CM3 DISTRICT · BRAINTREE

Hanningfield mobile coverage Vodafone 63% indoors here, 93% across Chelmsford CM3 · Braintree

EE has the best measured coverage in CM3: 100/100, 6 points ahead of Vodafone on Ofcom's overall score, with Three within 0 points.

CM3: Hanningfield, Sandon, Boreham, Felsted, Mayland, Runwell, Terling, Althorne (Braintree, Chelmsford, Maldon).

CM3 scores

#1
EE
Overall: 100/100
5G
100%
4G
100%
Indoor
100%
#2
Three
Overall: 100/100
5G
100%
4G
100%
Indoor
100%
#3
O2
Overall: 99/100
5G
100%
4G
100%
Indoor
96%
#4
Vodafone
Overall: 94/100
5G
100%
4G
100%
Indoor
63%

Ofcom Mobile Coverage data (May 2025), measured across 94 addresses in 6 sampled postcodes: CM3 4AE, CM3 4EQ, CM3 4NQ, CM3 4PP, CM3 4QS, CM3 4RS. Methodology.

How CM3 compares

Against the Chelmsford average

  • Vodafone indoors: 63% here, 93% across Chelmsford (−30).
  • Three indoors: 100% here, 83% across Chelmsford (+17).

Weakest spot in Chelmsford: CM9 Maldon, where Three reaches 50% indoors.

Lowest indoor figure of the 9 Chelmsford districts sampled, for Vodafone.

Indoor signal around CM3

Districtkm awayEEO2ThreeVodafone
CM3 Hanningfield (here) – 100%96%100%63%
CM2 Great Baddow, Sandon 7 100%100%100%100%
CM9 Maldon, Heybridge 8 82%100%50%100%
CM1 Writtle, Broomfield 9 100%100%100%100%
CM8 Witham, Cressing 10 100%100%100%100%
Chelmsford average – 97%98%83%93%

Biggest difference nearby: Vodafone indoors, 63% here and 100% in CM2 Great Baddow, 7 km away.

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