manchester
Middlesbrough & Redcar
Milton Keynes
Newcastle & Gateshead
Newport & Chepstow
Newry
Northampton
Norwich
Nottingham
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Oxford
Pembrokeshire North
Pembrokeshire South
Peterborough
Plymouth
Preston & Chorley
Rutland & Stamford
Salisbury
Sheffield & Rotherham
South Durham
Southampton
Southend
Stirling & Falkirk
Stockport
Stoke & Newcastle-under-Lyme
Swindon & Marlborough
Torbay
Tynemouth & South Shields
Warrington
Winchester
Wolverhampton
Wrexham
York
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Small-Scale Trials
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Trial Aldershot
Trial Brighton
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Trial London
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Trial Portsmouth
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Small-Scale Licences - Round Four (not yet in service)
Ofcom advertised these areas in July 2022. A tick mark ✓ indicates that the licence has been awarded for that area.
The ensembles in service are listed above.
A cross ✗ indicates that no applications were received or that a licence was subsequently revoked.
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Anglesey & North Gwynedd ✗
Ards Peninsula ✗
Banbury & Bicester ✗
Berwickshire & North Roxburgh ✗
Derby ✗
Durham ✗
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East Fife ✗
Glenrothes & Kircaldy ✗
Kendal & Windermere ✗
Kintyre, Islay & Jura ✗
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Wakefield, Castleford & Dewsbury ✗
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Small-Scale Licences - Round Five (not yet in service)
Ofcom advertised these areas in March 2023, with a closing date of June 30th 2023. A tick mark ✓ indicates that the licence has been awarded for that area.
A cross ✗ indicates that no applications were received.
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Alnwick & Morpeth (re-advertised) ✓
Alton, Petersfield, Haslemere & Bordon ✓
Ashford & Dungeness ✓
Biggleswade & North Hertford ✗
Brighton ✓
Buckinghamshire South ✗
Canterbury ✓
Chelmsford ✓
Colchester & Clacton ✓
Eastbourne, Newhaven & Lewes ✓
Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft ✗
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Guildford & Woking ✗
Harlow ✓
Hastings ✓
Haverhill & Surroundings ✗
Haywards Heath, Heathfield, Uckfield ✓
Ipswich & Felixstowe ✗
Isles of Scilly (re-advertised) ✓
London North ✓
London NE & SW Essex ✓
London South ✓
London SE & NW Kent ✓
London West ✓
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Luton ✓
Maidstone, Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells ✓
Margate, Dover & Folkestone ✓
Portsmouth ✓
Reading ✓
Sittingbourne & The Medway Towns ✓
Suffolk Central ✗
Sussex North & Reigate ✗
Sussex South West ✓
Welsh Valleys (re-advertised) ✓
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Small-Scale Licences - Round Six
Ofcom advertised these areas in April 2024, with a closing date of July 18th 2024. Included in the advertisement will be four areas previously awarded but subsequently revoked: Swansea, Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge, Wetherby (this time without Harrogate) and Wigan. The coverage areas may differ this time round from those previously advertised.
A tick mark ✓ will indicate that the licence has been awarded for that area.
A cross ✗ indicates that no applications were received.
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Ayr, Troon and Irvine
Ayrshire North
Barrow-in-Furness
Bournemouth & Boscombe ✓
Bridgend ✗
Carlisle & Penrith
Catterick, Ripon & Thirsk ✗
Corby & Kettering
Cumbernauld & Coatbridge
Devon East
Erewash ✗
Halifax ✓
Huddersfield ✓
Huntingdon & Surrounds
Isle of Wight ✓
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Lanarkshire
Larne, Carrickfergus & Newtown Abbey ✗
Nuneaton & Hinckley
Paisley & Glasgow West
Poole, Purbeck & Wimborne ✓
Portadown & Craigavon
South Craven, Wharfedale, Worth Valley ✓
Sunderland ✓
Walsall
Weymouth, Dorchester & Bridport ✗
Workington & Whitehaven ✗
Yeovil
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Swansea
Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge ✓
Wetherby
Wigan ✓
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Small-Scale Licences - Round Seven
Ofcom advertised these areas in January 2025, with a closing date of Tuesday 29 April 2025. Included in the advertisement will be four areas previously awarded but subsequently revoked: Ards Peninsula, Banbury & Bicester, Taunton and Wakefield & Castleford.
The coverage areas may differ this time round from those previously advertised.
A tick mark ✓ will indicate that the licence has been awarded for that area.
