[1] It has a 243.2 metres (798 ft) high[2] guyed steel lattice mast of triangular cross section.

There is also a relay transmitter located in the town of Dover (Dover Town); in addition FM radio services are covered by the Swingate transmitting station.

It broadcasts television and radio services to south and east Kent.

This includes the city of Canterbury and towns such as Dover, Deal, St Margaret's at Cliffe, Margate, Ramsgate, Westgate-on-Sea, Broadstairs, Sandwich, Folkestone, Hythe, Hawkinge, New Romney, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, Lydd, Ashford, Tenterden, Herne Bay, Whitstable and Faversham.

Along with Heathfield and Bluebell Hill, Dover transmits regional television services from BBC One South East and ITV Meridian (South East).