The Lichfield transmitting station is situated close to Tamworth in Staffordshire in the West Midlands between the A5 and A51.

The site was announced by the ITA in March 1955, to be 700 ft on Gentleshaw Hill, and to start broadcasting in December 1955.

[2] In July 1955 a barrage balloon was flown at 500 ft.[3] It would serve 6m viewers, with test transmissions planned for October 1955.

[7][8] The station came on air on 17 February 1956, using two 5 kW transmitters and a 16-stack antenna mounted on a 450 feet (137 m) tall Eiffelised tower (one that is tapered exponentially towards the top).

625-line colour transmitters for the region were all co-sited at the nearby Sutton Coldfield transmitting station until 1997, when Lichfield began broadcasting Channel 5 in the Midlands.

Before the digital switchover, Lichfield effectively worked in conjunction with Sutton Coldfield (4 miles to the SW) to supply the full five analogue channels.