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Aberdeen
Ayr
Berks & North Hants
Birmingham
Bournemouth
Bradford & Huddersfield
Bristol
Cambridge
Ceredigion
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
North Cumbria
North East Wales
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
Ashford & Dungeness
Ayrshire North
Basingstoke
Bath & Midsomer Norton
Bedford
Belfast & Lisburn
Birmingham North
Birmingham South
Blackpool
Bolton & Bury
Bournemouth & Boscombe
Bradford
Brighton
Bristol East
Bristol West
Buckinghamshire North
Cambridge
Canterbury
Cardiff
Chelmsford
Cheshire East
Cheshire Mid
Colchester
Congleton & Leek
Coventry
Crewe & Nantwich
Derry/Londonderry
Doncaster
Dudley & Stourbridge
East Hampshire
East Lancs
East Lincolnshire
East Manchester
Edinburgh
Exeter
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Glasgow
Gloucestershire South
High Peak
Harlow
Hastings
Hertfordshire South
Hull West
Inverclyde
Kent Coast
Kent West
King's Lynn
Leeds
Leicester
Liverpool
London North
London NE & SW Essex
London South
London SE & NW Kent
London West
Loughborough
Ludlow
Luton
Manchester
Middlesbrough & Redcar
Milton Keynes
Newcastle & Gateshead
Newport & Chepstow
Newry
Northampton
Northumberland
Norwich
Nottingham
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Oxford
Paisley & Glasgow West
Pembrokeshire North
Pembrokeshire South
Peterborough
Plymouth
Poole, Purbeck & Wimborne
Portsmouth
Preston & Chorley
Rugby & Daventry
Rutland & Stamford
Salisbury
Sheffield & Rotherham
Sittingbourne & The Medway Towns
South Durham
Southampton
Southend
Stirling & Falkirk
Stockport
Stoke & Newcastle-under-Lyme
Swindon & Marlborough
Torbay
Tynemouth & South Shields
Walsall
Warrington
Welsh Valleys
Wetherby
Winchester
Wolverhampton
Wrexham
York
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Small-Scale Licences - Round Six (not yet in service)
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 ✓ indicates that the licence has been awarded for that area.
A cross ✗ indicates that no applications were received or the awarded licence was subsequently revoked.
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Ayr, Troon and Irvine✓
Barrow-in-Furness✓
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 ✓
Portadown & Craigavon✓
South Craven, Wharfedale, Worth Valley ✓
Sunderland ✓
Weymouth, Dorchester & Bridport ✗
Workington & Whitehaven ✗
Yeovil ✓
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Swansea✓
Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge ✓
Wigan ✓
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Small-Scale Licences - Round Seven (not yet in service)
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 ✓ indicates that the licence has been awarded for that area.
A cross ✗ indicates that no applications were received or no licence was awarded or the awarded licence was subsequently revoked.
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Arbroath, Carnoustie & Montrose ✗
Ards Peninsula ✓
Banbury & Bicester ✓
Berkshire North & South Oxfordshire ✗
Bridgwater ✓
Bromsgrove, Kidderminster & Redditch ✗
Cirencester ✗
Ely & March ✓
Enniskillen ✓
Exmouth & Dawlish ✓
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Gloucester ✗
Lancaster ✓
Llanelli ✗
Malton ✗
Market Harborough ✓
Midlothian ✗
Moray Coast South ✗
Newark-on-Trent ✗
Norfolk North ✗
Oban ✓
Oxfordshire West ✓
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Ringwood, Verwood & Fordingbridge ✓
Somerset North ✓
Somerset West & Lynton ✗
Stockton-on-Tees ✓
Taunton ✓
Wakefield & Castleford ✓
Wellingborough ✓
Western Isle ✓
Weston-Super-Mare ✓
Worcester ✓
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Small-Scale Licences - Round Eight
Ofcom advertised these areas in September 2025, with a closing date of 10 December 2025. Included in the advertisement were ten areas from previous rounds that never made it to air:
A tick mark ✓ will indicate that the licence has been awarded for that area.
A cross ✗ indicates that no applications were received.
A cross ✗ indicates that no expressions of interest had been received when invited in March 2023.
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Aberystwyth ✗✗
Andover ✗✗
Armagh
Ballymena ✗
Barnsley ✗
Barnstaple & Bideford ✗✗
Berwickshire & North Roxburgh*1 ✗
Brecon ✗✗
Burton-on-Trent & Lichfield ✗
Bury St Edmunds, Thetford & Mildenhall ✗
Cheltenham & Tewkesbury
Chester ✗
Chesterfield ✗✗
Chippenham & Malmesbury
Coleraine ✗
Cookstown & Dungannon ✗
Cornwall East ✗✗
Derby*1
Dundee & NE Fife*1 ✗
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Edinburgh East & S Forth Coast ✗
Falmouth, Penzance & Redruth ✗✗
Gairloch ✗✗
Girvan & Cumnock ✗
Grantham & Sleaford ✗✗
Grimsby ✗✗
Guildford & Woking*1
Kilmarnock ✗
Kintyre, Islay & Jura*1 ✗
Leamington Spa & Stratford-upon-Avon
Lincoln*1
Mansfield & Worksop ✗✗
Monmouth ✗✗
Newbury ✗
Newquay, St. Austell & Truro ✗✗
Omagh ✗✗
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Perth ✗
Peterlee ✗
Pitlochry & Aberfeldy ✗✗
Powys North ✗✗
Powys South ✗✗
Scunthorpe ✗✗
Skye & Lochalsh ✗
South Hams ✗✗
SouthWest Fife*1
Stroud ✗✗
Sussex South West*1
Telford & Shrewsbury
Tiverton ✗✗
Ullapool ✗
Weymouth & Dorchester*1
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*1) - Re-advertisement from a previous round.
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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 were 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.
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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.
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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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Small-Scale Licences - Round Four (completed)
Ofcom advertised these areas in July 2022.
The Round Four licensing process was completed in January 2025.
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 (completed)
Ofcom advertised these areas in March 2023, with a closing date of June 30th 2023.
A cross ✗ indicates that no applications were received or the awarded licence was subsequently revoked.
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Biggleswade & North Hertford ✗
Buckinghamshire South ✗
Eastbourne, Newhaven & Lewes ✗
Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft ✗
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Guildford & Woking ✗
Haverhill & Surroundings ✗
Haywards Heath, Heathfield, Uckfield ✗
Ipswich & Felixstowe ✗
Isles of Scilly (re-advertised) ✗
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Reading ✗
Reigate & Sussex North ✗
Suffolk Central ✗
Sussex South West ✗
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Former Small-Scale Trials
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Trial Aldershot
Trial Birmingham
Trial Brighton
Trial Bristol
Trial Cambridge
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Trial Glasgow
Trial London
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Trial Manchester
Trial Norwich
Trial Portsmouth
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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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