A cross ✗ will indicate that no applications have been received.
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Arbroath, Carnoustie & Montrose
Ards Peninsula
Banbury & Bicester
Berkshire North & South Oxfordshire
Bridgewater
Bromsgrove, Kidderminster & Redditch
Cirencester
Ely & March
Enniskillen
Exmouth & Dawlish
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Gloucester
Lancaster
Llanelli
Loughborough & Coalville
Malton
Market Harborough
Midlothian
Moray Coast South
Newark-on-Trent
Norfolk North
Oban
Oxfordshire West
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Ringwood, Verwood & Fordingbridge
Rugby & Daventry
Somerset North
Somerset West & Lynton
Stockton-on-Tees
Taunton
Wakefield & Castleford
Western Isle
Weston-Super-Mare
Worcester
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Small-Scale Licences - Future Rounds
The appearance of an area in this list does not necessarily mean that the area will ever get advertised.
Ofcom invited expressions of interest in March 2023.
A cross ✗ indicates that no expressions of interest were received.
This does not necessarily mean that the area will never be advertised. Nor does it follow that areas where expressions of interest were received definitely will be advertised.
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Aberystwyth ✗
Andover ✗
Armagh
Ballymena ✗
Barnsley ✗
Barnstaple & Bideford ✗
Brecon ✗
Buckinghamshire North
Burton-on-Trent & Lichfield ✗
Bury St Edmunds, Thetford & Mildenhall
Cheltenham & Tewkesbury
Chesterfield ✗
Chippenham & Malmesbury
Coleraine ✗
Cookstown & Dungannon ✗
Cornwall East ✗
Dunfermline & Kinross
Edinburgh East & S Forth Coast
Falmouth, Penzance & Redruth ✗
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Gairloch ✗
Girvan & Cumnock
Grantham & Sleaford ✗
Grimsby ✗
Haslemere
Kilmarnock
Leamington Spa & Stratford-upon-Avon
Mansfield & Worksop ✗
Monmouth ✗
Newbury ✗
Newquay, St. Austell & Truro ✗
Omagh ✗
Perth
Peterlee
Petersfield
Pitlochry & Aberfeldy ✗
Powys North ✗
Powys South ✗
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Rhyl, Ruthin & Mold
Scunthorpe ✗
Skye & Lochalsh ✗
South Hams ✗
Spalding & Skegness
St Austell & Truro
Stroud ✗
Telford & Shrewsbury
Tiverton ✗
Ullapool ✗
Witney
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Small-Scale Licences - Round One (completed)
Ofcom advertised these areas on September 1st 2020, with a closing date of November 23rd 2020.
All the advertised licences were awarded. The ensembles in service are listed above. A cross ✗ indicates that the awarded licence was subsequently revoked. All four of these areas have been readvertised in a modified form during Round Five. A cross ✗ indicates that the area launched following re-advertisement in Round Five.
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Alnwick & Morpeth ✗
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Inverclyde ✗
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Isles of Scilly ✗
Welsh Valleys ✗
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Small-Scale Licences - Round Two (completed)
The closing date for applications for the Round Two licences was September 1st, 2021.
The ensembles in service are listed above.
A cross ✗ indicates that no applications were received or that a licence was not awarded or was subsequently revoked. Ofcom may re-advertise the revoked licence in a modified form in a future round.
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Chester & Ellesmere Port ✗
Clitheroe ✗
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Rhyl, Ruthin & Mold ✗
Southport ✗
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Wigan ✗
Wirral ✗
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Small-Scale Licences - Round Three (completed)
Ofcom advertised these areas in January 2022.
The Round Three licensing process was completed in November 2022.
The ensembles in service are listed above.
A cross ✗ indicates that no applications were received or that a licence was not awarded or was subsequently revoked. Ofcom may re-advertise the revoked licence in a modified form in a future round.
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Aberdeen South ✗
Dundee ✗
Hull East ✗
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Lincoln ✗
Llandudno & Betws-y-Coede ✗
Shaftesbury & Blandford Forum ✗
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Swansea ✗
Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge ✗
Wetherby & Harrogate ✗
Yorkshire Coast ✗
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Former Small-Scale Trials
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Trial Birmingham
Trial Bristol
Trial Cambridge
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Trial Glasgow
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Trial Manchester
Trial Norwich
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Test & Development Licences
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Test Beds
Brighton 2012
Cambridge Experimental
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London Arqiva
London DRAFFT
Loughborough Uni
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