A 
receiver for detecting and recovering data from Orthogonal 
Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols. The OFDM symbols include within a repeating 
time frame a signalling OFDM symbol and one or more data bearing OFDM symbols, the signalling OFDM symbol including a pre-amble 
guard interval and a post-amble 
guard interval, the pre-amble and the post-amble guard intervals being formed by 
copying samples from a useful part of the signalling OFDM symbol in the 
time domain. The 
receiver includes a signalling and guard 
detector, which includes a correlator comprising a first 
branch which includes a first moving averaging filter, which is arranged to form pre-amble average correlated samples by averaging a value of a plurality of pre-amble correlated samples within a 
moving window, the plurality of samples averaged within the 
moving window corresponding to a temporal length of the post-amble (Tb), a second 
branch which includes a second moving averaging filter, which is arranged to form post-amble average correlated samples by averaging a value of a plurality of post-amble correlated samples within a 
moving window, the plurality of samples averaged within the moving window corresponding to a temporal length of the pre-amble (Tc), a combiner, which is arranged to combine the averaged pre-amble correlated samples and the averaged post-amble correlated samples to form output correlation samples. A post 
processing detector can detect the signalling OFDM symbol and moreover a synchronisation point derived from a centre of the signalling OFDM symbol with improved accuracy. The 
receiver finds application, for example, with DVB-T2 in detecting the P1 symbol.