M POSTCODE AREA · 19 DISTRICTS SAMPLED
Manchester mobile coverage All four at 100/100 in all 19 districts sampled M postcode area
No network wins Manchester on overall coverage: all four score 100/100.
Manchester as a whole
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EE
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O2
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Vodafone
Ofcom Mobile Coverage data (May 2025), measured across 1,680 addresses in 92 sampled postcodes, pooled from 19 districts. Methodology.
What differs inside Manchester
Nothing, on Ofcom's figures: across all 19 districts sampled, no network differs by 8 points or more from one district to the next, indoors or outdoors.
District by district
| District | Places | Indoor, low to high | Addresses |
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| M1 | Hulme, Ardwick, Deansgate | 100% on all four | 65 |
| M2 | Deansgate, Piccadilly | 100% on all four | 37 |
| M3 | Hulme, Ordsall, Cheetham | 100% on all four | 216 |
| M4 | Ancoats, Beswick, Cheetham | 100% on all four | 135 |
| M5 | Quays, Weaste, Ordsall | 100% on all four | 5 small sample |
| M6 | Eccles, Weaste, Seedley | 100% on all four | 73 |
| M7 | Kersal, Cheetham, Broughton | 100% on all four | 152 |
| M8 | Sedgley, Cheetham, Broughton | 100% on all four | 95 |
| M9 | Moston, Crumpsall, Harpurhey | 100% on all four | 177 |
| M11 | Ancoats, Beswick, Clayton | 100% on all four | 30 |
| M12 | Gorton, Ancoats, Beswick | 100% on all four | 23 small sample |
| M13 | Hulme, Ardwick, Rusholme | 100% on all four | 143 |
| M14 | Hulme, Ardwick, Old Moat | 100% on all four | 31 |
| M15 | Hulme, Ardwick, Deansgate | 100% on all four | 68 |
| M16 | Chorlton, Longford, Cornbrook | 100% on all four | 38 |
| M17 | Barton, Lostock, Davyhulme | 100% on all four | 30 |
| M18 | Gorton, Abbey Hey, Longsight | 100% on all four | 119 |
| M19 | Heatons, Burnage, Rusholme | 100% on all four | 120 |
| M20 | Didsbury, Burnage, Old Moat | 100% on all four | 123 |
Marked small sample: under 30 addresses sampled. Listed, but left out of the comparisons above.
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