Braintree mobile coverage Vodafone 82% indoors here, 93% across Chelmsford CM7 · Braintree
No network wins CM7 on overall coverage: all four are within 2 points, but indoors EE and O2 reach 94% of sampled addresses and Three 77%.
CM7: Braintree, Bocking, Thaxted, Gosfield, Lindsell, Panfield, Shalford, Stambourne (Braintree, Uttlesford).
CM7 scores
Ofcom Mobile Coverage data (May 2025), measured across 193 addresses in 6 sampled postcodes: CM7 2DG, CM7 5BW, CM7 5GE, CM7 5RB, CM7 5SP, CM7 5TS. Methodology.
How CM7 compares
Against the Chelmsford average
- Vodafone indoors: 82% here, 93% across Chelmsford (−11).
Weakest spot in Chelmsford: CM9 Maldon, where Three reaches 50% indoors.
Indoor signal around CM7
| District | km away | EE | O2 | Three | Vodafone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM7 Braintree (here) | – | 94% | 94% | 77% | 82% |
| CM6 Great Dunmow, Felsted | 12 | 95% | 100% | 57% | 97% |
| CM8 Witham, Cressing | 12 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| CM1 Writtle, Broomfield | 18 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| CM3 Hanningfield, Sandon | 20 | 100% | 96% | 100% | 63% |
| Chelmsford average | – | 97% | 98% | 83% | 93% |
Biggest difference nearby: Three indoors, 77% here and 57% in CM6 Great Dunmow, 12 km away.
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