Comparing EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three across 5G · 4G · 3G for the Hereford (HR) postcode area. Use the scanner below to check your exact postcode.
Ofcom measures EE, O2, Three and Vodafone within 1 point in Hereford (HR), so no network wins here on coverage. Pick on price — then check your own postcode, because indoor signal still varies street by street.
No network wins Hereford on coverage. All four are within 1 point of each other in Ofcom's measurements, across 751 addresses sampled in 49 postcodes. On a difference that small, EE, O2, Three and Vodafone will all work here — so choose on price, contract length and roaming, not on a coverage map. Coverage only becomes the deciding factor once you leave built-up areas, and it still varies street by street indoors: check your own postcode below to see the measurement for your address rather than for Hereford as a whole.
Ranked by Ofcom's overall score: Three 99, Vodafone 99, EE 98, O2 98. The spread between best and worst is 1 point, which is inside the margin where a coverage figure stops being a useful tiebreak. Ofcom's data describes outdoor signal across sampled addresses; it cannot tell you how any of them behave inside your own building.
These scores for Hereford are Ofcom's own measurements, taken from the Ofcom Mobile Coverage API (May 2025 data) across 751 addresses in 49 postcodes. They describe outdoor signal at sampled addresses across the whole of Hereford; signal inside a specific building, and on a specific street, can differ from the area figure.
Every network clears the bar in the HR postcode area, so the honest advice is to stop comparing coverage maps and start comparing prices — the difference between the cheapest and dearest plan will dwarf a 1-point coverage gap. Check your own postcode above first: indoor signal varies street by street even where the area figures match.
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No network wins Hereford on coverage. Ofcom's measurements rate EE, O2, Three and Vodafone within 1 points of each other here (Three 99, Vodafone 99, EE 98, O2 98 out of 100), which is too close to call a winner. All four will work in Hereford, so choose on price, contract length and roaming instead.
Three reaches enhanced (5G-grade) outdoor signal at 100% of the addresses Ofcom sampled in Hereford, and the other three are within 1 point of it.
Vodafone is the second-best operator in Hereford with 99/100 overall (100% 5G, 100% 4G).
Hereford is classified as a rural area with a population density score of 30%. Rural areas rely more heavily on 4G where 5G rollout is still limited.
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