Stanway mobile coverage Vodafone 100% indoors here, 86% across Colchester CO3 · Colchester
No network wins CO3 on overall coverage: all four are within 3 points, but indoors EE, Three and Vodafone reach 100% of sampled addresses and O2 77%.
CO3: Stanway, Birch, West Bergholt, Eight Ash Green, Layer, Lexden, Braiswick, Marks Tey.
CO3 scores
Ofcom Mobile Coverage data (May 2025), measured across 81 addresses in 5 sampled postcodes: CO3 4AB, CO3 4DT, CO3 4HU, CO3 4LR, CO3 9BQ. Methodology.
How CO3 compares
Against the Colchester average
- Vodafone indoors: 100% here, 86% across Colchester (+14).
- O2 indoors: 77% here, 90% across Colchester (−13).
- EE indoors: 100% here, 90% across Colchester (+10).
- Three indoors: 100% here, 91% across Colchester (+9).
Weakest spot in Colchester: CO6 Marks Tey, where Vodafone reaches 21% indoors.
Indoor signal around CO3
| District | km away | EE | O2 | Three | Vodafone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO3 Stanway (here) | – | 100% | 77% | 100% | 100% |
| CO1 Tiptree, Myland | 3 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| CO2 Stanway, Birch | 3 | 79% | 94% | 86% | 100% |
| CO4 Ardleigh, Boxted | 5 | 97% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| CO6 Marks Tey, Coggeshall | 6 | 51% | 95% | 90% | 21% |
| Colchester average | – | 90% | 90% | 91% | 86% |
Biggest difference nearby: O2 indoors, 77% here and 100% in CO1 Tiptree, 3 km away.
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